Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Corporate Social Media Reading List I’m a huge fan of social media. I try to follow the trends and news around social media as best I can. I would have loved to get a job in something social media related but that quest always evaded me.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 18, 2010

It includes a dozen letters written to C-level executives (in general) about what they need to do to take social media to the next level. Sure, social media differs from the marketing we’re used to in that it puts the company and our customers on the same – rather than opposing – teams.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 31, 2011

As usage of tools like CoTweet (client) and Hootsuite soar, this becomes an ever-more-likely scenario. Read a great post on Tactical Philanthropy from their social media manager Wendy Harman , who gives an intriguing blow-by-blow. The American Red Cross has been widely lauded for their deftness in this situation.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

New research from ExactTarget and CoTweet (clients) called “The Social Break-up&# studied why consumers turn their backs on social and email connections with brands. Those are just the operational challenges. The bigger gauntlet for marketers on Facebook is sociological.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The current relationship between companies and consumers via social media and email is unsustainable. That’s one of my main takeaways from fascinating new research from ExactTarget and CoTweet (clients) called “ The Social Break-Up &# that studies why customers call it quits like Kim Kardashian and boyfriend du jour.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 28, 2011

As usage of tools like CoTweet (client) and Hootsuite soar, this becomes an ever-more-likely scenario. Read a great post on Tactical Philanthropy from their social media manager Wendy Harman , who gives an intriguing blow-by-blow. The American Red Cross has been widely lauded for their deftness in this situation.

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Super list of 50 social media links Have you ever wanted to know more about how to make a huge impact in social networking? The “Middleman” of Social Media is Your Friend The Next Evolution of Social Media… You can’t handle the truth!

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Corporate Social Media Reading List I’m a huge fan of social media. I try to follow the trends and news around social media as best I can. I would have loved to get a job in something social media related but that quest always evaded me.

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Koka Sexton

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Social Media Job Week 1 InsideView Starting a new job is generally a semi-stressful time. Getting up to speed on the social media needs of the company hasn’t been difficult. We are focusing on the big 3 social media channels; Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn.

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Koka Sexton

MAY 28, 2010

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Director of Social Media In January I took over social media for Paragon Software. WordPress Blog I believe that any companies social media presence hinges on a blog of some kind. They were never updated and basically collecting dust.

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Koka Sexton

MAY 28, 2010

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Director of Social Media In January I took over social media for Paragon Software. WordPress Blog I believe that any companies social media presence hinges on a blog of some kind. They were never updated and basically collecting dust.

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Koka Sexton

MARCH 24, 2009

Created by Federated Media, in partnership with Microsoft, ExecTweets is a platform that aggregates the tweets of top business execs and empowers the community to surface the most insightful, business-related tweets. Author: Koka Sexton Comments: 1 comment Date: 24 Mar 2009 Categories: Social Media Tags: There are 1 comment.

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Koka Sexton

MARCH 24, 2009

Created by Federated Media, in partnership with Microsoft, ExecTweets is a platform that aggregates the tweets of top business execs and empowers the community to surface the most insightful, business-related tweets. Author: Koka Sexton Comments: 1 comment Date: 24 Mar 2009 Categories: Social Media Tags: There are 1 comment.

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Jeff Esposito

JUNE 13, 2011

This is post is part of the Institutionalizing Social Media series. As you begin to put your social media plan into action , perhaps the biggest thing that you need to do aside from the rollout is to establish what you are measuring. Tools like CoTweet, Hootsuite and Tweetstats allow you to measure these things.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 8, 2009

Once you start getting more involved with the Twitter you will see that it is really a community of people that just want to give constant updates to people that are following them. Twitter Etiquette As any community will tell you, there are unspoken rules of etiquette that you should follow. coverage here. Use get_bookmarks() instead.

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Koka Sexton

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Concerts, Movies and Shows Many communities offer a wide variety of free entertainment through local park districts and organizations. List it on Freecycle , a nonprofit community group that encourages users to give away old items instead of throwing them away. How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager!

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Koka Sexton

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

This caused such an outcry by the Facebook community that several groups formed almost immediately calling for Facebook to change their terms of service back to normal. This didn’t seem to be enough for the community and the people kept complaining. How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager!

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 1, 2008

Social Media brought the game to the next level. I want to highlight on one Social Networking site that has been very helpful in getting me new visitors and show you some results. All of this came about because I wrote a post called Super list of social media links and Chris Brogan was nice enough to write a tweet about it.

