Social media in sustainability: your questions answered This Guardian piece is a Q&A with Dana Poole, a global digital communications consultant with BP. The answers given here are useful not just for a social media practitioner interested in sustainability, but for anyone involved with social marketing in general. Storytelling, One Frame at a Time Want a compelling… Continue reading The Social 6: 8/25/12 News Roundup
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The Social 6: 8/24/12 News Roundup
As you may know, I’m a voracious reader and tend to share a good deal of news via my social platforms. Here’s a countdown of the top six most important articles I’ve shared in the last day. I curate this top six based on number of retweets, clicks, favorites, and mentions, so you guys are… Continue reading The Social 6: 8/24/12 News Roundup
The Social 6: News You Missed Yesterday, 8/23/12 Edition
#6: How the Toilet Paper Entrepreneur Branded Himself Too Well – New York Times (blog) Mike Michalowicz branded himself “The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur” back in 2008, yet now he’s trying to rebrand himself — and social media is pushing back! Very interesting story detailing #1 how to brand yourself, and #2 how to think about social… Continue reading The Social 6: News You Missed Yesterday, 8/23/12 Edition
The Social 6: News You Missed Yesterday, 8/22/12 Edition
Fifteen-Year Olds Create Reserverr, Hoping To Replace Your Calendar Talk about starting off young: two fifteen year-olds have founded Reserverr, a site that helps users automatically books reservations free of charge. Billy Gallagher reports for TechCrunch on why this deceptively simple app could make waves. Gannett buys social media ad company Blinq Media Traditional media player Gannett,… Continue reading The Social 6: News You Missed Yesterday, 8/22/12 Edition
The Social 6: Stories You Missed Yesterday, 8/21/12 edition
#6: Internet and Attitude, a Powerful Combination The NY Times Room for Debate typically has some interesting conversations going on, and this piece by Spencer Ackerman of Wired.com isn’t any exception. Nice discussion of Russia’s Pussy Riot controversy, and how social platforms like YouTube and Twitter played major parts in the story. #5: Coca-Cola worried about Ottawa… Continue reading The Social 6: Stories You Missed Yesterday, 8/21/12 edition
The Social 6: Stories You Missed This Past Weekend, 8/20/12
#6: Back To School: 5 Evernote Tips for Students If you don’t use Evernote, go ahead and download it! I’ll wait. Even if you’re not a student, these Evernote tips from Dave Copeland of ReadWriteWeb can definitely come in handy. #5: Deets For iOS Keeps Contacts Up To Date Automatically, Lets You Share Files, Photos & More… Continue reading The Social 6: Stories You Missed This Past Weekend, 8/20/12
The Social 6: Key Stories of The Last 24 hours, 8/17/12
#6 A $12-Million-A-Month iOS Game? NaturalMotion Has It With CSR Racing Benchmark Capital-backed NaturalMotion has announced that its high-profile game, CSR Racing, is now surpassing $12 million in monthly revenue. If that’s the case, that would be the most any iOS game has hit to date, and illustrates the potential market opportunity here. #5 Case Study: Salon… Continue reading The Social 6: Key Stories of The Last 24 hours, 8/17/12
The Social 6: Key Stories of The Last 24 hours, 8/16/12
Without any further ado, here’s a roundup of what I shared, and what you guys found interesting, over the last 24 hours: #6 AfterCollege Relaunched, Looks To Build A LinkedIn For College Students And Recent Grads AfterCollege is now looking to be, in essence, the “young LinkedIn.” There’s more to it, of course, and Rip Empson writes… Continue reading The Social 6: Key Stories of The Last 24 hours, 8/16/12
The Social 6: Key Stories of The Last 24 hours, 8/15/12
#6 Done Deal: 10 Weeks Later, Salesforce.com Owns Buddy Media Peter Kafka delivers a great article for AllThingsD sharing that Salesforce.com now officially owns Buddy Media. The deal was said to have closed at $750 million. All in all, a pretty quick acquisition as these deals tend to go. Congrats to my friends at Buddy Media for officially… Continue reading The Social 6: Key Stories of The Last 24 hours, 8/15/12
The Social 6: Key Stories of The Last 24 hours, 8/14/12
#6 Now In 20 Cities, Startup Grind Aims To Inspire The Next Generation Of Global Entrepreneurs Rip Empson writes for TechCrunch profiling Startup Grind, an event-based community for entrepreneurs. #5 How Maker Camp uses Google+ to give teens a behind-the-scenes look at tech and science Now here’s a pretty cool initiative: a new summer camp is in the… Continue reading The Social 6: Key Stories of The Last 24 hours, 8/14/12