Bernoff, J ~ Why marketers have trouble with full-duplex social technology

Marketers don’t understand channels where you have to talk and listen at the same time. Like one of those maddening not-full-duplex speakerphones where you can’t interrupt somebody, this is what drives customers nuts. Think about it. None of those talking channels allows a response. None of those listening channels encourages actual feedback from the company.
The marketing industry’s idea of a two-way communication is to put an 800 number or a web address in an ad and take orders.

Bernoff, J ~ Why marketers have trouble with full-duplex social technology (20.08.2009)

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Woitek Konzal

Aspiring Papa Smurf. I love working where technology meets media in novel ways. Once, I even won an Emmy for digital innovation doing that. I enjoy balancing out my practical work with academic research, teaching, and consulting. Also, I have a PhD in Creative Industries, a M.Sc. in Business Administration, and love to kitesurf.

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