Jeff Esposito

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Three Reasons Why Executives Should Tweet For Themselves

Jeff Esposito

In 2009, when I started using Twitter and Facebook for business reasons, I could understand why executives were afraid to join the social media conversation. Most PR executives I worked with in 2009 did not pitch via Twitter, and traditional agencies were just starting to build internal social media teams.

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Measuring Social Influence

Jeff Esposito

Since Klout first launched in measurement tool in 2009, they have analyzed influence based on a user’s ability to “drive action.” TweetLevel, also launched in 2009, is a Twitter measurement tool created by Edelman. You can find him on Twitter, @JasMollica , and at his blog, One Guy’s Journey.

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Social Media is Not Cool

Jeff Esposito

Since entering the public lexicon somewhere between the second half of 2009 and 2010, “social media” has evolved from a curiosity and a cool new toy into a powerful tool for business. Now that I got those five misconceptions out of the way, I want to get to the root of something that has been sticking in my craw for some time now.

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Gilda’s Club: What went wrong?

Jeff Esposito

As a result, the Cancer Support Community (CSC), which merged with Gilda’s Club in 2009, issued a media statement. As a dyed-in-wool Toronto Maple Leafs hockey fan, PR veteran Elissa Freeman jumped at the chance to guest blog for a guy with the last name ‘ Esposito ’ from Boston.

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What BP could have done better – a counterpoint

Jeff Esposito

Justin joined Fleishman-Hillard Kansas City, where he specializes in digital strategy and education, in 2009. Justin blogs here at Justin Case You Were Wondering. Justin is a huge Bon Jovi fan and once won third place in a karaoke contest at Chicago’s John Barleycorn’s with a rousing rendition of Livin’ on a Prayer.

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Want to work in social media? Read these 5 books

Jeff Esposito

If you answered because I Tweet, use Facebook, I can pin things better than anyone, I blog therefore I am or I am Awesome! Trust Agents (2009) – This was the first book on social media that I read when thrust into the space from Chris Brogan and Julien Smith. Why do I want to work in social media? What makes me qualified for this job?