Share I haven’t watched much of American Idol. I’m really not a fan of the signing but I am a fan of using social media to predict popularity contests. So lets give it a go. First lets look at sentiment. Seems my taste for indie rock (and not pop ballads) isn’t shared by everyone. Sentiment for …
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Browser based Twitter apps. A down-and-dirty review.
Share Image via Wikipedia Note: A few weeks ago a published a review of desktop Twitter apps. Desktop Twitter apps are great but browser based clients are pretty darn robust these days too and certainly worthy of your consideration. A colleague of mine was recently having problems with her AIR app functioning properly and switched to …
Why are you so flaky online? Or 6 simple ways to maintain a consistent presence.
Share Image via Wikipedia I know people who are bright, energetic and engaged in person but don’t come off that way online. They have Facebook profiles that are never updated and Twitter accounts they haven’t posted to in weeks. Or worse, a blog that has gone entirely dark for months. Sure it’s hard to keep …
Desktop twitter apps. A down-and-dirty review.
Share Image via CrunchBase If you’re still using Twitter from Twitter.com, I have to say you’re making it hard on yourself and you’re not getting all you can out of it. Desktop apps are one way to make it easier to track followers, respond, organize and monitor your profile or brand. I usually make an effort …
Top 10 reasons to rant somewhere other than your blog or your Twitter account
Share Lewis Black via last.fm Some people love to rant. Even more people love to rant on a blog. Some blogs were even created for people to rant about politics, the price of milk, or even their ex’s grooming habits. In the non-digital world, people find that kind of behavior repulsive. They simply don’t want …
27 tips for business tweeters. Or a Twitter cheat sheet.
Share Image via CrunchBase A few months ago a client asked for a cheat sheet on how to uses social media tools. Here’s more or less what I gave them on Twitter. See something important missing, let me know and I’ll add it. Note: This list isn’t a substitute for a strategy. Follow some good …
What does real engagement mean? A change of mindset.
Share Engagement is a term that has been used so much in the last couple years by marketers it’s starting to loose it’s meaning. It’s become a shorthand for do something “social.” But engagement at it’s best is an emotional involvement or commitment between two parties. Unfortunately, commitment is something many marketers only expect of …
Halfway-serious webvertising predictions for 2010
Share Most predictions are either easy, safe, or just wrong. So why not add a few more to the list? I dare you to go on the record on which ones of these are wrong. Mobile Web will become even bigger. The kids will continue to text at an alarming rate — it’s private you know. Social …
How’s your online personal brand doing? Or what we can learn from Tiger Woods.
Share This train wreck that’s been happening on all the gossip sites, new channels, and sports outlets should be driving two things home to everyone who lives in the digital age. There is no privacy and can’t control your personal brand. So what if you’re not Tiger Woods with millions of dollars of endorsements to worry …
