In June, one of my business partners from Zoetica and also a dear friend, Geoff Livingston, went on a fact finding mission as a citizen journalist to the Gulf of Mexico to see how the oil spill there had affected the community. He was deeply moved by the experience, as you can read here in his post upon his return. He went with Citizen Effect, and they documented the trip on its read more...
A Social Media Conference Worth Its Salt, Plus Discounts
Cobalt salt shaker by Dasieedeb The NewComm Forum, being held this year on April 20-23, 2010, in San Mateo, Calif., is quite simply the best social media conference I have attended out there for those that want to get in-depth knowledge and discussion around the issues of social media. It partners with the Society for communications Research to bring some of the top minds in social media together to learn from each read more...
Perspectives: Conference Etiquette for Social Media Celebs (and the Rest of Us)
Editors Note: One of the things I loved about attending SxSW Interactive (and really a myriad of other tech, social media and communication conferences I attend), is meeting new people whom I would have never have met otherwise, like Laura read more...
The 5 Ws of Social Media Strategy
One of the things that I find really difficult to overcome with clients is the tendency to focus in on tools. Some of the questions I often get:
- Do you think we should have a Facebook page?
- Can you walk us through some best practices for YouTube, Twitter, Ning, etc.?
- Whatever happened to MySpace, will that happen to the hot tools of the moment?
Shel Israel is Coming to Houston on Twitterville Tour and to a City Near You?
I am very excited to announce that Shel Israel will be coming to Houston October 20-21, 2009, as part of his book launch tour for Twitterville that will start this weekend in San Francisco with his Twitterville Bash (TBash) read more...