Tag Archives: Social media

Today’s social media landscape and where you fit in

May 21, 2012 Comments


When you look at this rather frightening infographic of social media landscape from Buddy Media/Luma, it’s easy to feel lost and overwhelmed. And it’s true that each day presents new opportunities and complexities for social media engagement and management. Yet …

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What Facebook is worth to your business and brand

May 8, 2012 Comments


As the Facebook IPO Roadshow shifts into high gear, it seems relevant to consider exactly what value Facebook can offer your brand and business. While the addition of Instagram and Glancee has done much to sure up their mobile capacities …

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Biz Stone on the powerful role of social media in business and social change

May 2, 2012 Comments


Yesterday, I had the pleasure of speaking in New Orleans at the First Data conference. It was a fantastic event and the other speaker was Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter, who said something that struck me deeply. He put …

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Social media seen through Google’s augmented reality lens

April 6, 2012 Comments


The release of this video from Google gives us a glimpse of what life might look like through the lens of Google’s augmented reality glasses. It poses as many questions as it answers but as you watch the video, you …

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The purpose and practice of internal social media

April 3, 2012 Comments


There’s a powerful transition underway in which companies are now seeking to leverage the same dynamics they’re using to reach customers to engage their employees. Gagen MacDonald and APCO Worldwide have done some great new research in this area and …

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Move over New York: What happens in an Internet minute

March 30, 2012 Comments


Last week I wrote about how important timing is to the success of your brand from a macro and micro point of view. Well, this is thrown into even starker relief when you consider what happens on the web in …

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Robert Tercek: The rising impact of social media, big data and media disruption

March 21, 2012 Comments


I was so thrilled when Robert Tercek kindly agreed to speak at the We First seminar. His talk was inspiring, confronting, educational, and rousing in equal measure. Everyone loved it and got so much out of it. For those that …

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How brands build goodwill by supporting good work

March 19, 2012 Comments


I am a huge champion of brands supporting non-profits because both parties benefit so handsomely. For brands, the goodwill, loyalty and profit this inspires is invaluable in a marketplace where companies must prove themselves to be more meaningful to their …

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