Getting Impatient with Social Media
Doug Haslam I attended Radian6’s "Social Media Rockstars" Social CRM (Customer Relationship Management) event last night, and confirmed one thing: I am getting impatient. I’m impatient for social media tools and strategies…
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Social Media Top 5: Social Media’s Dead- No, It’s a Clique- No, It’s a Jelly Donut
Social Media is Dead (?) Geoff Livingston wrote the salacious phrase in the title to his recent blog post explaining why he was discontinuing his involvement in the Blog Potomac…
Constant Context
I have been reading folks saying that a downfall of Twitter is the constant absence of context in 140-character Tweets, and similarly short Facebook updates. Too bad. People are there.…
Hooray for Twitter’s ‘Idle Class!’
So a recent Harvard Business School study said 10% of Twitter users produce 90% of Tweets (http://bit.ly/hbstwit). Does that make Twitter a "Broadcast" medium? I don’t think so. The lurkers,…
Social Media Acronyms Are F.U.N.
Acronyms for social media proliferate, and tortured acronyms to describe social media practices have become commonplace. That tears it. I need to do one. Here’s mine: J- Jump in, the…
Still Think the Media World Isn’t Changing?
I think every day about some aspect of my “new" media consumption habits, but I rarely put them together. Here’s a bunch: – TV is all time-shifted. This started in…
Twitter vs. FriendFeed in Driving Traffic
One of my reasons for blogging is to experiment. What drives traffic and conversation? Which communication platforms are more effective? One of my "experiments" is seeing what happens when my…
Limitations as Assets
This isn’t about knowing your limitations, but about how they might be your secret weapons. I sincerely believe that limitations are assets in disguise. – A limited camera (as on…
Facing ‘Public Relations is Dead’
Maybe it’s not really the elephant in the room, but the "PR is Dead" theme came up at last night’s Boston Media Makers gathering. Being the PR person present, I…
Grasshoppers and Gimmick PR
The other day I received a FedEx from "Grasshopper." It turned out to be a bag of chocolate covered grasshoppers- real bugs, a treat from Thailand. Attached was a tag…