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Why Your Blog Is Your Front Porch

Posted in SPURspectives, Uncategorized, community, consumer engagement, consumer perception, customer engagement, customer interaction, donor engagement, follower, front porch, hub, kansas city, marketing, marketing budget, marketing innovation, network, non profit, nonprofit, social branding, social marketing, social media, social media hub, social network, spur communications, twitter, virtual front porch, web on Nov 18th, 2009

Yesterday I wrote about the Habitat for Humanity build that I volunteered for a couple of weeks ago. I’m a big fan of Habitat. Our crew had a great time. We took a walk at lunch to see what else was going on up and down the street. It was quite a sight. There were [...]

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Who are the people in your neighborhood?

Posted in front porch, individualized marketing, social marketing, virtual front porch on Mar 16th, 2009

In his March 15 post The Neighborhood Feel, Chris Brogan sketches a brief history of the rise of mass communications and describes the resulting “disconnect between businesses needing to reach potential customers and any chance of personalization and localization.”
He concludes by asking, “Do we want that neighborhood feel back?”
The answer is yes, we do.
The real [...]

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The Twitter From My Front Porch

Posted in customer interaction, social media, twitter on Dec 15th, 2008

There’s a small coastal village on Lake Erie in Vermillion, Ohio that is the best explanation I can find to answer the question: Why does social media matter? This takes a pretty big leap, so please indulge me for a few paragraphs.
This beautiful little village was built at the last turn of the century as [...]

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