New Social Network Takes a Stand

September 20, 2011

There’s a new player in town and it’s claiming it wants to help you break free of G+ and Facebook tyranny. If nothing else, these folks make a great video with a compelling argument.

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We Still Love Facebook, Warts and All

September 14, 2011

In spite of its considerable flaws, a new study finds we can’t get enough of Facebook, but I’m hoping Google+ has the chops to make a serious run at it. Read my full commentary on Internet Evolution.

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Salesforce Chatter Pushes Enterprise Social into Mainstream

September 8, 2011

Image by daniel_iversen via Flickr When Salesforce opened up its Chatter API last week at Dreamforce, it propelled enteprise social into the mainstream, but it remains to be seen who will be winners in this space, and that will take some time to sort out. Read my full commentary on FierceContentManagement.

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JC Penney Halts Social Media Firestorm

September 7, 2011

Image via Wikipedia Companies absolutely must monitor social networks or they will get caught by surprise when angry customers attack. JC Penney appeared to be listening last week when a controversy erupted over a T-shirt message aimed at young girls. The message: I’m too pretty to do homework, so my brother has to do it [...]

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Google Circles Gets Out of Control (humor)

September 5, 2011

Noise to Signal Cartoon

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LinkedIn Turns on Use of Photo, Content in Ads by Default – How to Turn Off

August 11, 2011

In another bone-headed move by a social network, especially one that is geared toward business and builds its reputation on that, LinkedIn recently added a “feature” that lets them use your photo and other information from your LinkedIn social stream in advertisements, and they turned it on by default. Here’s how to turn it off: [...]

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Keeping Your Content Strategy Real

August 8, 2011

By now we should all know the importance of an authentic content strategy that moves beyond traditional marketing techniques, but it seems like it’s a lesson worth repeating. Read my full post on FierceContentManagement. Photo by Banalities on Flickr. Used under Creative Commons License.

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Google Forces Its Way into the Social Media Conversation

July 5, 2011

Image by Getty Images via @daylife With Google Plus, it’s time to start taking Google seriously as a social networking competitor. Read my full commentary on Internet Evolution.

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Shaq Retirement Tweet Shows Celebs How It’s Done

June 6, 2011

Image via Wikipedia Shaquille O’Neil retired on Twitter last week with dignity and class and his online reputation firmly intact. Other celebrity tweeters (and all of us for that matter) should take note of how it’s done. Read my full commentary on Internet Evolution.

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In Time of Crisis, I Headed for iPhone

June 2, 2011

Image via Wikipedia I have lived in Massachusetts for my entire life. Yesterday for the first time ever, I heard tornado warning sirens go off. I gathered my kids and headed for the basement with my iPhone.  From there, I texted with my wife who was at work. I communicated with friends on Facebook and [...]

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