Category: Social Media

If Facebook is vanilla ice cream, then Twitter is IPA beer

Jay Baer’s story Is Twitter Massively Overrated? put it in a way that finally made sense for me.  If Facebook is vanilla ice cream, then Twitter is IPA beer. Of course I had heard the statistics Jay mentions but I hadn’t been able to put my finger on what the meaning was.  Certainly Facebook has …

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The Language of No

At it’s worst, the Language of No are the words used to shut you down. To make you stop believing. To belittle your ideas. At best, it’s used to make sure you know what the hell you’re talking about.

March poll wrap: social influence measurement _IS_ an indicator of influence

Last month’s poll asked, “What is the best use of social influence measurement?” The results were as follows: Quick take on an individuals influence (44%) Track Marketing campaign efforts (22%) It’s completely without merit (22%) “First pass” metric used to discover potential influencers (12%) It’s early days on social influence measurement and the consisent thought …

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Where does group messaging fit in?

Okay, the last post was a lame attempt at an April Fools joke.  I don’t think group messaging (aka group texting) will replace email, but it is an interesting development. In thinking about how to use group messaging I created this diagram.  In order to know where group messaging fit in it was useful to map …

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April Poll: Is your Facebook account open to the public?

Do you limit your Facebook account to family and friends or is it open to the public?  Where do you draw the privacy line? [poll id=”5″] photo credit renjith krishnan @ freedigitalphotos.net

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