This post about blog comment spam and the consequences of keeping your social media people and marketing people in silos was so good I had to share it. It’s like the perfect storm of what not to do, why SEO stuff like blog comment spamming and social media don’t mix, and why it’s especially important […]
Shiny New Things
I’m not going to lie: being benched for a week due to surgery wasn’t too shabby. I wasn’t in too much pain, just woozy, so I was able to accomplish something I’ve been meaning to do for years: watch Dexter. The entire first season and half of the second, to be exact. Suffice it to […]
Social Media and Work/Life Balance, Redux
I had to have minor surgery last Friday and, subsequently, am trying my best to be “off the grid” this week while I recover. I’m off work for the week and have been sufficiently out of it that I actually have been (mostly) off the computer, including (again, mostly) Facebook and Twitter. And I have […]
Fix for Facebook Chronological Posts on Page Issue
Yes, I’m sufficiently nerdy that the way Facebook has messed up the way posts are displayed on a Page’s wall since the new Page design launched is driving me crazy. Luckily I’m not unique in this nerdiness; plenty of other Page admins are upset about it, too–so upset, in fact, that almost 11,000 have joined […]
ASAE’s Community Manager Position
Have you seen the movie White Chicks? If so, you know that part where they say “OOOH, you want to talk about mothers?!” Weirdly, that scene was what I thought of when I saw ASAE’s listing for a community manager. Why? Because if you read this blog you know if I have one pet issue, […]
PRSA Misses PR Opportunity of the Decade
Wednesday night is date night in the McGary house. So why am I blogging on date night? Because I just read this post on Forrester’s Empowered blog while checking my email on my phone in the car on the drive home from the movies and was so horrified/depressed/amused that I told my husband this was a […]
Trendsetting
One of the good things about having a blog is that you can write about whatever you want. One of the weird things about having a blog is balancing creating content that others find useful and being self-promotional by either linking to your own posts or talking about yourself. So what happens when something cool […]
Huffington Post Bloggers Aren’t the Only Ones Getting Punked
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you know I have a long-standing obsession with citizen journalism and how it benefits companies but takes advantage of content creators. Almost a year ago I pondered what would be the tipping point for people deciding they’re tired of providing free content to media outlets who then make […]
Klout as a Tool for Community Managers: Why I Don’t Buy it
I’ve recently been seeing a slideshare presentation about Klout for Community Managers making the rounds to general fanfare. No offense to the authors of that presentation, but I totally don’t buy it. The biggest factor that goes into a Klout score is Twitter use. The more you tweet and the more followers you have, the […]
Facebook Comment Notifications Suck
Ok, maybe this doesn’t warrant a whole blog post, but since I crowed yesterday about how Facebook is finally offering Page Admins notifications via email when someone posts or comments on the Page’s wall, I think it’s only fair to quell the expectations that now all will be right with the world for Facebook Page admins. […]