Archive for the ‘Social Media Top 5’ Category
Friday, April 13th, 2012
in my cynical, skeptical way, I have spent the last several months heaping doubt and scorn on Pinterest and Instagram, mainly as a hedge against the people who seem too excited about either of these being the "next big thing." I have, some of you will like to hear, since ...
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Sunday, March 18th, 2012
1) Don't Kill All the Lawyers
I enjoyed this short piece on managers and lawyers by Ted Weisman of Lois Paul and Partners. The truth is, between bigger brand with their own established standards and practices getting better at social media, and regulations piling up, having to deal with lawyers - ...
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Friday, March 9th, 2012
Yeah, nobody's reading this fresh because everybody's at SXSW Interactive, right? Except those that aren't.
"Humanize" - Rush to Publish Causes Confusion
The fact that publishing tools are plentiful and easy to use does not excuse mistakes made in the rush to publish- though it does cause them. On the other hand, the self-correcting nature of ...
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Friday, March 2nd, 2012
Pinterest and the Copyright Bogeyman
Pinterest has captured the hearts and minds of social media shiny-object navel-gazers. It's great, it's simple, it's visual.. but back in January, I couldn't help but wonder if there were copyright issues. Boy howdy were there. While I now wonder if the current hysteria over copyright ...
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Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Pet Peeves: Washington Post Facebook App
Recently I noticed in my Facebook timeline (yeah, i look at that) a lot of links to interesting stories with the "Washington Post" logo on them. Trusted news source, so why not click? Being greeted with a pop-up asking me to grant a Facebook app ...
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Sunday, October 30th, 2011
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I spoke on a few current social media topics on my monthly appearance on Media Bullseye Radio this week. I thought I would throw a few more thoughts out there. The overall theme seems to be that people judge too quickly and ...
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Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Google Plus an Afterthought?
I attended Exploring Social Media Boston last week (ok, Burlington is NOT Boston, but I hope the traveling speakers got a good tour of scenes where Paul Blart Mall Cop were shot). My thoughts on the overall event are here at the Voce Nation blog, but one ...
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
A Bad Headline is Still Bad Journalism
When I was starting out in public relations, I helped a client, a games web site, get a nice article n the local paper. The article was indeed very positive, but the headline made a reference to gambling-- something the client wanted to be ...
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Friday, August 12th, 2011
"I've Moved to Google +"
I know I keep thinking I'm going to stop posting about Google +, but this annoys me a lot; people announcing they have left Facebook for Google Plus. I didn't know it was a choice, and the market will lead individuals, not the other way around, ...
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Friday, June 24th, 2011
1- I Don't Hate All Infographics
I have posted here grumpily about infographics in the past. People rely on them too much, many of them are too busy, and rather than simplifying a complicated topic, they often make a simple topic terrifyingly complex. These things are not shiny tools to make ...
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