Remember Facebook–the free platform you can use to post whatever you want, in whatever format you want, for free? Remember all the limitless possibilities for engagement it promised brands? Yeah, well stick a fork in that memory because it’s done; Big Brother Facebook just announced some new rules that require you to get their approval […]
The Other Side of Social Media Policies–Employee’s Rights
I’m always reading about employees being fired for stuff they say online or how you have to watch what you say if you want to keep your job or find a new one. But until today I’d never realized that it’s actually employers who may have to watch how they react to things their employees […]
Social Media Salary Report: Ladies, It’s Not Pretty
Those of you who frequent this blog know I’m obsessed with social media salaries–I post about the lack of social media salary and title data quite frequently. So you know I jumped at the chance to participate in Forum One Network’s Online Community & Social Media Compensation survey for 2009 because by doing so I […]
Report Finds Most DC-based Associations Still Cautious Towards Social Media
I just read about a new report called “Social Media and Advocacy Analysis 2009: Social media and advocacy tools employed by America’s leading trade associations, pressure groups and cause organizations,” prepared by Marc Ross, Christine Stineman, and Chris Lisi of 2ndSix, Tribe Effect and Chris Lisi Communications. The report is a little confusing to me; […]
Forget Twentysomethings; Let Carol Brady Teach You Social Media
I thought I’d gotten it out of my system–my weariness about constantly reading/hearing about how “young” people are the only ones who can inherently “get” social media because they’ve grown up with it….but like a pesky stomach bug that seems to go away only to return with a vengeance, I had to stumble on this […]
Social Media Ageism Rant
I’ll start this post off by acknowledging that it’s admittedly probably half-baked because this issue is a hot button one for me. That issue being the perpetuation that social media careers are for “young” people. I was thinking I just had a chip on my shoulder–what with me being 41 and a social media professional–but […]
Best Buy Asks The Wrong Question On Facebook
Best Buy recently posted a benign enough question on its Facebook page: “What do you think about offering Bestbuy.com in Spanish?” Apparently it set off a firestorm of negative and even racist comments. Some of the commenters on the post I linked to above wonder why Best Buy would be asking that question in the […]
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 […]