Marketing Daily has checked in with Nissan, where Erich Marx has recently been named director of social media and interactive marketing. The move, Marx says, acknowledges the reality that Facebook, Twitter and their peers are critical tools for engaging customers and prospects. But Marx also is leading a rebuild of Nissan's website and has some wise words for marketers of all stripes.

"A lot of people say 'why worry about a Web site if you have Facebook?' But we control our Web site -- it's us. Facebook, quite frankly, is not in our control. It's really for conversation, and our own site is where we want to provide certain content and a really deep look into the brand in a way that just isn't appropriate in social spaces."

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“For the second consecutive year the Tennessee General Assembly website has received an award for being the best legislative website in the nation,” said Speaker Kent Williams. “These awards demonstrate the hard work which went into our redesign has paid off, and also exhibit the transparency our website provides to the citizens of our state.”