Adam Broitman speaks about why brands fails on social media
Adam Broitman has recently written a beautiful article on why so many brands are failing at social media. He says that In 2006, Podcamp Boston was a turning point in both my career and my general perception toward media and communications. It was an "unconference" that would spawn hundreds more of its kind. Although 300 people turned out that weekend to discuss the still nascent topic of social media, it would take years for brands to catch up. Fast forward to 2012. A lot has changed in the world of social media marketing, but brands still have a long way to go when it comes to fully demonstrating understanding of the notion of brands as social objects. Through real world examples, I will outline three areas that continue to stand in the way of brands that are attempting to acclimate to the new social order of communications. All three themes can be boiled down to a common denominator -- lack of integration. The diagram in the next section frames an integrated commun...