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SmartBlog on Restaurants : State of social media for restaurants

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:05:36 +0000

Hi, Ola. Here's a link to the survey (designed in partnership with a top-flight market research firm) so you can see the methodology: http://surveys.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?i.... Hope this helps move the dialogue forward. Best, ~ Merritt

SmartBlog on Restaurants : State of social media for restaurants

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:01:38 +0000

Hi Chalkboarder. Thank you for your feedback and for the link to your interesting findings! As we've mentioned, the figures listed above are preliminary. What we're looking for now is additional voices from restauranteurs that will either confirm or overturn the data that has been offered up so far. We'd love to hear from restaurant owners, managers and staff to get a feel for their experiences on the ground. Here's a link to the survey: http://surveys.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?i... Thanks for calling attention to this initiative! ~ Merritt

SmartBlog on Restaurants : State of social media for restaurants

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:14:15 +0000

Hi, Jennifer. Thanks for taking the survey; we really appreciate your time and input. I just doublechecked the survey tool and branch logic (awesome nerdy research term) and everyone who completes it **should** be asked for name and email at the very end. Now that you've written in though, we've made note of your name and will email you if you're the winner. We'll also post the winner's name in Restaurant SmartBrief http://www.smartbrief.com/restaurant/ and here on this blog, so stay tuned!

SmartBlog on Restaurants : State of social media for restaurants

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:06:42 +0000

Hi, Jonathan. You may well be right -- this is why we need more restauranteurs to weigh in ASAP so we can make sure our stats are statistically sound. To a certain extent, all surveys are somewhat skewed since the participants are self selecting, but still. We're still in the early stage of results collection. We'll keep you posted, and in the meantime, I'm now hungry for a steak supper!

SmartBlog on Restaurants : State of social media for restaurants

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:41:08 +0000

Hi, Ron. Great example. Morton's The Steakhouse is another goodie: http://smartblogs.com/socialmedia/2010/04/21/mort.... In a recent Webinar we at SmartBrief hosted on the topic of Social Media for Restaurants, Andy Sernovitz pinpointed six other restaurants who have interesting social media strategies -- more on that here: http://bit.ly/9YQTEn

SmartBlog on Restaurants : State of social media for restaurants

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:31:34 +0000

Hi, Mark. Lots more specifics and insights to come, and we promise to post them here. First, though, we need more restaurant folks to take the survey so that we can get to a critical mass of responses. Anything you could do to spread the word would be really helpful. Here's a shortened link for you to pass along to your networks: http://bit.ly/dhfWlk Thanks in advance for your help spreading the word!

SmartBlog On Social Media : Charlene Li on social media and leadership

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:04:45 +0000

Good news! The book was released May 24! Voila: http://amzn.to/aSlNhl. In the meantime, here's a little more to chew on, an interview our contributing editor did with Charlene Li just last week: http://bit.ly/dnTarR Enjoy!

SmartBlog on Restaurants : Call for healthy recipes

Fri, 4 Jun 2010 15:00:30 +0000

Hi, Amie. Thanks for contributing that buckwheat cashew pudding recipe -- sounds delish. Did you see that we featured it today in SmartBrief on Nutritionists, with a link to The Healthy Apple? http://bit.ly/9v2Tl4

SmartBlog On Social Media : Live from SXSW: Viral video how-tos from the pros

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:40:39 +0000

I really wish you (and everyone else!) could have been at this SXSW session. It really was hysterical.

SmartBlog On Social Media : Where social media meets cause marketing

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:25:49 +0000

Oh good, MJ, glad to hear it. Please let us know if you'd ever be interested in writing a guest blog post for us about concepts you're teaching in your class. Our audience is social media marketers, so we're especially dialed into social media connections to CSR. We would welcome some of the latest thinking from the world of academia!

SmartBlog On Social Media : Health and social media at SXSW: New channels take on old problems

Tue, 6 Apr 2010 20:00:39 +0000

Aurora, thanks for your comment. Critical thinking skills are important when looking for any kind of solutions online, and this is especially true with health info -- we agree!

SmartBlog On Social Media : Social media and China: What you need to know

Thu, 1 Apr 2010 15:07:29 +0000

Thanks, Sam. I hope our readers will benefit as much as I did from your presentation.

SmartBlog On Social Media : Does social media change your agency relationships?

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:15:17 +0000

These are all great questions, thanks Socratesdux. I'll be attendiing the IAB Social Media Marketplace in NYC next week, and will let you know if I learn anything that forwards the conversation. Agencies and brands -- large and small -- will be in the room.

SmartBlog On Social Media : Does social media change your agency relationships?

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:45:10 +0000

Thanks, Michael, Jaime and Eric! Sounds like you're in agreement on the D.I.Y. front. Anyone out there have a positive experience to share about working hand-in-hand with an agency on social media stuff?

SmartBlog On Social Media : Social bookmarking's place in the marketing spectrum

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:49:35 +0000

Hi, Danielle. Paul's right -- the number of respondents to our weekly polls varies from about 100-400. This particular poll question garnered reaction from exactly 200 SmartBrief on Social Media readers. Does that help? Please let me know if you have other questions or ideas for poll questions in the future! Thanks. ~ Merritt Colaizzi, SmartBrief Publisher

SmartBlog On Social Media : Will augmented reality be the bridge to Web 3.0?

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:47:52 +0000

Jordan, thanks for pointing us towards your Spotlight on Augmented Reality primer. I especially like the roundup of brands doing AR well: RayBan, Wrigley’s, UPS, Doritos, BMW and Esquire (see links to examples at Jordan's Work at Play link above).

SmartBlog On Social Media : Is social media driving mobile ahead?

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:59:32 +0000

Points well taken, @textandshout. Just out of curiosity, where did that Facebook mobile v. desktop minutes per day stat come from?

SmartBlog On Social Media : Will augmented reality be the bridge to Web 3.0?

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:43:33 +0000

Cool - I hadn't thought of the AR/trade show possbilities, but now that you mention it, that makes perfect sense. Way to be out front, Tracy.

SmartBlog On Social Media : Will augmented reality be the bridge to Web 3.0?

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:15:08 +0000

Thanks for the thoughtful response, Jack. Now that we know we have an augmented reality expert in the room, does anyone have any questions -- either about what AR is, how you can work it into your marketing arsenal or how it's measured?

SmartBlog On Social Media : Health and social media at SXSW: New channels take on old problems

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:33:34 +0000

Interesting resource. Thanks for sharing, Cindy.