Social Media Strategery

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Is Our PR Community Part of the New Pittsburgh or the Old One?

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People who go to as many networking events, conferences, and happy hours as they could just to be a part of the energy around them. When I moved back here in August, my friends and colleagues all asked if I’d miss that feeling, that energy.

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Brand Marketing and the Fair Pay to Play Act

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From energy drinks to beauty products to Amazon, brands have infiltrated college campuses via “social media influencers.” Now, what if you got wind that the best player on your favorite team may be entering the draft early because they wanted to get paid?

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The Year in Social Media Strategery

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As I look forward to 2012 and my fourth year of blogging here, I'm going to do a better job of focusing my energy on a few areas instead of trying to get involved with every opportunity I'm interested in.

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Time for a Change

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I was spending just as much time, brainpower, and energy trying to make changes internally and take the organization new places as I was on the client delivery and marketing tasks that I was being paid to do. However, as I've alluded to here before, being a change agent at the tip of the spear can be exhausting.

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Mr. Popularity and Your Enterprise 2.0 Community

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The key is in channeling their energy and enthusiasm and focus it on helping grow the community as a whole, to include topics other than social media and technology. Quite the contrary – they’re likely some of your most valuable members. This post originally appeared on my AIIM Enterprise 2.0 Community blog.

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My Gov 2.0 Heroes

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But when I heard Gary speak, I got a new energy – I realized that to really make a difference, to really change the way things were done, I had to commit 100% to what I was doing. I was frustrated, I was discouraged, and I was tired.

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Government 2.0 Camp - What I Loved and What I'd Like to See Next Year

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I’ll also echo Mike’s sentiments that the camaraderie and the sheer energy of the conference enthralled me. I’ll also echo Mike’s sentiments that the camaraderie and the sheer energy of the conference enthralled me. I participated in a couple of good sessions and met a lot of great people.

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