The old adage “You cannot manage what you do not measure” rings especially true in the age of digital and social media.
With thousands of available tools online, many of them free, virtually every single step of your social media marketing activity can be monitored, tracked and quantified.
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You know what puzzles me about businesses in Singapore?
The fact that many are still ignoring social media. Or claiming that social media marketing doesn’t work because they’ve tried it and it didn’t work. Or that their customers aren’t on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, or Pinterest.
Yes, we’ve all heard that there will be fewer examinations in Singapore schools.
Despite these measures, education will remain highly competitive here. Teachers will also find that their work is never done.
Wish to achieve better outcomes in social media marketing? Why not consider Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats?
A cornerstone leadership and management strategy employed in organisations around the world, it fits beautifully into what we’re doing online.
Social media managers are the lynch pins of your social media marketing efforts.
Traditionally subsumed under departments like Marketing, PR, or Customer Service, digital business functions like social media management are now carrying their own weight.
“The best marketing doesn’t feel like marketing.” – Tom Fishburne
This quote by the famous creator of Marketoonist cartoons rings especially true in the world of digital marketing, where the competition for the attention, interest and wallets of your audiences can be brutal.
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Like a good wine, great stories only get better with age.
Many of the world’s most memorable stories were written a long time ago. Timeless tales like David versus Goliath, the Odyssey, Romeo and Juliet, and The Ugly Duckling are told and retold, enchanting readers and listeners for generations.
A great content marketer is a digital tight rope walker.
You need to balance sharing valuable content with your audiences with converting them to becoming your customers. And to do so while continually monitoring the shifting sands of online algorithms.
PM Lee receives a $50 note that was in circulation in 1968 as a commemorative gift from DBS at SPARKS: The Musical
Do you know that DBS is one of the top content marketing brands in Singapore? Or that it is a keen proponent of brand storytelling?
Formerly known as the Development Bank of Singapore, DBS is synonymous with the growth and industrialisation of Singapore.
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The art and science of storytelling is a tale as old as time.
Gifted with the talent of verbal and written language, we humans have honed our storytelling techniques to perfection, spinning enchanting tales on a variety of physical and digital canvases.