Social Media
Posts about social media platforms, how to use them and techniques for getting the best results.
Food photos on Twitter: visual small talk Paid Members Public
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/01/0cdcaede697711e3b3db0ea9ea681b0f_8-3436.html] Fascinating exploration of the motivation and results of sharing things like photos of food on Twitter: > There is a wealth of information out there for the interested. Knowledge opens doors. Never underestimate the power of small talk.
Time to start paying attention to Vine Paid Members Public
I read this [http://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/vine-is-creating-a-new-breed-of-internet-superstar] : > This kerfuffle at the Smáralind shopping centre near Reykjavík, Iceland, last weekend isn’t because One Direction are in town. It’s because of two stars from Vine, the six-second video-blogging site. Then I did this: Vine has been through
My top 10 tweets of 2013 Paid Members Public
My Top Tweets of 2013 [https://twitter.com/adders/timelines/418152823969177600] What can we learn from this? 1. Mocking social media gurus is really popular 2. Humour generally goes a long way 3. People like shared pain – like the treatment of freelancers 4. Liveblogging and exclusive interviews still carry value.
Are you ready for your corporate approved social interaction experience? Paid Members Public
Cliff Watson [https://medium.com/understandings-epiphanies/aae8d5f880cc]: > You see, we’ve come to define “social” in unintentional Orwellian double-speak. “Social” has come to mean the exact opposite of what it’s meant for centuries. Instead of actual interaction and communication, we define “social” as once- or twice-removed ego validation
Social Media Verification is journalism's new frontier Paid Members Public
I missed this last week [http://newscorp.com/2013/12/20/news-corp-acquires-social-news-agency-storyful/] : > Accelerating News Corp’s digital transformation and video strategy, the company has acquired Storyful, the world’s first social news agency. Storyful, of course, are a brilliant lot, who have made the skill of verifying stories and
#leweb - Go wide, not deep says Gary Vaynerchuk Paid Members Public
Allegedly Gary Vaynerchuk [http://www.garyvaynerchuk.com] hadn’t slept for two days before his talk at LeWeb. I well believe it given how rambling it was. This isn’t a conventional chronological liveblog, as I’ve tried to gather together his thoughts into subject groups… Go deep not wide
#leweb - Guy Kawasaki on social media and entrepreneurship Paid Members Public
Liveblog of Guy Kawasaki [http://www.guykawasaki.com] talking on stage at LeWeb 10. A few years ago people were predicting that MySpace would be the operating system of the internet. Now Facebook is close to that. Would you really have invested in Twitter 7 years ago? Predicting the future
