Does this blog look a little different to you? It’s because I have stopped running BlogHer ads. I started running them 10 months ago purely out of curiosity to see how much money you really make running ads. The answer, for me at least, turned out to be a total of I think $30 over […]
QR Code Fun
Have a QR code reader app on your phone? If so, scan these to view my Linkedin profile, Twitter page and (redundant but oh well) this blog. Have no idea what I’m talking about? Wikipedia is always a good place to start, and here are a few other resources: What is a QR Code and […]
Maybe You Can Collect Those Old Tweets After All
Today the Library of Congress announced “Every public tweet, ever, since Twitter’s inception in March 2006, will be archived digitally at the Library of Congress. I’ve blogged before about my frustrations with Twitter search and the fact Twitter’s archives only go back about 1.5 weeks. Does this mean that companies will be able to get […]
What if Associations Followed British Spy Agency’s Lead?
Fired for not embracing social media? Yep. It’s happening in the UK. Britain’s spy agency says it’s firing some “James Bond-generation agents” (read: older) because they’ve “failed to master social networking and other Internet technology.” Is this just a convenient way around age discrimination lawsuits–or good practice for businesses? What if associations started doing this? […]
The Facebook Page Conundrum
As Facebook increases its foothold on word domination (the most recent case in point is the recently revealed “Like” feature that will allow any piece of content on any website to be pulled into the Facebook), not having a presence on Facebook is becoming more of a liability for businesses. Why would a business NOT […]
Rant Time
What’s a Friday without a little ranting? I have to say, even though social media is my chosen profession at the moment, sometimes the BS of the whole thing just starts to get to me. In that vein, here are a few choice reads: Even though Facebook is currently being investigated by European regulators, they’re […]
The Big “O” for Women in Social Media Is Not In Their Paychecks
If you know me you know there’s nothing I hate more than “top 10” lists of social media people. So naturally I clicked the link in today’s Ragan’s Daily Headlines email “Top 10 women working in social media” so I could revel in the stupidness of yet another meaningless “top 10” list. The title of […]
Charlene Li Says My Job Shouldn’t Exist
I don’t know if anyone has noticed but I haven’t been posting much lately. First I was away at ASAE’s Great Ideas conference, where I presented a fun session with Lynn Morton “Choose Your Own Social Media Adventure” and participated in Maddie Grant’s fun fishbowl session about social media managers. Not to mention attended some […]
Would You Pay Extra to Socialize at Your Next Conference?
My friend who’s an HR director and member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) sent me a link to a post about SHRM’s new pricing model for their annual conference and I’m curious to hear what others think about it. Basically they’re offering a “premium package” that’s an upsell from their regular registration […]
Yet Another Rant on the New York Times Mommy Blogger Thing
First I wasn’t going to blog about this because I realize that the last two posts I’ve written have been about a similar topic. Then I remembered why I blog: because I want to, and why I don’t blog for money: so I don’t have to answer to anyone else about what I want to […]