Category Archives: Social Media

Trying Cinch – an audio based social network

Just discovered Cinch – Robert Scoble (http://www.google.com/profiles/scobleizer) has been using it to post short audio updates from the World Economic Forum in Davos. I’ll be checking it out. I can see some business cases for it, like a quick audio … Continue reading

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Social Media case study – Marketing Over Coffee interviews Alure Homes

Alure Home Improvements is a huge home improvement contracting company in the New York area. They were contacted by ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to participate in their program, which builds new homes from scratch in under a week for … Continue reading

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Learn from the Pros: Advertising and Marketing Podcasts, part 2

Last week I wrote about The Bean Cast and Marketing over Coffee podcasts. Here are some other podcasts that I like. Rewardingly geeky podcast from across the pond Kelvin Chapman and Andy White co-host this weekly podcast from England. They cover … Continue reading

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Learn from the Pros: Advertising and Marketing Podcasts, part 1

What’s in it for us? Many people active in social media, blogging, and web work  wake up one morning and discover that they’re actually in marketing. The web, after all, IS media. The laws of capitalist economics have no more … Continue reading

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Bloggers you should follow today – Dec. 9 2010

Just looking at my links on this website and I realized that Seth Godin and Chris Brogan have great blogs that I read all the time, but they don’t really need any encouragement from me. So I’m taking Seth and … Continue reading

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Twitter Usage: Statistics from Pew Internet & American Life Project

Pew Research about Twitter: some good things to know Eight percent of the American adults who use the internet are Twitter users. Some of the groups who are notable for their relatively high levels of Twitter use include: Young adults … Continue reading

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A Blogger needs Social Media, and Social Media thrives on Blogging

I’m a big fan of using blogs and Social Media to reinforce one another. Social Media is a great way to expose your ideas to a larger audience than you may be able to attract easily to your blog (as … Continue reading

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Dan Zarella studies optimum blog posting schedules

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2010/12/06/whens-the-best-time-to-publish-blog-posts/ In general during the day is better than at night and later in the week is better than earlier to get retweets and sharing on Facebook. But posting multiple times a day (any and all days) swamps these effects … Continue reading

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Social Media arms race: How Republicans are winning on Twitter

Studies have shown Republicans have taken to Twitter more vigorously than Democrats — in part because of their minority status following the unpopular Bush administration. “The 2008 election was a huge wake-up call to Republicans across the country. The approach … Continue reading

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Millenials’ Attitudes about Social Media from Buzz Machine

Jeff Jarvis of Buzz Machine met with a bunch of New York City teenagers to explore how they use Social Media and their attitudes about it. He calls it “The Kids are all right”. Fascinating. http://www.buzzmachine.com/2010/11/13/the-kids-are-all-right

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