via Going Social Now by Shiv Singh
If you’re able to put aside the noise around the Facebook IPO and what certain auto manufacturers may say, you’ll realize that social media marketing is here to stay on a mass scale. Every day it only gets bigger and bigger and CEOs of Fortune 100 companies are recognizing this. Both the Unilever and the P&G CEOs talked about social media during their recent earnings calls. Just look at time spent online versus dollar spends or how companies like Ford, American Express and Nike (not to mention us at PepsiCo) are marketing through social media to see its importance. Social Suites which make it really easy to publish engaging experiences on the social platforms are valuable and for companies manage the global/local tension of social media, these suites are going matter more.
…No more is it something separate, disconnected, cute and experimental. It has just moved to the heart of all marketing efforts and the stock price movements of Facebook will not change that. Social Media Marketing is on scale and needs to be at the heart of your marketing efforts right now.
Fantastic read from a really smart human.