Tag Archives: new media
A short glance back & a long gaze forward
Happy New Year To You! Yes, 2008 is over and another odd year has arrived. In other more exciting news, we’ve just completed our first year of blogging @ Things Worth Talking About. Despite a lot of hectic schedules and tight projects, we managed to publish 153 posts over the last 12 months. Averaging 3 posts per week, bushmanbill, myself and several guest bloggers wrote the bulk of the posts. We also improved the design of our blog, have added some valuable auxiliary content, and have integrated other social media …
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In Action: The Successful Social Media Campaign
If you’re up for a good read, take a look at Mashable’s HOW TO: Grow a Startup 300% in 3 Days? SocialMedian Tells All. The title is bloated, but the article is important for at a few good reasons: People are the heart of any worthwhile business model (See also: Happiness as a business model) Listen to user feedback and actively do something about the feedback you’re getting Change should not be implemented lightly. Or slowly Forget traffic. You’re nothing without engagement Always build a good user interface. Always. Here’s …
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An Introduction To The Social Media Campaign Success Checklist
The next two posts are going to outline what it takes IMO to get a successful social media campaign started so that it can keep going on its own. The list is based on three pieces of literature and I’d like to tell you a little bit about so we can establish some context: The first is the article from Alternet, The Growth of Talking Points Memo: A Case Study in Independent Media, which has gone from teeny-weeny personal blog to independent media empire (which is what every well run …
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Don’t Invade My Space
The following is a guest post from Bob Sale and if we had our way, there will be more to come from him. In order to illuminate why social networking sites such as Myspace might be misleading to employers, let me paint you a mind picture: You’re an employer. You received a resume that caught your attention because it was really good……a little too really good. You become suspicious and decide to research the person’s personality by googling their name. You type in Rob Jansen into the search engine and …
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[SociaList] March 28, 2008
If you’re looking to gain a strong handle on social networking methodology, these resources are for you: This recent Social Networks Research Report by WildBit is worth downloading. MediaShift, a great new media blog published by PBS created an excellent guide to social networking online. Should your business be on Facebook? – an article by CNNMoney Not into social networking? Prefer blogging? Then check this good read on being insanely useful in order to make your readers come back.
