With 15,740 social media experts out there, it’s no surprise that there are lots of 2010 social media prediction posts out there. A running theme among these posts is, again, not surprisingly, that 2010 will be the year the community/social media manager position becomes mainstream. 2010: The Year of the Community Manager 10 Crucial Roles […]
Certifiable?
This just in: there are 15,740 Social Media Experts on Twitter. What does this mean? In case you don’t feel like clicking through and reading that link I’ll sum it up for you: it means that we’re all in danger of being hoodwinked by some of these self-professed “experts.” How do we solve this problem? […]
End of Year Musings
I don’t know if it’s because it’s the holidays or because I have barely been out of the house in weeks and the recirculated air is beginning to rot my brain but I’m finding myself at a bit of a social media impasse recently. More and more, the concept of “social media” is being paired […]
Why Brazen’s Top 50 Gen Y Companies List is Horse$hit
I have to start by saying that I LOVE Penelope Trunk—love, love, love her. Which is, I guess, why I’m so surprised and disappointed by her company, Brazen Careerist’s, Top 50 Gen Y Companies list. These were among the criteria companies had to meet to be considered for this list: Had to have more than […]
What if Your Big Idea Meant You Were Out of a Job?
This question from Peggy Hoffman got me thinking–because of course the answer to her question is yes, we absolutely spend more time talking about innovation than actually innovating because talk is easy and fun and safe and social. Change isn’t easy and people don’t like it; in fact, they go to great lengths to avoid […]