Image via Wikipedia Well, the week whizzed by and today is Christmas Eve. Yes, I’m still in denial but did not want to miss the opportunity to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas! I hope that your holiday is filled with love and laughter. If you are taking a break until year end, [...]
The World’s Not Small It’s Just Sliced Really Thin
We often remark how much smaller the world has become. Technology has facilitated our ability to seamlessly connect with people around the globe. Social media has added a new depth to this ability by allowing us to connect around common points of interests. Yet, while the world seems small, it is vast and largely unexplored. [...]
Filed Under: Marketing, Social Media Tagged With: micro communities, Online Communities, tribes
How Bulletproof is Your Reputation?
Written by Karen D. Swim This morning my friend, Dwann Holmes Olsen had her Facebook page hacked. The hacker posted vile and ugly rantings on her wall alarming many of her followers. The hacking was disturbing, but even more disturbing were those that believed that Dwann had written the uncharacteristic words. Misrepresentation and slander are nothing [...]
Filed Under: Business and Career, Social Media Tagged With: brand monitoring, brand repuation, reputation management, social media monitoring
Not Quite Breaking News
*Beep, beep* Regularly scheduled programming has been interrupted for this special broadcast. I’m interrupting my own programming today because let’s face it most of the world will be watching the public memorial service for entertainment icon, Michael Jackson. I will be watching some of the events as well and examining the outpouring for life and [...]
Filed Under: Marketing, Social Media Tagged With: marketing lessons, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson memorial
Why You May Not Be Smarter than a 5th Grader
I stood up from the pile of work on my desk to stretch. I was hot, my hair was sticking up and I was tired and cranky. I looked out the window and sighed. It was a beautiful summer day. The branches lifted ever so gently, the cloudless sky was clear and blue and the [...]
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