Tag Archives: Social Media Strategy

On Two Kinds of Social Media Chicanery: Snake Oil Salesmen vs. Charlatans.

The rapid growth of social media in recent times has been a blessing and a curse for the folks that have been fighting for recognition of its value over the last decade. It used to be that ’social networking’, ‘blog marketing’ and ‘grassroots PR’, as they were referred to for some time, were afterthoughts in marketing [...]
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The Cost of Only Talking to the People You Know

If you know me well, you probably know I have an affinity for cartoons. As I have (slowly) become more of an adult so has my taste in cartoons. What many people miss about adult cartoons (not that type of adult), and the thing that I love the most about them, are the social [...]
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Facebook Like: give up control and we will give up privacy concerns

There has been a great deal of chatter over the past week about F8 and the revolution that is coming with the “Like” button.  As Pete Cashmere of Mashable said, “Rather than aiming to be the coolest bar in town — and losing its clientele when they leave for a hipper spot — Facebook plans to [...]
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Enough About the Rockstars of Social Media. I’m Learning From a Soul Singer.

If you’re late to the game, the 2.0 community has been known to refer to industry luminaries like Chris Brogan and Brian Solis as the Rockstars of Social Media. For the record I find  most of the folks referred to in that way to be brilliant. I highly recommend reading their blogs and following their [...]
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