The Obama social media strategies drove innovative marketing strategies that are still impacting our lives today. Prize winning News producer/broadcast journalist and social media strategist Peter Shaplen spoke with Marketing Voices about the Obama phenomena. Shaplen and Jones also discuss the journalism profession and how it is changing given social media’s influence.

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This entry was posted on Monday, April 20th, 2009 at 12:01 am and is filed under: Marketing Voices. Tags:, Journalism, Obama, Peter Shaplen, social media, Strategist.