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By: Sheylara.com » Blog Archive » Was I at Ogilvy’s The Open Room or not?

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:02:17 +0000

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By: Daryl Tay

Daryl Tay — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:22:21 +0000

@Tianhong: Nice to meet you too. Hopefully I’ll see you at the next SMB.

@Jonathan: Interesting that you mention that. Quite a few articles floating around about whether there should be an in-house social media specialist/strategist. From my perspective the answer is a definite yes. Will a company be willing to spend money to bring that person in? I’m guessing it ranges from a maybe to a no for the majority of companies.

By: Jonathan Kong

Jonathan Kong — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:13:27 +0000

Thanks for the article UF. Was looking forward to a post event writeup since this sounds really interesting and your article registered a ping.sg.

On the point about the lukewarm interaction from the companies, I assumed it has to do with how much the personnels themselves are exposed and understand all things Social Media. In an ideal scenario, with a ‘in-hse’ social media evangelist of some sort.. it will helped to foster tighter the relationship between their own products with the people matters.

You’re right about the conversation thingy. It’s never about the sale, it’s always about the relationship - build first by giving.

By: Tianhong

Tianhong — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:00:36 +0000

hey nice to meet you. hope to see ya for next event

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Ian On The Red Dot :: Someone Stole My ThumbDrive! — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:52:17 +0000

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