April 2009
36 posts
“Will all these social networks and websites survive? No.
Do we understand how...”
– Jason Cohen, A Smart Bear: Why you have to engage in social media, even if you don’t want to
“Media guru Michael Wolf recently stated that 80% of newspapers will disappear in...”
– Kathleen Mazzocco, writing in Silicon Valley Watcher: The Future Of PR When Every Company Is Now A Media Company
“Used in conjunction with a good client app like TweetDeck, Twitter becomes an...”
– Robert Strohmeyer, PCWorld: Twitter Quitters Just Don’t Get It
Fear and Loathing in Personal Brand Land
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Mayo turns to social media to reach out to... →
“Nielsen Online data released today suggest more than 60% of people who sign up...”
– Advertising Age: Why Twitter’s Reach Is Limited
“The blog is the Swiss army knife of social media.”
– Paul Gillin: In Defense of Blogging
Social Media: The Five-Year Forecast
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Chicago Domino's Gets Social Media Right! →
US State Dept. Sends Twitter to Iraq
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Is Social Media Too Fast? →
FeaturedUsers Launches Twitter Ad Network -... →
I know Dusty Reagan, the developer of both FriendOrFollow and FeaturedUsers. He’s a great guy, and I’m happy to see his success.
Don’t let your business make this basic mistake... →
“Long-term social media engagement requires businesses to get real and go deep.”
– Humanizing brands? « Shannon Paul’s Very Official Blog
“Twitter is becoming a one-line wire service.”
– How Twitter saved public relations from PR - PRWeek US
“Twitter’s ability to document and search real time conversation gives it an...”
– 9 Twitter Search Apps : Better Than Twitter & Google
“For decades, older consumers were largely shunned by marketers because they were...”
– NY Times: Advertising - The Older Audience Is Looking Better Than Ever
“Twitter and the statusphere have become our attention dashboards that serve as...”
– Brian Solis, PR 2.0: The Social OS, The Battle Between Facebook and Twitter is the New Mac vs. PC
“Does creating a profile on Facebook, tweeting on Twitter, or reading and...”
– Marketing Sherpa: New Chart: Majority of Marketers Believe No Experience is Needed to be a Social Media Expert
The Personality Project - Why Personality Matters... →
“Capital Area Food Bank of Texas (Austin) was early to the game and remains a...”
– Ed Nicholson, Tyson Foods Huger Relief: Seven Hunger Relief Organizations Doing Good Social media
“Here are some easy tasks to encourage social media adoption across the...”
– Geoff Livingston, The Buzz Bin: Five Quick Tips for Enterprise Adoption
“This raises a question corporate communicators should ponder: What is an...”
– Shel Holtz: Two Employees Threaten Pizza Chain’s Reputation
“It is the age of the Self-Actualized Expert, and we’re all qualified to grant...”
– Ike Pigott: The Doogie Howser of EST
“Marketing isn’t about buying reach, it’s about building...”
– Greg Verdino: May I market for you?
“Too many companies are approaching social media as a tool to generate buzz,...”
– Mack Collier, The Viral Garden: Social Media ain’t about one-night stands, it’s about relationships
“Twitter is a rare example of older people embracing a new web technology at such...”
– Younger US Demos 12% Less Likely to Tweet
DiGiorno Tweets: Tips for Twitter Campaigns →
“Cheapening your brand by lowering your billing rates or giving away your...”
– RepMan: We have no intention of becoming PR’s version of the Packard
Starting: Day 21,222 (Lent 2008)
Most people find it difficult to believe that the woman seen all over the Internet in the hot pink straw hat and feather boa-–the one who tweets and blogs and blabs about social media–-grew up as a quiet, shy child. But it’s true.
It took me so long to say my first words, in fact, that some people worried I never would. My mother’s opinion was that I would speak when I had something to say; she...
“Similar to Facebook, a social network initially intended to connect college...”
– Brian Solis, PR 2.0: Twitter Traffic Surges to 10 Million: The Demographics Driving the Growth
10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should... →
Is twitter going to ban mass followers/ removers? →
Breast Cancer Awareness Fairy
Facebook held a special treat for me this morning, thanks to someone who attended our Getting Started with Social Media workshop last week, just before I left town to help take care of a friend having a bilateral mastectomy. Instead of the usual Monday morning blahs, my mood brightened when I discovered that I’d been the inspiration for a piece of art by Tammy Moore—a marketer...
“An Australian study found surfing the internet for fun during office hours...”
– Mail Online: Twittering and watching YouTube videos ‘makes workers more productive’