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Are you using Google Alerts to monitor what people are saying about your brand?

Posted by Macala Wright on March 1, 2009 at 6:00pm

Are you using Google Alerts to monitor what people are saying about your brand?Alerts allow you to actively monitor press coverage your company is receiving – positive and negative. Press doesn’t just come in the form of magazines and newspapers anymore. Bloggers, community forums and social networks contribute - things online consumers use on daily basis – toward negative and positive perception of your product/brand. Alerts are an easy and FREE way to monitor what the blogosphere is saying abo

MFG.com: The Fashion World Is Not Ready

Posted by Melody Wilson on April 13, 2009 at 1:41pm

It sounds like such a great idea, doesn't it? Sourcing made simple via the internet. A site that connects designers and manufacturers using spec sheets and a formal bidding process. No more phone calls, faxes, or sending samples just to get a bid.

But in practice, I just don't think we're ready for mfg.com. When I submitted spec sheets for Pixyworld's dresses & shorts last summer, the response I got was somewhat puzzling.

Of all the hundreds of suppliers (domestic and overseas) they had listed, th

Are you using Google Alerts to monitor what people are saying about your brand?

Posted by Macala Wright on March 1, 2009 at 6:00pm

Are you using Google Alerts to monitor what people are saying about your brand?Alerts allow you to actively monitor press coverage your company is receiving – positive and negative. Press doesn’t just come in the form of magazines and newspapers anymore. Bloggers, community forums and social networks contribute - things online consumers use on daily basis – toward negative and positive perception of your product/brand. Alerts are an easy and FREE way to monitor what the blogosphere is saying abo

MFG.com: The Fashion World Is Not Ready

Posted by Melody Wilson on April 13, 2009 at 1:41pm

It sounds like such a great idea, doesn't it? Sourcing made simple via the internet. A site that connects designers and manufacturers using spec sheets and a formal bidding process. No more phone calls, faxes, or sending samples just to get a bid.

But in practice, I just don't think we're ready for mfg.com. When I submitted spec sheets for Pixyworld's dresses & shorts last summer, the response I got was somewhat puzzling.

Of all the hundreds of suppliers (domestic and overseas) they had listed, th

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Are you using Google Alerts to monitor what people are saying about your brand?

MFG.com: The Fashion World Is Not Ready

Are you using Google Alerts to monitor what people are saying about your brand?

MFG.com: The Fashion World Is Not Ready

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