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An introduction to Social Media Monitoring by JamiQ

The sheer number of social media sites and services make keeping up with mentions of your brand a real challenge. Fortunately there are a number of social media monitoring services that have emerged to solve that problem. Benjamin Koe, co-founder of JamiQ provides a quick overview of social media monitoring and how to make use…

Asia Pacific Digital Brand Index

Edelman and Brandtology have found that Twitter is now the ‘Buzziest Channel’ in their latest Digital Brand Index study (DBI 2.0), which was conducted across eight Asia-Pacific markets (Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan). For brands, Google remains the most talked about brand, edging out Microsoft and Maxis. Here’s the Top…

Social Media Predictions for Small Business and Startups: The Malaysian Perspective

I’m sure you’ve read lots of predictions for marketing and social media in the past 2 weeks (I offered my own predictions here), but how many have been specific to Malaysia? I asked a few of my friends who operate businesses here in Malaysia for their predictions, and here are responses. Colin Charles, open source…

Online Trends For 2010 That Will Change Marketing In Malaysia

2009 was a watershed year for paradigm-changing online technologies. Technologies like Facebook and Twitter not only became household names last year, but are on track to change business and marketing as we charge on into 2010. As a marketer and digital native who’s practically grown up on the web, here are some personal observations of…

Sociax launches social media management platform

Sociax, a startup based out of California and founded by renowned branding strategist Peter Pek has opened its doors to a new service which they term a ‘social media management platform’. They provide not only monitoring, but also help engage with your audience on behalf of your company or brand.

Communities: Your strategic business asset

When talking about social media, you may have heard the word “community” thrown about. What is it? And why is it so important to marketers in today’s social web?

Social Media Impact on Business and Marketing

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If you are running a business, you know that a big portion of your time is spent marketing and promoting your business. The internet is changing all of that and that is what my talk will address today. Specifically I will cover the impact of online marketing–especially social media–on business.

I’m a speaker at DOMAIN REGISTRY’s seminar – ‘Online Presence: Your Gateway to Success’

I’m extremely honoured to have been invited to speak at .my DOMAIN REGISTRY’s seminar on Online Presence: Your Gateway to Success. I will be speaking alongside other distinguished speakers from MCMC, ExaBytes, and Kaspserky Labs. The event is open to everyone to attend, and will feature topics aimed at SMEs, small businesses and government agencies….

Introducing Marketing Mondays on Twitter

I’d like to try a little experiment with the Twitter community. Marketing Mondays is my attempt to generate some community discussion and (hopefully) learning about marketing in the social web. In a nutshell, participants tweet their web marketing questions and other Twitter users respond with answers. I’ll be answering every question I can so you’ll…

Social Media Club Kuala Lumpur Chapter

The Social Media Club, Kuala Lumpur Chapter (SMCkl) held it’s inaugural meeting last night. I was proud not just to attend but also to be a founding member and a part of the committee of volunteers. There have been a few blog posts reporting on the event last night, so I wanted to do something…