Social Media

Aliens Using Facebook?

September 6, 2010
Aliens using Facebook?

Check out this screenshot I grabbed from CNN.com today. I’m not taking sides on the creation vs. evolution debate, but you have to admit this is odd. How does this happen? Either: The Facebook social plugin on CNN.com is wonky. The Facebook social plugin on CNN.com is being manipulated. Votes from other galaxies prove that [...]

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5 Reasons You’re Not Getting My Shorty Vote

February 5, 2010

I didn’t want to have to write this post but I’ve talked with so many people that feel the same way I do that I’ve realized this might actually be some useful feedback for Shorty contestants everywhere. First, a couple of disclaimers: I don’t know Dave (@madmain on Twitter) personally [Update: He reminded me that we [...]

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Pentagigatweet?

October 20, 2009

According to an article in the UK’s Telegraph, Twitter recorded it’s 5 billionth “tweet” yesterday. Appropriately, the full text was “Oh lord.” Other interesting tidbits: Twitter logs about 300 tweets per second. The 5 billionth tweet is affectionately known as the “pentagigatweet”. As of this past April, there had only been 1.6 billion tweets, meaning [...]

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Measuring Social Media LA2M Presentation

October 13, 2009

If you are into Social Media and want to learn how to measure your social marketing efforts, I highly recommend you attend Dave Linabury’s “Measuring the Success of Online Communities” presentation at LA2M on Wednesday, November 4th. Dave is a nationally recognized expert on creating, building, nurturing, and activating social networks. I had the privilege [...]

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Why Social Media Users Revolt

September 10, 2009

Dave Linabury of Detroit ad agency Campbell-Ewald put together a great primer on how to manage fights and disagreements in online communities. It’s appropriately titled “When Social Media Attacks“. Not only does he have a fantastic understanding of online group dynamics, he is an Omnigraffle wizard and comes up with the slickest presentation slides, posters [...]

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