Posts Tagged ‘Facebook’

The Plague of Self-Branded “Expertise” or How the PR Industry is Doing it to Itself Again.”

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Saw a great cartoon today in The Oatmeal lampooning the world of social media and its self-proclaimed experts.  You can see it here. Pay close attention to #5.  (more…)

Is the blog really “social media,” or just another form of broadcast?

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Mitch Joel posted a thoughtful blog this week about the role of conversation in social media. You can read it here. I suggest you do. I’ll wait for you right here. (more…)

Social media tips for small businesses…and others.

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Back by popular demand (Six people can’t be wrong!) I’ve got a new list for you this week.  Bear in mind that this is not high-brow reading for top social media GuruChampionEvangilisticExperts.  This is the basics.  But I hear routinely from folks I know that they’re intimidated about getting started, or that they’ve joined LinkedIn or Twitter and are getting nothing from it.  So this one’s for y’all!    (more…)

New Year’s Resolutions

Friday, January 8th, 2010

 

What do you know?  It only took me about two weeks to get another blog posting together.  My apologies, but, as you might have guessed, I’ve been busy!   (more…)

Invitation to Exercise Restraint

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

If you’ve been following my blog or know anything about me, you know I’ve become a convert at the altar of social media, particularly LinkedIn.  Now, the industry I serve has many strengths.  Its professionals are loyal, hard-working, detail-oriented, and tend to value traditional relationships.  However, it’s not always a cutting-edge industry when it comes to using technology. (more…)