Unofficial Guide to South By Southwest 2014

The emergence of social media several years ago changed the way brands communicated with and to consumers – forcing them to completely change their approach to marketing products and services not only online, but offline as well. This emergence of consumer-to-consumer communications has been greatly magnified in the marketplace – and become an essential piece of the marketing puzzle for brands. Finding unique ways to leverage these consumer conversations into marketing strategies is essential and integrating user-generated content is an important component of brand building. Unlike traditional marketing communications, where brands and marketing managers had a high degree of control, today’s marketers have to learn how to best leverage and shape consumer discussions and generated media. In recent months, more and more brands have realized the power in using consumer-generated media from social networks - shaping and changing the way they are reaching consumers.

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