When we think about how companies are using social media, we typically look at the big players, but I love to hear how small, local companies are using it. I find it’s a great way to get my tired brain firing on how I think about the potential of social media.
I was in downtown Seattle for a number of meetings this morning and I found out how a small local coffee shop (it’s not a chain!) is on Twitter, and each time a batch of warm chocolate chip cookies emerges from the oven, they tweet about it.
The interesting thing is that as soon as that tweet goes out, you can see a stream of people from the surrounding offices heading directly to the shop. Now that’s a real world commercial and local use of social media!
There’s been a lot of discussion on how the internet has supported globalization. It’s something that we all know has impacted how we think about communications. However, keep an eye on the local impact of the internet, it could be something we start spending a lot more time thinking about from a PR perspective.
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