September is Hunger Action Month
Doug Haslam While I tend to write about social media here, which is part of my work in public relations, regular visitors to this blog know that I get involved in causes…
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Social Media Top 5: No Experts Need Apply, Facebook Owns YOU, and PR Running the Show
Don’t Call Me an Expert (or I’ll Tell Geoff Livingston) I can always count on Geoff to call BS on people in the social media space getting high on our…
The Message Control Myth
I was listening to the Quick-n-Dirty podcast (http://bit.ly/qd917), hosted by friends Jennifer Leggio and Aaron Strout (also a client), when their guest, Michael Brito of Intel, said something I completely…
Trust Agents- Works for Me
I have been shy about reviewing many social media books because I know many of the authors (I’m biased) and often find the books are full of things I am…
Social Media Top 5: Blame-A-Thon, Facebook vs. TechCrunch (Please Let There be More) & Good PR Stuff
I #blamedrewscancer for missing most of the “Blame-A-Thon” Not long ago, Drew Olanoff, a familiar and active member of the online community, confronted his newly-diagnosed cancer with the humor- and…
Lifestreams? Feh. Life Branches? Better
Alternate title: Why I Really Hate Lifestreaming. I have written recently about my skepticism towards the term "lifestreaming." My main beef? I think the trend of everything for everybody in…
The One Reason to Focus on Tools
Often, social media experts say "don’t talk about the tools; it’s not about the tools." Of course, it’s true; to understand social media, one needs to understand communications, which transcends…
Social Media Top 5: You Don’t Need Lifestreaming to Succeed, and Long Blog Posts
Tried to keep up with the world, while managing to take a late summer break: What is This Fascination with Lifestreaming? Wasn’t it just a week or two ago that…
Social Media Top 5: I Am Smart and Handsome and My Cat is Adorable
Well, It’s official- Social Media is For Narcissists. That’s according to a study called The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement produced by San Diego State University and…
Owning Your Crap & Mob Rules
Seems that when the URL shortener tr.im went down briefly, coupled with guesses that Facebook might shut down the main FriendFeed site, all of a sudden people are worried that…