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Ad Agencies Get the Prod for Lack of Blogging
03/05/08
Great piece today by Cathy Taylor on one of the Mediapost blogs, Social Insider. In it, she points out that many agencies aren’t walking the talk about social media, particularly when it comes to blogging. And the first commenter makes the interesting point that social media may go against the whole culture or M.O. of agencies—implying not to look for much improvement anytime soon.
Sure, digital agencies are different. But what about their big brothers? They still control the great bulk of the spending. What is the deal with ad agencies? Will they ever get it? There are some great independent blogs about advertising—that is, that do not come from inside agencies. One is mentioned in the above post or comments. Another is AdRants. But will ad agency management themselves ever get with the program? PR agencies have—bigtime, as a matter of fact. What’s your take on the reasons for this—for such a disparity?
Keywords: blogging, ad agencies, social media
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By: Stefani
12/23/08 - 7:53am
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by Guy Kawasaki...All the top stories and blog posts on the topic of social media and marketing .... including yours truly!
Techobabble 2.0
by Jonny Bentwood...A PR consultant at Edelman in the UK waxes on about analyst relations, technology strategy, and new media, especially showcasing where people get it right and wrong.
Feld Thoughts
by Brad Feld...One of the most active and plugged-in early stage investors in Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 technologies.
Release 2.0
by O'Reilly Radar/Jimmy Guterman...Insight and analysis on the business and social impact of key technology trends.
WebInkNow
by David Meerman Scott...Online thought leadership and viral marketing strategies.
MediaShift
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