Archive for May, 2011

Social Media Top 5: DM Spam, Infographic Pain, & Naughty Words

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

Blogworld: Spam is Spam No Matter Who Sends It I was lucky enough to be invited to attend Blogworld Expo in New York City this week, moderating a panel on social media in the financial services industry. I also attended the opening keynote, featuring author and winer Gary Vaynerchuk, former Kodak ...

Kenneth Haslam: 1934-2011

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

Last Saturday (May 21), we said goodbye to my father, Kenneth Haslam, who passed away May 14 after fighting cancer for a year. My brothers and I eulogized him, as did several people in the congregation who spoke extemporaneously. A great tribute to a man I already miss. I would ...

Social Media Top 5: Trust the Clowns & More Blather

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Trust for Trust's Sake? I Don't Trust That Notion There has been a lot of talk about Trust in social media circles over the last few years. I agree that trust is important in business (not just social media- let's stop isolating broad concepts, shall we?), but does a company try ...

Social MEdia Top 5: Game Over, Evil PR, Scoville Burnout

Friday, May 13th, 2011

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="369" caption="Flickr Photo by Rockman of Zymurgy"][/caption] Gamification and Game Mechanics I am getting a little tired-- ok, I was instantly tired when the word surfaced-- of the application of "gamification" to everything new in social media. In most cases, I see gaming as more of a gimmick. Did the idea ...

Social Media Top 5: The Return

Saturday, May 7th, 2011

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="305" caption="Photo by Imageo on Flickr"][/caption] My Social Media Top Five posts are back! Did you miss them? I don't care. As it turns out, I did. I stopped doing the Social Media Top 5 for a few reasons: I didn't think the posts were meaty enough, at least not consistently I ...