News from the Twitter Farm
Five journalists using only Twitter and Facebook as news sources to provide their reporting, that’s the basic setup of an experiment going on for five days. The headline, by the way, of this post is just a translation of “Nachrichten aus der Twitterfarm“, the title of a blog post announcing a news-gathering experiment by five [...]
What the F— is social media?
What the F**K is Social Media: One Year Later
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A nice little presentation about the power of social media. It’s trying to me a bit more provocative than it really is, but the fun pictures make up for it. Some good stuff in there. (via). (Also, just after posting I noticed [...]
Online PR is all about community
Spot on. PR firms and brands, please watch this this. Then watch it again, and internalize it. With no further comment:
Online PR is all about Community from RealWire on Vimeo.
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Update: A great way to get involved in the community is by the way – in all bluntness – to sponsor a community event. Like the [...]
SXSW: Lost In Translation?
While 2008 was a major conferencing year for me and this year I was slightly more selective (and instead am co-organizing one myself called Atoms&Bits), I’m planning to only attend those conferences next year that I really, really want to experience. Off the top of my head, that’s Reboot, SXSW, maybe Shift and a barcamp [...]
Presentation: How To Do Social Media Right In 2009
There are many, many, many presentation on how to get Social Media right. (Trust me, I’ve seen a lot, and given a few myself, and let me tell you: it’s not pretty.)
This one, however, nails it. It’s on the point, it provides case studies, and it’s honest. (“There are no best practices!”). Brands, agencies, [...]
Social Media: Not about marketing, but changing the company
Just broadcasting with more & smaller megaphones: Not the way you want to go.
There’s one good thing about the live-streamed and much discussed Vodefone press conference where the telco presented their new brand strategy: We have another good example to discuss the relationships between companies, brands, social media and advertising.
For those who haven’t been [...]
Social Media Campaigns: My Facebook Is Mine
Working with companies on their social media campaigns can pose a tricky dilemma for the consultants: on the one hand you’re hired because you know your way around the social media sphere, which of course you do because you’re very active there. On the other hand, you don’t want to abuse your personal social network [...]
Could Crowdsourcing Help Save the New York Times?
The New York Times is in trouble, big-time. That’s about all everybody can agree on. (The opinions on consequences and options differ widely. Check out The Atlantic’s judgement and Jeff Jarvis’ comments, for example.) To get an idea of how bad the newspaper is hit, here’s the figures quoted in The Atlantic:
Earnings reports released by [...]
Charlene Li on the future of social networks
The Future Of Social Networks
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Charlene Li’s presentation about the future of social networking, touching on general trends as well as the opening of networks and how to monetize. As always, excellent stuff. (via mashable)
Why Social Media Will Help (Not Suffer) in the Crisis
Ever since the financial crisis hit the stock and real estate markets, there’s been a fair bit of discussion about its impact on the web scene. Venture capitalists Sequoia made some powerpoint slides that became quite famous. That was one month ago. (Others, more recently, have been way more positive. Describing the atmosphere at Web [...]
