Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category
Internet Speak: Part One
When I first started working at Schipul and dallying on the good ol’ interwebs… I felt like everyone was speaking a different language. DNS what?! And what the heck is twitter? Never fear. I’m here to tell you some silly stories about my mistakes so you don’t repeat them! I’m going to start a series of posts on fun words and acronyms that may frighten those new to the internet or to Social Media. Internet Speak: Part One is going
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Personal Branding Cat got your Tongue?
I happens to me too! More often than I care to admit. Let’s put the brakes on this post so I can quickly explain what personal branding is. Personal branding is a concept that says you YOURSELF are just as marketable and brand-able as say… Target. The example I like to use is George Foreman. Ever heard of the George Foreman Grill? I bet you have. The man slapped his name on a grill originally marketed using middle of the
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On Social Media and Friends
I’ve heard a lot of noise about how Social Networking Sites are going to be the downfall of civilization because everyone will be too busy updating their second life profiles to go out into the real world… and I wonder where these critiques are coming from?? Maybe I’m on oddball… but some of my most meaningful and amazing relationships have become what they are today BECAUSE of internet tools like twitter and Facebook. My “big sister” CosmoPolitician has been the
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Interpreting the Groundswell: What the heck is up with Social Media?
Like I said in my very first blog post, there are some things I don’t get about Social Media. Where are the numbers? How do you figure out your ROI? What tools and networks do I really need to be part of? HOW DO I FIT IT ALL IN MY DAY?! The Groundswell, by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff with Forrester Research, does a great job of answering those questions and more. First of all… what is the groundswell? Li
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Things Ike made me Super Thankful For
I tend to get super freaked out in the face of impending doom and tend to fantasize about the fantastic (Zombies)… which only renders me more panicked. Thanks to a few awesome people and cool internet tools, I was able to retain my sanity and not totally freak out. If it wasn’t for this crazy thing called “Social Media” I don’t know if I would have made it. And to recap… my top saviors were… Yammer and Twitter totally saved
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