Another in the growing collection of my snarky graphics / comics.
Category: Web 2.0
I am afraid of the internet
The brilliant Ed Lee shared an even more brilliant Ignite presentation on his blog this morning – a presentation all about how social media could theoretically (except it’s not so theoretical, really) go very bad, very quickly. I encourage you to watch the clip, it’s a fast-moving five minutes. The nutshell version, though, is it… Continue reading I am afraid of the internet
RIP #FAIL, he writes optimistically
Several weeks ago, someone I follow on Twitter – and I am really sorry that I can’t remember who – made a wonderfully concise critique of the ubiquitous #FAIL hashtag. Since Twitter’s search is borked and can’t retrieve results more than a week old these days (ROFLMAO TWITTERFAIL!), I’m going to have to paraphrase. In… Continue reading RIP #FAIL, he writes optimistically
Housekeeping?
I expect to see a bit of a bump in traffic here in the next week or so as IABC Ottawa folks pop by to see if it’s worth coming out to the workshop I’m running for them on November 9 (plug, plug). The blog is only slightly less scattered than my Twitter feed, by… Continue reading Housekeeping?
Twitter: On irony and the elephants in the room
“Twitter is about conversations.” “Don’t just broadcast, engage.” “People want to connect to people, not brands.” The rules for brands on Twitter are pretty familiar to anyone who’s been around the service for awhile or shelled out some cash to hear an expert speak at a conference somewhere. Hell, people are writing books all about… Continue reading Twitter: On irony and the elephants in the room
5 hallmarks of top quality linkbait: What every business needs to know. Social media.
Everyone knows that links are the currency of choice in this social media economy, right? RIGHT? Of course you do. But what makes a truly linkbaitalicious post stand out from the rest of the pretenders? How can you ensure your link is the batiest bait that ever baited? With the Joe Boughner Link Bait Framework… Continue reading 5 hallmarks of top quality linkbait: What every business needs to know. Social media.
Crowdsourcing your bio: a new project
UPDATE: Yup, it amounted to nothing. After the third person signed up and posted their own buzzword filled bio, with nobody but me actually editing anyone else’s, I declared this to be my Google Wave and killed the account. It was fun while it lasted. This may very well amount to nothing at all but… Continue reading Crowdsourcing your bio: a new project
We are all cobblers’ kids
This blog could be a lot better. I know that. For someone who gets paid to write digital outreach and marketing strategies that often include advice on how to manage one’s social media properties, I do a pretty poor job of it here at 42 points. SEO best practices are routinely overlooked in favour of… Continue reading We are all cobblers’ kids
Social media career advice
Ugh. Nothing worse than unsolicited advice, right? Well, I guess it’s not entirely unsolicited. This is a post I started mentally writing back when all the colleges and universities were sending a crop of new grads into the world but it wasn’t until yesterday, when Toronto-based PR educator Barry Waite tweeted and asked for advice for… Continue reading Social media career advice
On earthquakes, twitter, apples and oranges
aka “I survived an earthquake and all you get is this lousy blog post” So yea, I tweeted my way through an earthquake yesterday afternoon. Well, that’s not entirely true. Despite the claims of some, I didn’t feel the rumble and immediately reach for my iPhone. But I was sitting at my desk when the… Continue reading On earthquakes, twitter, apples and oranges