A few days ago, our fearless leader noted “nobody needs both Pinterest and LinkedIn.” And, generally, Mike’s absolutely right. Too many guys in black turtlenecks and very cool eyeglasses try…
Read MoreAdventures in frictionless sharing
I have been exploring frictionless sharing for years in the form of auto-tweets, retweets, automatic cross-posting, and attention data. What is it, you ask? Well, according to Wikipedia, frictionless sharing describes…
Read More5 social media pain points and the point they prove
To see results using social media, you don’t need a social media strategy. You don’t need to know all the capabilities of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, social apps or how…
Read MoreOf dinosaurs, birds, and Enterprise Social Platforms
As the Facebook IPO story developed over the last few weeks, people started wondering what was real and what was just smoke and mirrors. Being very active in this “social…
Read MoreFacebook Offers Friendlier Business Page Tools for Marketers
It certainly feels like Facebook has been paying closer attention to the user experience needs of digital media marketers recently, with a steady stream of tools that make it easier…
Read MoreIs your social media marketing about listening or talking?
I know you. You’re spending all of your social media marketing budget on promoting your brand, products, and services; that’s fine except you’ve either forgotten — or never knew —…
Read MoreYou’re only renting in social media
What you’re learning by “renting” your pages on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Blogger, WordPress.com, LinkedIn, and Google+, is portable, which is to say that everything you’re doing, experiencing, and learning…
Read MoreThis Post Is NOT About Facebook’s IPO (Sorta)
No matter how deep you are into your Friday, it is likely that you have been inundated with the Facebook IPO watch. It’s that bizarre event where people who do…
Read MoreThe Eight Wastes and Internal Social Business Platforms
As organizations progress through their social business journey, for every believer who had drunk the Kool-Aid and thinks social is the solution for everything, you’ll find a skeptic, who is…
Read MoreWhy you too should be social media slutty
If you call yourself a social media marketer and you’re not completely promiscuous about it, you’re not serving yourself, your boss, or your clients. If you’re not constantly downloading new…
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