Cross-posting: It May Not Be What You Think

08.06.2009

Services are available that make it possible for you to post the same content across multiple profiles at one time, whether or not you are logged in to those profiles.  I don’t support the use of them, and here’s why.
First, is my desire to protect the relationships you are building.  Your community is made up [...]

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WARNING: Casual Users May Be Harmful

07.30.2009

With over 250 million Facebook users,  2.9 billion tweets on Twitter, 258 million YouTube users, and 850 thousand Ning communities, the use of social media is well established.  These, and other social media platforms, are designed so that even the newest member of Web 2.0 can complete the sign up process and begin to [...]

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Please Stop Talking AT Me

07.20.2009

Social profiles should not be used as digital billboards to shout a message at people over and over and over and over.
There, I’ve said it.
It’s not that shouting at people is ineffectual.  In fact, it very effectively encourages people to un-follow, un-fan and de-friend.
May I be so bold as to suggest there may be a [...]

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How Turning Down Work Evolved Into A Guest Host Spot on Liz Strauss’s OPEN COMMENT NIGHT

06.30.2009
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I am excited and nervous about what tonight has in store for me.
I am friends with a hospital administrator whose facility is beginning to recognize the importance of Social Media in relation to its public and customer relations.  He’s been asking me a lot of questions about social media, and I am in a position [...]

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