Social Media (34)

Talking Social Media at the Magic Tradeshow

This year’s WWD Magic Tradeshow was amazing. FashionablyMarketing.Me’s Macala Wright Lee, Carolyn Coles of Lululemon, Daniela Zeltzer of XCVI Clothing, Daria Shualy of SenseOFashion.com and Crosby Noricks of Red Door Interactive/Charlotte Russe presented a panel on Advance Social Media Strategies for Retailers. The panel, moderated by Staci Riordan of Fox Rothschild, can be seen below.

Advanced Social Media Strategies: Part One


Advanced Social Media Strategies: Part Two

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Who Should Run Twitter For Your Business?

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Guest Post By William Martin-Genier

Amongst all the different social tools available, Twitter, more than Facebook, allows companies to watch their customers’ opinions and involve them.

However, the different approaches the brands choose are not all good or bad, as this medium has yet to be fully apprehended.

It is easier for the labels that have a strong personality at the creative or business head of the company. Indeed, we have seen brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Diane Von Furstenberg, and that
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Women's Wear Daily Is Finally Social

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Every morning, around 4AM PST I stumble to my computer, first dose of crack in cup in hand, and search for the WWD Morning Report in my in box.

Last week, I had a surprise waiting for me – the report changed! It was formatted differently, easier to read, easier to find content and…MORE ENGAGING. I started reading through the titles and stopped when I saw, SOCIAL STUDIES.

“What?” I thought to myself, “Social Studies”

No, it couldn’t be!

Oh but YES, it had to be!

And it WAS!

Women’s Wear Daily launched
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independent-fashion-blogger.pngIt seems that social networking is the double-edged sword in the life of the average blogger. While bloggers use social networking to promote their blogs, they are also experiencing competition when it comes to advertisement sales.


Krista Peck of Style Epiphany, a women’s style and shopping niche blog created in November of 2007 believes social networking sites are causing independent blogging to suffer. Peck has a theory that Facebook and Twitter may be the biggest culprits in her declining ad

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Ping, Wearable Technology

ping_collage-300x273.jpgSeattle based designer Jennifer Darmour, who runs electricfoxy, explores the link between clothing and technology with her innovative garment Ping. This social networking garment is connected to Facebook, and each ofthe wearer’s movements is tied to Facebook.

A Facebook application allows message customization, and it also allows the wearer to make up different rhythms to communicate. And don’t think that Ping is one-way communication — when a Facebook friend sends a comment or message, Ping will

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LOFT is revamping its image with its new site LiveLoveLoft.com and is taking the microblogging platform Tumblr along for the ride. Tumblr, famous for its focus on pictures and photos rather than text, is helping LOFT create the kind of sophisticated appeal that it has — up to this point — lacked.

Furthermore, LOFT has recruited popular Tumblr blogger Jessica Schroeder of What I Wore to help steer Live Love Loft. Schroeder is Live Love Loft’s guest editor for April and will be writing for Live Lov

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n a recent study of social media usage Chadwick Martin Bailey surveyed 1500 consumers and found over 50% of Facebook fans and Twitter followers say they are more likely to not only recommend, but they are also more likely to buy from those brands than they were before becoming fans/followers.

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Findings:

  • 60% of Facebook fans and 79% of Twitter followers are more likely to recommend those brands since becoming a fan or follower.
  • 51% of Facebook fans and 67% of Twitter followers are more likely to buy
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The impact of bloggers and real-time media has had a profound effect on how designers and media participate in Fashion Week. To better gauge blogger impact and influence on Fashion Week, I started monitoring the online discussions and articles two weeks prior to all the events and continued through the end of the runway shows via Biz 360 Community.

I’ve been using the Biz360 Community as a social media monitoring tool for clients and fashion industry trends. Biz360 Community is a measurement and

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Now that I’ve discussed the basics of Facebook marketing for fashion brands, it’s time to actually delve into creating effective campaigns that increase web traffic, make your customer base grow and generate revenue. In order to generate awareness and sales with Facebook, you are going to have to create connections that will literally inspire interaction.How Can Fashion Brands and Retailers Create Connections That Inspire?1. Identify goals.You have to figure out what kind of audiences and custom
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YouTube Marketing for Brands and Retailers

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YouTube is one of the top marketing mediums online. In order to successfully use YouTube as a marketing tool, brands and retailers need to ensure that their content is engaging community members through channel participation. At the same time, brands and retailers also need to use Youtube to drive online traffic to select destinations and enhance website search engine optimization strategies.Creating Participation & Community EngagementSince YouTube is a platform built entirely around the concep
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Now that I’ve discussed the basics of Facebook marketing for fashion brands, it’s time to actually delve into creating effective campaigns that increase web traffic, make your customer base grow and generate revenue.In his article, Five Ways To Optimize Your Facebook Marketing, Daniel Flamberg says, “Very few brands can or will report measurable results in awareness or sales as of Facebook campaigns.” He goes on to tell brands and retailers that Facebook is an empty pipeline, not an ongoing part
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The hot topic of the month amongst online fashion marketers revolves around the value of online giveaways and contests. We have been discussing whether or not product giveaways still hold the same value that they had a year, or even a year and a half, ago.The Consensus: They don’t hold the same value and yes, giving away products – as well as constant promotions and sales - dilute a brand’s value. Moreover, they hurt online consumers’ perceptions of that brand.Now, I know I have to back that sta
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Measuring Social Media ROI

Social Media is new to most fashion brands and retailers. Many brands and retailers are apprehensive to using social media; they don’t know how to qualify results, set goals and measure results. Jon Cockle’s outlines an approach to measurement that mirrors my own social media ROI metrics. Cockle’s presentation is great place for any marketer to start at to gain great awareness of social marketing ROI.Social Media ROIView more presentations from yongfook.
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Brands & Social Media Oversaturation

The overnight popularity of Facebook and Twitter (CNN and Oprah) has resulted in a influx of social users; last month, Comscore reported that Twitter had 9.3 million visitors and Facebook had 200 million. The spotlight on social media has driven record user registrations; brands are following suit, using Twitter & Facebook as promotional tools.Has the mass adoption of social media by brands and retailers led to its oversaturation?No it hasn’t, no more so than the mass adoption by consumers. Tele
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