Susan Bardack is chief marketing officer for iZoca.com, a social networking website for individuals, groups and organizations. iZoca provides tools to help groups connect and share information privately, while also helping them to spread their message publicly. Hyper-Local is the talk of the town these days. Although the idea of hyper-local has been around for awhile, it’s taking on greater importance as businesses and non-profit organizations struggle to incorporate social media into their marketing initiatives. During a time where organizations are trying to work within tight budgets, they are reducing ...

一切都开始变得超本地化
bySusan BardackinUncategorized
Susan Bardack是iZoca.com网站的首席营销官。iZoca.com是为个人、群体与组织设立的社交网站。iZoca提供工具以帮助各个群体互相联系并在私下分享信息,同时也帮助它们公开传播消息。 这些天来“超本地化”成为了热门话题。虽然“超本地化”概念的存在已非一朝一夕,但随着各企业与非盈利组织争相将社会媒体纳入到它们的营销计划之中,这个概念更显重要性。 当各组织试图在紧张的预算之下工作时,它们便会缩减营销开支,并发现使用像Facebook和Twitter这样的网站并非是一笔“免费”的生意。不过这里有一个问题。我相信执行人员都正在意识到,虽然需要节省开支,但他们仍旧需要进行市场营销,并且这种需要可能比以往任何时候更甚。 许多企业都正在努力使用Facebook和其它主流社交网络来推销它们自己。它们创建自己的群组并邀请它们的“好友”来加入,以使“好友”们更加了解它们是谁,以及它们做什么。唯一的问题是,我们大多数人每天都会收到至少若干个加入这类群组的请求。也许我们打开这些页面,只是为了点击“赞”,过了几秒钟便将其忘得一干二净了。 这些主要的社交网站基本上是让你“向唱诗班布道”,不过却很难让你接触到除了那些“赞”你或者已经与你成为“好友”之外的受众。你可以试图使用你最佳的魔力来使这些社交网站达成你的目的,但是当你要向与你同一地区的社群进行活动宣传或是分享信息时,“超本地化社交网站”的概念便显得更有意义。 类似American Towns和Patch这样的网站通过允许企业和组织将所发生的事贴到它们各自的地理区域来提供服务。这些网站允许使用者让他们希望向各自社区所传达的信息变得超级有针对性。报纸的网站也适用于这种情况。今天我阅读了德克萨斯州奥斯汀市的本地网络刊物《政治家》(The Statesman)。这份刊物拥有大量的本地信息(尤其是关于社交场合)、本地图片……本地的一切。这些超本地化的网站是优秀的内容提供者,但是它们并没有尽最大努力与读者进行互动。它们拥有一些包括博客与Facebook“赞“功能的社交工具,但其侧重点却很明显只是不断泵出内容而已。 我碰巧成为了“超本地化”下一阶段的一分子。过去三年(真是难以置信!)我一直在努力向美国以及美国以外的世界宣传iZoca.com。好吧,目前,这个网站只是为各个群体而设立,并且如果你停下脚步去访问一下,你一定不会觉得它非常本地化。但是,在几个月内,我们将会发布一个社区网页以允许商业和非盈利群体来向各自本地社区宣传它们自己。我们相信我们将会是在社交网络平台背景下建立的第一个超本地化网站。我们正在与哥伦比亚广播公司的一个附属机构合作,以向至少一个社区提供天气与体育新闻,并希望很快将这个功能推向全国。 我想我们都将会看到越来越多的超本地化内容提供者想尽办法在社会媒体这块场地上施展拳脚。向你的受众提供内容是一回事,而通过讨论与其它互动功能使内容变得生动活泼却完全是另外一回事。我确实相信一切都正在变得超本地化,而且我也有兴趣看到事态从此刻开始将如何发展。现在轮到你了。你认为事态将如何发展呢? 这里有一个超本地化网站的列表,值得一看: • iZoca • Patch • AmericanTowns • Outside.in • EveryBlock • Going.com • NeighborTree • DataSphere • Topix 如果你知道任何其它类似的网站,请告诉我们!
New Social Media Connections Could Equal New Opportunities

Susan Bardack is chief marketing officer for iZoca.com, a social networking website for individuals, groups and organizations. iZoca provides tools to help groups connect and share information privately, while also helping them to spread their message publicly. I'm the sort of person who thrives on multi-tasking and loves to juggle my way through life. The fact that I always have many projects and events going on makes my world go round. Of course now, social media has given us even more to juggle and it sometimes seems a bit too much. In addition ...
When It Comes To Social Media… Look And Feel Do Count.
Susan Bardack is chief marketing officer for iZoca.com, a social networking website for individuals, groups and organizations. iZoca provides tools to help groups connect and share information privately, while also helping them to spread their message publicly. Okay, I'll admit it to all of you readers here on Penn Olson; except when it comes to fashion, I'm not a very visual person. I can remember names, phone numbers, interesting factoids, basically anything I've heard spoken to me. However when it comes to marketing, I tend to rely on the expert opinions of ...
PR: Building Blogger Relations Is No Easy Task

bySusan BardackinUncategorized
Susan Bardack is chief marketing officer for iZoca.com, a social networking website for individuals, groups and organizations. iZoca provides tools to help groups connect and share information privately, while also helping them to spread their message publicly. Sometimes in marketing and in particular public relations, we learn through trial and error, not only the stories and activities that would grab peoples’ attention but also what can simply fall flat as a flapjack. With that said, one sure way of realizing success is by being open and comfortable with feedback. Let me tell you ...
PR: Looking For The Unique Angle

bySusan BardackinUncategorized
Susan Bardack is chief marketing officer for iZoca.com, a social networking website for individuals, groups and organizations. iZoca provides tools to help groups connect and share information privately, while also helping them to spread their message publicly. I first learned about creating a unique angle for a story around the tender age of eight, when my neighbor called me into action asking that I play the piano at her house party for a gubernatorial candidate. I quickly found out I wasn't exactly there to entertain the politician, but instead being used as ...
Did Social Media Kill Off Traditional Media Relations?

bySusan BardackinUncategorized
Susan Bardack is chief marketing officer for iZoca.com, a social networking website for individuals, groups and organizations. iZoca provides tools to help groups connect and share information privately, while also helping them to spread their message publicly. For most of my marketing and public relations life, I have operated in a very traditional sense, pitching stories to the various news media, hoping to create buzz and generate maximum return for my clients. Since I had taken the time to develop relationships with reporters and editors, I sort of felt as though ...
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