April 2010
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A note to speakers
I was fortunate to spend the better part of 36 hours in Coeur D’Alene, ID this week to talk to a roomful of very enthusiastic folks about Social media, and it got me thinking: With all that yapping some of us do onstage, more often than not, true dialog tends to get lost in shuffle. We talk and talk and talk, and then towards the end of our session, we leave 10 little minutes open for...
Apr 29th
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What silly words say about the people who use...
Evidently, some “experts” still refer to Social and Mobile as “emerging” media. Um, no. Stop. Watch this video by Loic Lemeur and pay particular attention to the second half. He catches an interesting semantic flaw in an otherwise interesting report he outlines in his video. If the link doesn’t open, watch the video here, and check out Loic’s full post . Two things: 1) “emerging” is...
Apr 29th
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Back by popular demand: Is Your Social Media...
You guys asked for me to re-post this piece, and your wish is my command. Share this with hiring managers, your CMO, and everyone looking into considering either creating or filling a position requiring Social Media management skills: Tip #1: Social Media Directors should know how to do their jobs without having to ask for help every five minutes: So I look down and the (twitter) DM...
Apr 29th