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Seven Ways Auto Suppliers Can Supercharge Their Social Media Impact

Posted Mar. 24th 2016

While many of North America’s top automotive OEM suppliers have increased and improved upon their use of social media in the past year, they can kick up the horsepower of their social media programs by following seven simple tips. Our second annual proprietary study, “Social Media and Automotive Supplier Habits 2.0™” (SMaASH 2.0™), analyzed social […]

Are Professional Service Firms Fully Leveraging the Power of Facebook?

Posted Mar. 18th 2016

Facebook is arguably the most powerful social media platform going, with 1.59 billion monthly active viewers. And while most (92 percent) of the 25 top Detroit professional service firms – as ranked by Crain’s Detroit Business – have Facebook pages, many are failing to leverage its power to boost awareness and engagement for their brands. […]

Meet the Media: Jeff Gilbert, Auto Reporter at WWJ Newsradio 950

Posted Mar. 15th 2016

  What’s the top story you’re working on right now? The fun thing (and the challenging thing) about being in radio is the top story at 1 PM can become totally unimportant at 1:15, when something else breaks. We’re in one of those times when there’s not a big overriding auto story (GM/Toyota Recalls, GM/Chrysler […]

The ‘Average’ Auto Supplier, Socially

Posted Mar. 4th 2016

Our recent Social Media and Automotive Supplier Habits™ 2.0 (SMaASH™ 2.0) study of the top 25 North American automotive OEM suppliers showed that suppliers have stepped up their social media game in the past year. Among the highlights: • More suppliers are embracing social media – The most popular social media channels where leading auto […]

Are Firms Focusing Too Much Effort on Twitter?

Posted Feb. 26th 2016

Twitter is a popular social media platform for the top Detroit-area professional service firms. In fact, all of the 25 top firms we studied use it. And 58 percent of all 8,300 social media updates posted by those firms over a three-month span were posted on Twitter, as opposed to LinkedIn, Facebook or YouTube. At […]

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Most Auto Suppliers’ Social Media Posts Fail to Be Interactive

Posted Feb. 12th 2016

Most auto suppliers claim that audience engagement and connection are the immediate goals for their social media posts. Beyond that, they want to increase awareness, improve brand reputation and ultimately drive conversion or sales. And they go to great lengths to measure engagement – counting likes, follows, favorites, shares, retweets, reach, clicks and other metrics. […]

Top Blog Posts on Social Media for Professional Service Firms

Posted Feb. 5th 2016

While many professional service firms have rushed to use LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in their business-to-business content marketing strategy, many don’t know how their efforts compare to those of their peers. To help those firms understand how their efforts stack up … and what the greatest opportunities for improvement are … we analyzed three […]

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