Uttercast: So Facebook is Mainstream. Twitter?
Doug Haslam Twitter is the stupid application that won’t go away. There are lots of signs that it is going mainstream- especially a constant, growing flow of press mentions (I felt a…
Groundswell- This started out as a review…
Months ago, I requested and received from Forrester Research a review copy of the book “Groundswell” by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff. Little did they know it would take me…
Uttercast: What Fits?
I was going to use my Uttercast today to finally review the book "Groundswell." I figured much had already been said and I could fit my review in the 1000…
Uttercast: Relationship vs. Value in PR
Last night I took part in a chat among journalists, bloggers & PR flacks, called "journchat." For summaries of these Monday talks, use Twitter Search for"journchat" or go to http://journchat.info/.…
Social Media Top 5: Twitter Shrinkage, Digital Grown-Ups & Bad (Mrs.) Santa
The social media follower-counter’s nightmare: Twitter decided to purge deleted and suspended accounts from the system, sending users’ “followers” totals plummeting overnight. The good news– if you passed a “round…
Uttercast: Reading Critics Critically
I love music and movies, and the biggest challenge in trying to find new sources of art and entertainment is in figuring out what the critics are really saying. The…
Uttercast: Blogging Blue-Light Specials
So Chris Brogan (http://www.chrisbrogan.com/…and-trust/) threw a few noses out of joint when he ran a sponsored post on his dad-o-matic blog. Good for him. Perhaps he worried in retrospect that…
Uttercast: Social Media Intrusions
There is lots of talk about social media etiquette these days, and the only hard rule I can come up with is there are no hard rules. That doesn’t mean…
Social Media Top 5: Social Change, Etiquette, and the Facebook Generation hits DC
Social Media Breakfast Boston Fights Hunger, Virtually: Even a Kool-Aid swilling social media enthusiast like me was impressed at the power of a small act multiplied. The breakfast, themed “Social…
Uttercast: Sync Up w/ the Rest of Your Company
It seems obvious that a company should speak with one voice, but if you are a company with several departments with external audiences, you know how hard that is. I…