Social media is starting to mature. There is no better sign of this than when firms start to acquire talent. There is rumblings of this all around the social media and communications firms. Connie Reece's company, Every Dot Connects, was recently acquired by New Media Lab in Austin. On the heels of that announcement comes the news today that Livingston Communications, owned by Geoff Livingston, the author of the popular Buzz read more...
Roadblock: Asking for Your Help in Houston
If you have been wondering where I was, the last week has been interesting, to say the least as we stood up to Hurricane Ike. Needless to say, the Houston area, where I currently live, is facing an enormous cleanup job as we struggle to get back to "normal." Over a million people here are still without electricity and water. Ice is a huge commodity now. Many more are without a suitable place to live. It will be months before things are back on track. So many of you have been so kind during this read more...
Scaling Social Media Requires Community
The importance of community can't be underestimated. People are naturally social creatures and require connection with other people. But individualism is also a strong drive. However, even anti-establishment types, that claim they aren't motivated by social goals, usually find themselves a part of a subversive subculture that coalesces around similar ideas. But community is a very nebulous term since it is hard to determine who and what constitutes a community. Communities rise up and form, then can break up just as read more...
Content Matters: Eight of the Best Posts from the Final Eight PRWeek Blog Competitors
The folks over at PRWeek thought that it would be a good idea to pit 32 PR blogs against each other to celebrate PRWeek's 100th birthday. I am not sure why PRWeek didn't realize that it would get a little competitive when they put 32 Type-A PR bloggers up against each other, but I wasn't in on the planning meeting. I am one of the 32, and now the eight, that are left in the competition. But, in the interest of the idea that content is King, I thought that I would look at the final eight blogs and pick my favorite post of theirs read more...
Top 10 Content of the Year: And a Shameless Plug to Vote for Communication Overtones
Yes, I somehow got nominated for this silly competition (as Shel Holtz called it on FIR this week). And as Sally Falkow rightly points out it is hardly a referendum on true value. It is actually more of a popularity contest, of which I have never been very successful. But call it what you may, it is a great honor to be nominated, and I would be lying if read more...
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