Photo by by Cyril Plapied Interesting debate going on in the association blogosphere recently–whether or not mobile apps are or are not a waste of time for associations. My take? You can’t know unless you ask your members. And yes I mean ask your members–not use data to guess their mobile usage needs based on […]
Calling BS on Klout and the Concept of Influencers
Can I just say that I will be very, very glad when the word “influencer” is struck from the vocabulary of every marketing, PR and social media person. Why? Because the whole concept of “influencer” based on stuff like Klout or stupid tools like Vitrue’s Social Page Evaluator is absolute BS. Anyone can have a […]
My 20 Truths
It’s been a while since I’ve jumped on the meme bandwagon…so in honor of it being the end of the week and me being officially tired of talking/writing/thinking about social media, I’m following in Amber Naslund’s footsteps and throwing down my 20 truths: You only live once. No, really. If you mess something up or […]
Open Community and the new association community manager
I’m taking part in the virtual book tour Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer are doing to explore concepts from Open Community: a little book of big ideas for associations navigating the social web. In this post, Maddie and Lindy introduce the book and discuss a few of the ideas we hope to discuss more here […]
Vote for Mizz Information in the Mobbies?
So you know how I hate lists and the popularity contest that is social media. But I am admittedly intrigued at the possibility of actually being on a list for once…the Baltimore Sun‘s Mobbie awards for Maryland’s Outstanding Blogs. Want to help this C-Lister find out what it feels like to be on a list […]
Is Your Strategy to Engage Influencers? Then Don’t Ignore the C-Listers.
This is something I’ve been thinking about but didn’t really think it wise to blog about, but what’s the point of having a blog if you can’t write what you want to write about, wise or not? I’ll just throw this out there. A few weeks before BlogWorld I received an email from a company […]
Cool Stuff Happening On and Around Socialfish
Today I wrote a guest post on Socialfishing “Hiring for Social Media: Talkers and Listeners.” But the main thing I’m excited about over there on Socialfish is the fact that Lindy and Maddie’s BOOK is coming out next week! Open Community, the little book of big ideas for associations navigating the social web will be […]
Product Review: BitDefender Total Security 2011
I don’t usually do product reviews but this month my post for the BitMom’s blog network is just that: a review of BitDefender Total Security 2011. Just in time, too, because I just got a new laptop and I’m not making the same mistake with this one that I have with previous computers: not installing […]
BlogWorld Recap
Ok, well I had grand intentions of blogging from BlogWorld, but the full-blown suckiness of AT&T prevented me from being able to do it. Not to go off on a tangent, but I can’t even TELL you how frustrating it was to be at a conference, trying to do one of the following at any […]
BlogWorld Here I Come!
Tomorrow morning I’m headed to Vegas to BlogWorld & New Media Expo. I can’t wait. And not just because it’s in Vegas, but because I’ll finally be able to meet (or at least see in real life) many of the people I’ve “seen” online every day for the past few years. I decided to go […]