Forrester's Jeremiah Owyang: The Best and Worst of Social Marketing

08:36 | Jennifer Jones | Jul 28th, 2008 12:01am |

Not being social enough is a big problem for corporations trying to use social media. That’s what Jeremiah Owyang and his team at Forrester discovered in a new report. Forrester selected 16 firms across four industries and found only one company worthy of accolades. What makes BMW a social marketing winner? In part, it’s that the automobile manufacturer managed to avoid the most common pitfalls, which is still where most firms fell short. Some examples of those easy-to-make mistakes: creating marketing programs that aren’t self-fueling, that don’t encourage members to participate in conversations amongst themselves and that don’t include some amount of participation from the corporation, itself.

Jeremiah discusses his findings with Jennifer Jones in this Marketing Voices podcast.

Tags: BMW, Forrester, Jennifer Jones, Jeremiah Owyang, Marketing Voices, social marketing, social media

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