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If there is one entrepreneur who knows the real value of building social relationships, and how they can extend into the world of social media, it’s health and fitness mogul Andy Frisella: founder of Supplement Superstores, Paradise Distribution, and the renowned fitness brand 1st Phorm International. These brands, among others, bring in more than $100 million a year. 
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When debate around sheryl sandberg's 'lean in' took a negative turn, agency sparks and honey urged client to scrap key theme of upcoming effort. When Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's modern feminist manifesto "Lean In" ignited negativity, Hyatt was forced to pull the plug on a main element of its content marketing strategy, months in the works. The quick decision was based on numbers as much as gut instinct. Hyatt's agency Sparks and Honey was monitoring digital discussions surrounding a theme the young Omnicom shop had determined was a good one for the hotel chain to hook to its brand: "women having it all." "They called me up to say it's getting a little bit dark in that space," said Dan Moriarty, director of digital strategy for Hyatt, who said the firm originally intended to include the concept of women having it all as one of the trends around which it planned to build a campaign aimed at career-minded women. When, about two days before the activation was planned to start, Sparks and Honey showed Hyatt it had tracked 80-some negative reactions to Sandberg's book, the partners decided to scrap the theme, despite three months of planning. Instead, they replaced it with "travel hacks," or digital tools for making the most of travel. Other trends that Sparks and Honey had isolated as appropriate to align with Hyatt this spring were also relatively innocuous: among them yoga and meditation, getting a good night's sleep and maintaining rituals while traveling....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Excellent case study in social media measurement and strategy. Was it silly to pull the plug so fast or was it a smart strategic move?
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No, we're not talking about Apple or Amazon or Big Data or the Marketing Cloud or Programmatic Buying. Chevy’s Rikk Wilde “looked down at his notes often, spoke haltingly and explained to the pitcher that he'd like the Colorado” —Marketing Daily’s Karl Greenberg has the skinny today on its new “inner truck guy” conventional campaign — “because it has ‘class-winning and leading, you know, technology and stuff,’” James R. Healey reports in USA Today. “The nervous Wilde was assured this morning he still has a job,” Greg Gardner and Alisa Priddle reported in the Detroit Free Press last evening. “And in fact he appears to have garnered millions in free publicity for the Chevrolet brand, which has received at least $2.4 million in media exposure from the unconventional presentation, according to Front Row Analytics. Bloomberg reports that is six times more than the $392,000 it would have brought in with a more polished performance. ”It did not take long for #technologyandstuff to pop up on Twitter with GM president North America Mark Reuss (@GMdudeinNA posting, “It's what I've been saying for years.....#technologyandstuff,” Gardner and Priddle report....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
In the world of viral and content marketing, this was a classic. Local Chevy manager makes big stage mistake. Empathy and sharing ensue. Mistake goes viral on the net. GM seizes opportunity. Picks up up the bat and hits a grand slam content marketing home run. You gotta love the internet for stories like these. And for once you've got to admire the big faceless corporation, in this case GM, seeing a good thing in a little guy's mistake. Love the story. Somebody buy Rikk Wilde a Duff's beer or two. Recommended reading. 9/10
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An anonymous startup founder has created a Tumblr blog called "My Startup has 30 Days to Live."We found the blog thanks to a tweet from Monty Munford.On the site, the startup founder says : "Through a series of unfortunate events, I took a bootstrapped (and profitable) startup onto the VC rocket ship. Now it's crashing into the ground. Hard."...
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This is a very poignant look at startups and VCs.
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Finding truth, telling stories and building community are great recipes for success like Andy Frisella.