Archive for the ‘social media’ Category
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
If you bother to check out my blog regularly (thank you), you'll notice a couple of odd posts recently. The first was in some ways an accident. Being a smartass, I decided to react to some random subscriptions to both of my Posterous blogs with a post telling people not ...
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Cross-posted from Voce Nation
Recently, I had a discussion with a local (Boston) technology professional about finding influencers via social media. Additionally, I constantly have discussions with clients, colleagues and peers about measurement. Why mention these two facts together? These two topics have a lot more in common than they might ...
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Friday, December 23rd, 2011
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I have much antipathy - make that hostility - toward any kinds of predictions (see my 2011 social media predictions post for the only explanation I will give for that). Despite that, I was honored to be asked my 2012 thoughts by the folks at Awareness for ...
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Thursday, December 15th, 2011
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Is it "talk about ROI" season now? I have seen several posts online lately about social media ROI, ranging from "it doesn't exist" to "here's how you find it." It makes me think about my own current thinking in the space. As with many ...
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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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Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
My "Buzzword Radar" is oversensitive, honed over years in the PR profession, where the temptation to go the lazy route ""leading provider of robust, scalable solutions" was often too great (or driven by inexperienced managers and less sensitive clients) to resist. This is a great example of a web site ...
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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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Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
Podcamp Boston 6 is in the can- I can't believe there have been 6 (the first occurring on the fall of 2006). As someone involved in each of these PodCamps in some form (I'm going to be like one of those old guys who has been to every SuperBowl) I ...
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Yeah, right-- you think there's a "social media lesson" for everything? Get a life. Have fun once in a while. Hope those of you in the Northern Hemisphere had a chance to enjoy yourselves this summer.
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