January 2010
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Diff'rent Strokes for Differ'nt Folks
Facebook, Twitter. Twitter, Facebook. That’s all people seem to be talking about these days. When it comes to telling people where you are, who(m) you’re with, what you’re doing or what you’re reading, it seems like the best way to publicize it is to break out your phone and thumb away a quick message to let the world know.
Most people go to the extreme and post the exact...
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You know, successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who’ve...”
– Jay-Z interview with Interview Magazine
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Daring the Devil
In regards to Pat Robertson’s asinine rant this week about the earthquake in Haiti being somehow linked to a mythological pact Haitians made with the devil centuries ago, a very clever editorial showed up in the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Dear Pat Robertson, I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who...
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Social Media Excellence - A Case Study
A couple weeks ago I wrote about a situation of social media failure. Today, I’m happy to write about a situation of social media excellence! A few days ago, I checked into Specialty’s via foursquare:
Three days later (coincidentally, I happened to be standing in line to order food at Specialtys) I received an @ reply via twitter from Specialtys entitling me to a free cookie:
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Social Media Failure - A Case Study
In early December, when I found out I would be heading to Salt Lake City for the Holidays, I decided to try a little social media experiment. I wanted to see how engaged the people running the twitter accounts of major airlines, luxury hotels and luxury automobiles were. The deal was simple: sponsor all or part of my trip and I’ll tweet about your company every day for the next 30 days. The...