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SXSW and NTC- Got your conference plan yet?
I’ve got two large conferences coming up in the next two months and I’m busy planning so I can get the most out of these opportunities possible.
The first conferences is South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi)and although I’m not speaking at this one I’m still very excited about being there. Why? Are you kidding? This [...]
Blogging and the FTC
2. March 2010
Whether you are an amateur blogger or a professional blogging for a company you need to clearly understand the FTC’s rules for bloggers or suffer the consequences.Like up to $11,000 in fines!
Scary? Well it’s supposed to be, but quite honestly if you abide by good old common sense and treat people honestly in the first [...]
What About the Million Follower Question?
26. February 2010
Cathy Taylor moderated this panel at OMMA Social in San Francisco a bit ago and I found myself in a discussion with Michael Lazerow about which is more useful to a brand- “a million followers without any idea of what you’re going to do with them” or a “kick ass strategy with zero”?
Michael says “I’m [...]
Bite Sized Social Media for Nonprofits
23. February 2010
I’m working on a new project and if you work with nonprofits and social media I’m asking for your help.
I was talking with my wonderful publisher Mitchell Levy about how much I like working with nonprofits and the challenges nonprofits face in getting on board with social media and understanding how it all comes together–much [...]
Film-making and Social Media
17. February 2010
When I was asked to participate on tonight’s panel for Bay Area Women in Film and Media I was excited. I love films and particularly indie films. To have an opportunity to not only meet women working to create their own film and media projects but to help them learn how to use social media [...]
Continue reading...Know Somebody Who’s on the Fence About Social Media?
11. February 2010
Of course you do. We all know people who are “still deciding” if social media is worth the time and investment. Or maybe they know it’s worth the time but they don’t know where to start.
I’m on a panel for the Social Media Club 2/16/10 in San Francisco called “Everybody’s Doing It*, So Why [...]
Google Buzz- What’s the Big Deal?
9. February 2010
It seems like every day there’s something new at Google and everybody shouts it to the roof-tops as the “next big thing”. And why not, they’ve built themselves a pretty attractive set of free applications to make our lives easier, right?
Google just announced “Google Buzz” a Twitter/IM/graphical email browser application that hangs out with your [...]
Augmented Reality Games
3. February 2010
Sometimes social media applications just move too fast-even for those of us who are addicted to watching them. A good example are the augmented reality apps for mobile phones. I’ve been sitting on a blog post comparing FourSquare and Gowalla–two of the top players in the space–but I never get it done because every time [...]
Continue reading...1 Million in 1 Month for Haiti
20. January 2010
I know there are a zillion people telling you where to donate your money to help in Haiti right now. There are some scams to be sure, but there are also a lot of organizations on the ground in Haiti now doing good work and they need our help.
We’ve all been moved by the outpouring [...]
Twitter Visualization Done Right
17. January 2010
Stamen Design is a boutique design firms in San Francisco that consistently leads the pack with innovative displays of data. I’ve admired their work for many years and they’re famous for creating unique ways to view live data as it happens–like the groundbreaking coverage of the Whitbread Cup way back in the ’90s when [...]
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