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Koka Sexton

APRIL 28, 2009

It was really an impulsive decision but I stuck with it so far and I am beginning to reap the rewards of managing a local blog for the community. The community that has been built continues to surprise me. How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager! I wasn’t sure how it was going to turn out.

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Koka Sexton

MAY 8, 2009

I started following some other social media icons like mashable , l0ckergn0me , Jason Calacanis, Chris Brogan , Leo Laporte , and justine , but I never looked at it. Once a dormant social site that I used only for aggregating my rss feeds has now become a full fledged community. Set it and forget it.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 24, 2009

TOPIX Topix is the leading news community on the Web, connecting people to the information and discussions that matter to them in every U.S. Get the Community Involved One of the best things I did when I started a local blog was reach out to local businesses that I frequented. town and city. I do this for free.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 25, 2009

You might be a thought leader in your community. in /var/www/vhosts/kokasexton.com/httpdocs/word/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3237 Blog Book Reviews Entrepreneur Featured Geek Break Headline Lead Story Letters from Iraq Military Social Media Technology Notice : get_links is deprecated since version 2.1! A ratio of 2.0

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 25, 2009

You might be a thought leader in your community. in /var/www/vhosts/kokasexton.com/httpdocs/word/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3237 Blog Book Reviews Entrepreneur Featured Geek Break Headline Lead Story Letters from Iraq Military Social Media Technology Notice : get_links is deprecated since version 2.1! A ratio of 2.0

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 30, 2009

Dear Ma.gnolia Community Members or Visitor, Early on the West-coast morning of Friday, January 31st, Ma.gnolia experienced every web service’s worst nightmare: data corruption and loss. Most importantly, I apologize to all of you who have made Ma.gnolia a home for your bookmarks and community. Leave a comment!

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Koka Sexton

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Depending on how many other people are writing in your community, you have the chance of pissing off a few people. Since i write about so many different topics from social media and technology to general super geek stuff, I wanted to put some work into highlighting the city I have grown up in. Use wp_list_categories() instead.

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

We help people in need share their “epic&# true stories in innovative, creative and profitable ways to help them acquire the financial resources they need to create positive “change&# in their communities. How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager! Leave a comment! Use wp_list_categories() instead.

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Koka Sexton

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Concerts, Movies and Shows Many communities offer a wide variety of free entertainment through local park districts and organizations. List it on Freecycle , a nonprofit community group that encourages users to give away old items instead of throwing them away. How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager!

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 24, 2009

TOPIX Topix is the leading news community on the Web, connecting people to the information and discussions that matter to them in every U.S. Get the Community Involved One of the best things I did when I started a local blog was reach out to local businesses that I frequented. town and city. I do this for free.

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

TOPIX Topix is the leading news community on the Web, connecting people to the information and discussions that matter to them in every U.S. How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager! There are MANY other sites like these and I have gotten great results from a lot of them. These are the two places I got my start.

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 5, 2008

link] – This Contra Costa Times is my local newspaper and though they have a pretty low level community platform on their website someone thought far enough ahead to set up a Twitter profile. How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager! If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed !

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 5, 2008

link] – This Contra Costa Times is my local newspaper and though they have a pretty low level community platform on their website someone thought far enough ahead to set up a Twitter profile. How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager! If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed !

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Koka Sexton

JULY 27, 2009

He said my background would be something interesting that the community may want to read about. The last time I was interviewed by the media for Iraq was after coming home and talking to reporters that had read my Last Letter From Iraq. How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager! Use wp_list_categories() instead.

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 26, 2007

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Jeff Esposito

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Home About Archives Press Clips Spark Advisors Suggested Reading Don’t burn bridges Written on September 1, 2010 by Espo in Company , social media I recently read a blog post from Dave Fleet that really put words to something that I had been pondering for a bit. The piece was entitled Are you creating social media scorched earth?

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Koka Sexton

MAY 22, 2008

Blacksmith2 of the StumbleUpon community discovered my post and added it to his favorites. I would think that setting a viral fire that swept through social media would be hard to start without throwing some money at the real heavy hitter out there in the industry. How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager!

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the resources mashup and a new search engine news community on kikolani.com. 6 ways to ensure better rankings in Google Instant results – how to use keywords, local search marketing , and social media marketing to rank well in the new results.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 15, 2010

When it comes to creating a social media strategy , there is one, often overlooked piece of the puzzle that falls through the cracks. I work with clients to create communication plans and digital strategies that usually include some form of social media. The who is doing what piece of the puzzle.

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