Author Archives: Alicia Bedard

Become a Social Media Practitioner

Alicia Bedard   March 16, 2015
Gary Vaynerchuk

Organization name: VaynerMedia Industry: Marketing, social media, consulting Web references: VaynerMedia, Gary Vaynerchuk, Wikipedia Description of how social media is used for business performance If you’re involved in social media at all, Gary Vaynerchuk is someone you should be familiar with. I recently watched a video on YouTube where Gary was giving a talk to a group of entrepreneurial students at the… Read more »

eShish – Social Media Marketing is About More Than Smoke!

Alicia Bedard   March 8, 2015
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Organization name: eShish Canada Industry: Electronic cigarettes Name of contact if available: Lucy Leiderman – Director, Digital Strategy at PILOT PMR Web references: eShish Canada, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Planning, Wikipedia, Huffington Post, PILOT PMR Description of how social media is used for business performance Smoking. Eww. I was born in the late 80s. I grew up in a… Read more »

Hootsuite – Setting Users Up for Social Media Success

Alicia Bedard   March 1, 2015
Hootsuite

Organization Name: Hootsuite Industry: Software Name of Contact if Available: Gus Fosarolli – Customer Success Manager, Hootsuite Web references: Hootsuite, TechCrunch Description of How Social Media is Used for Business Performance I’ve been working in marketing for the past seven years. Really? Really. A lot has changed in seven years. I remember when I graduated from college and took on… Read more »

Too Little, Too Late? Introducing the Tesco Supplier Network

Alicia Bedard   February 22, 2015
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Organization Name: Tesco Industry: Retail, grocery Name of Contact if Available: N/A Web References: TESCO, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Grocer, Talking Retail Description of How Social Media is Used for Business Performance Founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen, Tesco has grown to become the fifth largest retailer in the world based on revenue. The Britain-based multinational grocery and merchandise retailer… Read more »

Crowdsourcing Success: Threadless Puts Community First

Alicia Bedard   February 15, 2015
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Organization Name: Threadless Industry: Retail, e-commerce Name of Contact if Available: Kyle Geib – Marketing Coordinator, Threadless Web References: Threadless, Inc., Forbes, Wikipedia, Wired Description of How Social Media is Used for Business Performance Crowdsourcing 101 If I said the word crowdsourcing to you in the early 2000s, you’d have no idea what I was talking about and you’d probably look at… Read more »

5 Customer Engagement Lessons from Old Spice

Alicia Bedard   February 8, 2015
Old Spice Man with 'I'm on an Internet" tagline.

Organization Name: Old Spice Industry: Grooming, personal care, personal hygiene Name of contact if available: N/A Web references: Old Spice, Procter and Gamble, New York Times, Wikipedia, D&AD, Wieden+Kennedy   Description of how social media is used for business performance: The Old Spice Story The grooming and personal care industry is extremely saturated and highly competitive. When you walk down the… Read more »