Monthly Archive for April, 2009

Social Media Club Presentation

Earlier this week I presented to the Social Media Club of South Florida.  The title of the presentation was “140 Characters or Less: Is Social Media Driving Real Business or are we just Tweeting/Friending/Following/Linking/Digging between ourselves?”  If you care to take the time, you will notice that the title is 140 characters, which is the size limit of a Twitter ‘tweet’.

The presentation can be seen on Slideshare.net, and I have embedded it below.  It’s split into 2 discussions – the first is a discussion of how Social Media in and of itself is not a strategy, but a tactic that supports a campaign that supports a business strategy, just as any other tactic would (whether print, broadcast, search, email).  The second part is a case study of the work we are doing for Nova Southeastern University, helping them build out their social media program.
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Starmark Receives National Recognition, Ranking as a Top Diversity-Owned Small Business

Picture 3 Recognizing the economic power of multicultural business, DiversityBusiness.com – the nation’s primary resource for small businesses and Fortune 1000 companies – has named Starmark International one of the Top Ten Woman-Owned Businesses in Florida. Regionally, Starmark is the second top woman-owned business in Fort Lauderdale, according to DiversityBuiness.com’s ranking.
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Starmark's Director of Interactive Services Presents Social Media for Business on Tuesday, April 14

Social media has become more than a buzz phrase. It has transformed the way individuals, businesses and media connect, communicate, collaborate and relate. To illustrate the successes of using social media as a viable business strategy, Murray Izenwasser Director of Client Strategy, Interactive Services for Starmark International will present an original program entitled “Is Social Media Driving Real Business or are we just tweeting, Friending, Following, Linking, Digging between ourselves?” The program will be presented for the first time to Social Media Club South Florida’s next meet-up on Tuesday, April 14, 2009; 6:00 p.m. at Yahoo! Latin America’s offices in Coral Gables, Fla.
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Starmark International Hosts Gallery Night for Alan S. Maltz, Official Fine Art and Wildlife Photographer of Florida

On April 16, 2009, Starmark International, a full-service integrated marketing communications agency located in Dania Beach,  Florida will host “Gallery Night” for artist Alan S. Maltz.
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Ads on Facebook Make It Easy to Hit Your Target Audience


While the definitive opinion on this tactic is not yet in, placing ads on Facebook and/or LinkedIn is certainly worth a try. For a relatively low budget of a few hundred to a few thousand dollars, you can test these social media waters. And you can choose the pay-per-click or CPM (cost per thousand impressions) plan.

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