Many companies are entering the social/green/community space, with hopes of impressing customers, yet despite their best intentions, they could come across as unauthentic, and be damaging their own brand. Companies should first take a self-assessment of their brand to see if they’re ready before they decide to enter the social space.
Companies should first assess their culture and ask:
- Is the company ready to talk about the good –and bad– with the market?
- Is the internal culture ready to embrace customers on their own terms?
- Is the culture ready to make changes based on the request of customers?
Launching a corporate blog is easy, a Twitter account even easier, yet if companies culture doesn’t match the values they’re telling the market, they risk brand damage through reduced credibility. You’re not fooling anyone.
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This is such a great way to think about it. After reading hundreds if not thousands of articles on SM, it's so refreshing to get a little humor in my education.
So...what's the Digital Mullet? The common definition of a mullet is "business in the front, party in the back."
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