JANUARY
January 12, 2010
The problem I see with twitter is that there is no "community" verification. There is no real way of knowing who is real and who is just lurking or gathering followers. I am not a veteran twitter but have spent enough time to notice that you will find lots and lots of users with 300 […]
Jan 7, 2010
Posted in Social Media General on 07/Jan/2010
If you had to guess what percentage of the Fortune 500 is listening and following social media, what would you guess? 5% 10% My guess is somewhere around 5%
Jan 7, 2010
Posted in Social Media Experts, Social Media General on 07/Jan/2010
I am not going to mention any names but twitter has clearly launched some careers for many people. What is amazing is that its just like 1998 all over. Just because you worked for an internet company you were considered and expert. So if you got on twitter in the beginning and amassed a huge […]
There is a post on Advertising age that talks about hiring a social media expert. You can read more about here. Social Media is not new. The idea that you need an agency to manage facebook or twitter or any other web site or web 2.0 functionality is absurd. If your own staff has time […]
WTF - Are you kidding me. I got another email today from ThePaintStore.com. It has some special offers and at the bottom I am getting asked to follow them on facebook and freaking twitter. WTF guys? Really AYFKM or what? You got my email address and I have ordered from you in the past. Is […]
Dec 13, 2009
Posted in Social Media General on 13/Dec/2009
Some whipper snapper convinced some old lady or old man to put a link at the bottom of their promotional email newsletter. How disgusting is this? Saks Fifth Avenue cannot relate or communicate with their own customers on their own website. Their web team needs a good old fashioned spanking. Take away their blackberrys and […]