Tag Archives: LinkedIn
A social marketing expert guaranteed me 10,000 Twitter followers in 30 days!
Beware the self-proclaimed social marketing expert. This post at Mashable (from WAY back in December 2009, ancient news in some circles) made me laugh when I first read it. There were nearly 16,000 social marketing or social media experts on … Continue reading
Filed under Advertising, client, Consumers, Marketing, Sales, Social Marketing
Can you really be private online?
Online privacy is a real concern for most people, more so as social networking becomes mainstream and keeps a detailed record of everything about us. If you take online privacy seriously, then you’ve likely set yourself some stringent privacy settings … Continue reading
Filed under Social Marketing
Getting to the game a little late
The Wall Street Journal is working internally on a WSJ Connect, a “LinkedIn Killer” to compete with the biggest name in business-focused social networking. The Wall Street Journal is owned by News Corporation. News Corporation also owns MySpace, which it … Continue reading
Filed under Consumers, innovation, Social Marketing
Privacy in the age of Social Media
Most of us believe we have a right to privacy. How far that right goes is a matter of strong debate and a good share of legal wrangling. While most of us agree in general that privacy should be protected, … Continue reading
Filed under Consumers, Social Marketing
Follow-up to “Don’t treat Social Marketing like a popularity contest” post
A former colleague sent me a nice email about my post. He told me that he’s trying to balance needing a large, widespread audience to get your message out there with not being a “friend/follower” hoarder. I completely understand. Wanting … Continue reading
Filed under Social Marketing
Don’t treat social marketing like a popularity contest
You have a lot of numbers to wow you… # of followers, visitors, visits, # of comments, time spent per user, # of friends, # of connections, # of links, and so on and so on. Sure, the numbers may … Continue reading
Filed under Social Marketing
