Perspectives on Social Media Marketing

PART I: REALLY UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL MEDIA.
1. How would you define social media?
2. Why has social media had such a powerful impact?
3. How has social media changed general marketing strategies?
4. Does branding still matter? Has the definition of brand" changed?
5. Is social media something that small companies and entrepreneurs can take advantage of, or is it mostly for large players only?
6. How important is personal branding?
7. Should companies allow executives or other employees develop personal brands as representatives if the company?
8. Should traditional marketing efforts be relegated to the museum?
9. How (if at all) has social media altered the consumer buying cycle?
10. What are some of the popular misconceptions many marketers have about social media?
11. Is social media an evolution of marketing, or an evolution of public relations? How has social media changed PR?
PART II: IMPLEMENTING A STRATEGY.
12. What is the cost of entry for a social media marketing effort? Is it comparable to the cost of traditional marketing efforts such as TV and print?
13. Is it possible to run a regional SM campaign, or is it impossible to contain?
14. Should marketers seek to integrate social media efforts with traditional efforts, or should they be kept, planned, and run independently from each other?
15. If there is room for SM and traditional efforts to be integrated, what strategy should be planned first: social media, traditional or should they both be planned simultaneously?
16. Are there any tools that are "must haves" for every social media marketing effort?
PART III: MANAGING, MEASURING, AND ACHIEVING SUCCESS.
17. What accounts for success in a social media marketing campaign?
18. How is social/ media measurement different from traditional marketing measurement.
19. Is it possible to monetize engagement (in other words, is there a direct relation between social media and sales)?
20. Once information is out on the social Web, it can be hard