Social Media ROI: Managing and Measuring Social Media Efforts in Your Organization
by Olivier Blanchard
10. Listening Before Talking
One of the most common questions asked at the inception of a social media strategy is, “What are we supposed to talk about on blogs and Facebook and Twitter?” Because marketing communications professionals are used to producing and pushing out content, they tend to approach the social web with the same frame of mind. It isn’t that the question is wrong. It is actually valid. It just isn’t the question organizations need to focus on when beginning the management phase of their social media program. Let me explain.
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