Intel is getting a ton of buzz for its “Museum of Me” app. I’ve read many oohs and ahhs about it, and even that Intel is “changing advertising” with it. Sounds cool, right? I finally relented after seeing the tweet about it changing advertising and went to check it out. The first step of the […]
Influence in the Context of Associations
“Influence” is a concept I know I’m reading, hearing and thinking about and I know I’m not the only one. I think it’s interesting to sit where I sit–an online community & social media manager for an association–knowing my concept of “influencers” is a lot different than that of the people higher up in my […]
BlogWorld Expo New York Recap
It has been a whirlwind few days in my world, to say the least. Last Thursday I participated in BlogWorld’s Twitter party in an attempt to win a pass to BlogWorld NYC. By some miracle–ok, actually because I can Google answers to trivia questions like nobody’s business–I won a two-day pass to the conference. Which […]
Facebook PR Flap: Thank You Forbes & Jeremy Pepper for Proving I’m Not Crazy
When the whole thing with Facebook and Burston-Marsteller went down, I confess I was a bit confused. As a social media/communications professional I have worked “in and around” PR but not at an agency and I make no claims whatsoever of being a PR pro. I could have sworn, though, from my capacity as both […]
Offlining it
Apparently I’m not the only one with social media manager fatigue–the post I wrote a few weeks ago ran on Social Media Today also and got WAY more comments than any posts on this blog ever get. It makes me wonder what the future of social media staffing will look like–will people who transitioned from something […]