Woo hoo–it’s finally here–blogcation! I could have been crafty and set up a week’s worth of posts to post daily, but that didn’t seem very vacation-y. Here are a few of my favorite posts from the past year–if you’re so compelled to read a post by me, far be it from me to deny you: […]
Increasing Demand For Social Media Managers
Last Friday I was in heaven; my friends Kiki L’Italien and Maddie Grant devoted a sizeable chunk of time on that day’s episode of Delcor’s Social Media Sweetspot to my favorite topic: social media salaries. The conversation starts about 14:50 in the video below, in case you missed it: Of course you should not only […]
Some Thanks for the Thankless
Social media jobs definitely have their ups and downs, but it’s nice to see some love for the folks who are fighting the good fight and blazing trails for the rest of us. If customer service is a thankless job, how about a customer service job that you can never escape from, that requires attention […]
I Take Back My Jab at Posterous
Remember a few months ago I called Posterous the “lazy man’s blog platform”? I totally take it back now. Ok, actually, that’s not true–it’s not that I take it back–it IS the lazy man’s blog platform–but, only in the best sense of the word “lazy.” I’m obsessed with it now. I’d set up a blog […]
Social Media Internships: Who’s Teaching Who?
I follow DcSocMediaJobs on Twitter and can’t help but notice that most of the listings are for either volunteer opportunities or internships. As someone who’s never had an internship, I admit I don’t know much about them, but from what I do understand about them, they’re sort of a two-way street: the intern gets to […]