Archive for the ‘Social Media Top 5’ Category
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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Monday, June 20th, 2011
One: OK, You're Awesome- Now Get to Work
We hear a lot in the social media world about being "awesome." some of the people who espouse this are great friends, others are simply well-known within our little industry. I'm all for building up our confidence with supportive epithets like this, ...
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Saturday, June 4th, 2011
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The Age of Social Media Gurus Ends, the Age of Integration of Social Begins; or the Age of Wrapping the Startlingly Obvious in Bacon and Calling it Vision
Since I got involved in social media, it was a given- to me at least-that ...
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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 ...
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Friday, May 13th, 2011
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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 ...
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