Mapping out social media

Navigating your way around the many forms of social media can be a bit like trying to find your way through some obscure European town where you don't speak the language with tons of winding backroads and unfamiliar faces at every turn. Well I've stumbled upon a social media map, thanks to Overdrive Interactive, that just might help you find your way around the unknown territories of social media.

At the very least, it's a great, categorized guide to the many platforms and options available in the social media world. Take a moment to look through the columns and some of the top examples under each, and by all means, click through the links and explore the sites in more depth. We're always learning new and exciting social media tips, tricks, and tools to help build brands and businesses, and we love passing them on to you. If you wanna know more, you know where to find us: info@diousa.com

Happy New Year y'all!

-KatyTX


Thanks to Overdrive Interactive for their great social media map! (If you can't see this image in detail, go to this link to see it more clearly)

Let's start the dioLOGUE

Welcome to the dioLOGUE, a brand new blog written by the fabulous folks at dio strategic marketing.

Though our blog hasn't been in existence for long (heck, it's only been a couple hours now), check back regularly for useful tidbits that just might spark your next big campaign, give you new avenues of reaching customers, or will simply make you chuckle and break up your week of monotony. For us, it's a creative outlet and a way to share with our partners. And we LOVE getting mail, so drop us a line, a comment, a critique, or a call. We'd be delighted to hear from you.


Until then, here's a little rundown about what we believe:

It’s all about ROI. We listen. We ask the strong questions. Do you have to pay your current ad agency for work that doesn’t meet your CEO’s objectives? Should that agency be more concerned about producing pretty pictures to round out their portfolio than focusing on great work to get you more business? Does performance matter when it comes to compensation? Your answers should be: no, no, and yes. Yes - performance does matter when it comes to compensation. This is why we have incorporated this into our formula for success that has helped our partners grow market share, with shared risk.

The first part of the formula is Marketing Savvy. We understand that communications are important to grow your business and market share, and that starts by defining who you are and exactly what aspects can be leveraged as points of differentiation and a unique brand deliverable. We complete research and develop tailored strategic plans of internal and external communications. And we aren’t tied down to just one medium; we are neutral and utilize only those tactics which make sense for your budget, demographic targets, and brand strategy.

The second part is Business Acumen. Our business outlook has driven us to embrace a new pay for performance model for our partners. While the economic tide is out, and even when it comes back, we believe that part of our compensation should be tied to your success – allowing us to take part of the risk in your investment. That is why we’re not an ad agency – we are a firm focused on our partners’ success. We bring comprehensive category business knowledge, and the proven ability to integrate your overall business strategy into a communications plan in which we have a vested return on investment.

Added together: Marketing Savvy + Business Acumen = Success. This is the overall formula that is centric to our new strategic direction in which we provide accountability to your success.



What about you? What do you believe? What's your strategic direction? Perhaps we can help clarify your company's beliefs and help you build a new, stronger strategic direction to achieving that ultimate goal of success. What do you think, you in?