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Social Media turning Marketers into Media Companies?

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: February 14, 2010

As more marketers use Social Media channels for engaging their customers and prospects, it is becoming obvious that they will have to take on additional responsibility for not only creation of content, but also facilitate sharing or distribution of content through Social Media channels such as YouTube. Some notable examples of this approach are: Johnson [...]

Really? Social Media Better Done “In house”

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: February 7, 2010

Results of CMO Club Weekly Poll published on BW blog made some interesting reading. Question that was asked was “Which of your groups is best equipped to help you with your social media efforts today?”  114 CMOs responded: 65.6% In House 15.6% Interactive Agency 9.4% PR Firm 9.4% Social Media Agency 0% Creative/Ad Agency Why majority [...]

Kodak CMO Jeff Hayzlett on his use of Twitter

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: January 20, 2010

Ever wondered what Kodak senior management thinks about how their CMO, Jeff Hayzlett, uses Twitter? Well, listen to what he says about why he uses Twitter (@JeffreyHayzlett) and how Kodak’s management reacts to his use. In my opinion, Jeff is a great role model for other CMOs to emulate on how to use Social Media. [...]

What Comes Next in Social Media?

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: January 9, 2010

Good Panel discussion on What Comes Next in Social Media? organized by The Paley Center for Media. Panelist include: Jamie Daves, Venture Partner at City Light Capital Tom Arrix, Vice President of Sales at Facebook Peter Land, Senior Vice President of PepsiCo Joe Marchese, Co-founder and President of SocialVibe Seth Sternberg, CEO and co-founder of [...]

2010: The Rise of Social Media in Asia

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: January 8, 2010

One of the biggest stories in 2010 is going  to be the exponential growth of Social Media in Asia, not only in terms of reach but also content created in varied Asian languages. What is different about Social Media in Asia as compared to North America, Europe or Australia? Scale of Asia: China, India, Japan, [...]

Top 50 Facebook Pages

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: January 5, 2010

Excellent collection of Top 50 pages on Facebook in 2009. Note that a brand did not qualify for this list unless it had a minimum of 200,000 fans. Ranking was arrived at based on a variety of criteria including frequency of updates and level of engagement among others. I guess competition will be much tougher [...]

2010: Year of Social CRM

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: January 2, 2010

Internet users are flocking to Social Networking sites because of almost hysterical following sites like Facebook and Twitter have generated. Not only number of users, but average amount of time spent by each user on social networking sites has climbed substantially in the past one year. So it is not surprising that TechCrunch has named [...]

Secret of Dell’s Social Media Success

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: December 22, 2009

Very few examples come to mind when one is talking about successfully leveraging Social Media for Business. Dell is definitely one among few large corporations that have used Social Media very effectively for Marketing and Sales. Mashable recently reported that Dell has generated a total of $6.5 million in revenue from their Twitter presence. What [...]

Social Media: Hype or Real?

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: December 21, 2009

Relevance of Social Media to Business is a hot topic of discussion these days. There are many who still doubt importance of Social Media to business and wonder if Social Media is more hype than substance. Well, one just needs to consider following facts to realize importance of Social Media: Customers and potential customers are [...]

Social Media ROI for Dummies

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: December 16, 2009

Great Slideshare presentation by Olivier Blanchard on the Basics Of Social Media ROI. I like slide nos. 32-34 on Investment Return Relationship and emphasis on Non-financial Impact of Social Media. Also, slide nos. 39-55 on how to measure Social Media Impact. Olivier Blanchard Basics Of Social Media Roi View more presentations from Olivier Blanchard.

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  • Harish Kotadia, Ph.D.

  • Dr. Harish Kotadia has more than twelve years’ work experience as a hands-on CRM Program and Project Manager implementing CRM and Analytics solutions for Fortune 500 clients in the US.

    He also has about five years’ work experience as a Research Executive in Marketing Research and Consulting industry working for leading MR organizations.

    Dr. Harish currently lives in Dallas, Texas, USA and works as Social CRM/CRM and Analytics Consulting Lead for Infosys Technologies. Views and opinion expressed in this blog are his own.




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