Yesterday Maddie Grant tagged me in a timely meme: The Gen X-er Meme–Have we sold out? Timely because I had just received a total spanking from the awesomely snarky blog, Ask And Ye Shall Receive. Actually, spanking is too kind a word; double penetration with a large blunt object is a more accurate description. But […]
Stranded Evangelists Shouldn’t Stay Stranded
I am breathing a sigh of relief today because Harvard Business has a name for what I am–“Stranded Evangelist.” Sounds so much nicer than “Bitter,” which is how I sometimes feel. Jamie Notter blogged about this post and added his own tip to the 5 offered in the Harvard blog. I also propose adding another, […]
Are You Hurting Your Career Prospects By Ignoring Social Media?
Penelope Trunk recently did an online discussion on Washingtonpost.com about online social networking. True, I am obsessed with her so I am biased, but I thought this piece of advice was particularly relevant and important: Washington, D.C.: I am an ex-government employee, and very concerned about protecting my privacy. Should I be weary of joining […]
Seth Godin Is Totally Right About Nonprofits and Social Media
Ok, well maybe not totally right, but certainly not as wrong as the droves of bloggers who are taking issue with his post are expressing. Seth says: “Non-profits, in my experience, abhor change.” I’ve worked in and/or with associations for almost 20 years now and it’s been my experience that they do abhor change. Isn’t […]
How Much Do YOU Make As A Social Media Professional?
I seem to be getting an increasing amount of traffic through people searching for information about social media salaries. Not at all surprising because there is precious little information out there about social media salaries. As I’ve blogged before, social media jobs in general are an enigma…titles are all over the place, from VP Digital […]
Does A Social Media Job = Career Suicide?
Geez, talk about a downer of a blog post: according to Jim Durbin of Social Media Headhunter, I am in a total dead-end job. As a social media specialist, I am what he calls a “social media doer” and “A social media doer is not a position with career advancement.” He makes some very valid […]
Wait, Who’s the Idiot?
Is it just me or is this rant by a stodgy old-guard communicator absolutely scary, crazy and hilarious–all at the same time? Or is it just crazy and/or scary? In case you don’t feel like clicking over to that post, I’ll sum it up for you: a “a 20-year communications professional” is raging on “idiotic” […]
Are Social Media Rockstars An Endangered Species? Or The Future of Advertising?
Don’t get me wrong–I couldn’t be happier about Forrester’s newest report showing that social media adoption has basically become “nearly universal.” Definitely bodes well for me being gainfully employed. At the same time, though, I can’t help but notice that the whole social media rockstar thing is getting a little out of hand. As more […]
Is It Just Me Or Is Twitter Not Ready For Prime Time Yet?
Over the past few days I’ve seen about a million re-tweets of the big news: Twitter is about to roll out business accounts. I seem to be the only one who finds this news disturbing. I feel like I’m in the social media version of the Emperor’s New Clothes or something. Twitter’s shortcomings–which are so […]
Reflections on Virtual Attendance And New Revenue Streams
(Thanks to Jeff De Cagna of Principled Innovation for the ribbon) Anyone who reads this blog knows I’m obsessed with social media–I blog about it, use it constantly, even get paid to do it for a living. So of course I’m using it to stay on top of what’s going on at ASAE’s annual meeting […]