Journalism
Too many Twits...
Everything you need to know about journalists and social media in one cartoon [http://xkcd.com/1239/]ā¦
Social Media
Posts about social media platforms, how to use them and techniques for getting the best results.
embeds
Instagram is embeddable - finally
Today in āabout bloominā timeā news: Instagram introduces web embeds [http://blog.instagram.com/post/55095847329/introducing-instagram-web-embeds]. Up until now, using an Instagram image in your article or post involved downloading it and adding it into your CMS. Now, you just embed it with a tiny chunk of HTML. The
infuence
Want a Klout Score of 60?
How much time and money does it take to get your Klout score up to 60? Two weeks and $40 [http://thefiverrproject.tumblr.com/post/54283266656/day-29-two-weeks-and-40-got-me-a-klout-score-of-60] Companies are making decisions based on these kinds of numbers. Thereās a certain class of social business consultant that needs to be
community management
Social media editors: condition terminal
The social media editor is dead [http://www.buzzfeed.com/robf4/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-social-media-editor]: > The fracas has left veterans of the social web feeling both vindicated and a little bemused. On the one hand, social media has become so central to a newsroomās mission that dedicated functionaries may be obsolete.
family
Hazel's first steps in social media
My daughter isnāt even 10 months old yet. She canāt walk. She can crawl ā but only backwards. And sheās just taken her first steps in social media. I proudly present Hazelās first ever Vineā¦ Thatās teach me to let her play with my iPhone (in
jobs
What price social media skills?
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/05/ipad-coffee-marwood.jpg] It seems to be social media satire day today [http://www.theonion.com/articles/social-media-rock-star-makes-28000-per-year,32301/] : > āIām constantly pushing the boundaries with my tweets,ā added the man who makes approximately $1,600 per month after
cluetrain
Whither conversation? (1)
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/05/Thomas_Cook_Listening_Lab_High_Res.jpg] This image has been lurking in my in-box for a couple of weeks now. Itās from a press release from Thomas Cook celebrating the launch of their Social Media Listening Lab.
#b2bhuddle : Kimberley Brind
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/05/Kimberley-at-%23B2BHuddle.jpg] Liveblogging: errors,Ā grammarĀ mistakes and odd sentence structure likelyā¦ **Kimberley Brind, global marketingĀ executiveĀ and social strategist, Oracle** **Ā **Sheās going to talk about a controversial topic: ROI. Most people just roll their eyes at it.
#b2bhuddle: Allan Schoenberg
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/05/Allan-at-%23B2BHuddle-1.jpg] Liveblogging: errors,Ā grammarĀ mistakes and odd sentence structure likelyā¦ Allan Schoenberg, executive director, corporate communications, CME Group The CME Group [http://www.cmegroup.com] was founded in 1848, and runs five financial exchanges around the world.
Social Media
Beyond Parody
The social media marketing industry has finally passed beyond parody. From an e-mail that arrived earlier: Wow. A whole seminar on using six seconds of looping shaky video in your marketing. Knock yourselves outā¦
privacy
The privacy and publicness problem.
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/04/h-pop.jpg] Interesting look at the problems of keeping your personal life hidden away from your online presence [http://www.purplecar.net/2013/04/losingconnections/]: > Last week, I lunched with different former coworkers (yes, I keep friends from
feed readers
Twitter can't replace RSS
Laura Hazard Owen, writing for Paid Content, identifies why the āsocial media has killed RSSā idea doesnāt apply [http://paidcontent.org/2013/03/14/google-reader-please-dont-go-i-need-you-to-do-my-job/] to many of us: > The best thing about Google Reader, from my point of view, is that it allows me to scan a