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JANUARY 22, 2010

Social media, particularly its use in business communications, is still in its early days, and like anything new and different, there’s plenty of mythology surrounding it. and went on to cite statistics that show both e-mail and social networking use on the increase. E-mail is far from dead, particularly in large companies.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

It’s been replaced by Facebook, Twitter and online collaboration. In fact, it indicated e-mail use was growing, just not as fast as social network adoption. In my November Talent Zoo column I attempt to debunk five social media myths. Everyone knows e-mail is dead. Well, not exactly. You can see the article here.

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MARCH 15, 2010

The idea that social media allows us to engage in online conversations is getting people into all kinds of trouble, because what we’re doing when we click “Tweet&# on Twitter or “Share&# on Facebook isn’t conversation — it’s publication. Tags: Social Media.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

About a month ago, I wrote about my five social media predictions for 2010. Social media and careers are covered by prediction #6: “In 2009 we saw a couple of interesting surveys by respected organizations indicating that recruiters are increasingly using or planning to use social media to find and investigate talent.

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MAY 25, 2012

I've said repeatedly that corporate social media doesn't have its own strategy any more than Microsoft Word does. Social media is/are a set of really powerful tools, and therefore tactics, not a strategy.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

I recently gave a talk at Golden Gate University titled Career Development & Job Search in a Social Media World. I talked about social network etiquette, the strategy behind building a network of professional associates, how to present one’s self online, and what recruiters are looking for, and what they hate.

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MARCH 19, 2010

The Million Follower Fallacy: Audience Size Doesn’t Prove Influence on Twitter, on Read Write Web , cites a recent survey that found “Twitter follower count is somewhat of a meaningless metric when it comes to determining influence.&# Tags: Social Media. The conclusion? “Retweet influence&# ?

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OCTOBER 2, 2009

The combined effects of social media and a down economy are ruining the PR industry. Social media is seen by some companies as the new PR. Social media is now playing that role. “Why pay a PR agency when we can tweet on our own Twitter account and post to our own blog?&#. Here’s how.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2009

I recently posted my Brief List of 53 Twitter Rules , guidelines for how I choose to use Twitter. I got a great response, and one person commented they liked Twitter “because there weren’t rules.&# In addition to the TOS, there are also The Twitter Rules. If you use Twitter as a kind of AIM/MySpace 2.0,

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JULY 26, 2009

Tweets are short at 140 characters, but a Twitter avatar must visually represent a user in just 2304 pixels. If you’re a conservative, you’ve probably changed your avatar to show your affiliation with TCOT (Top Conservatives on Twitter), even though you find grassroots political activism a little confusing. People do crazy things.)

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JANUARY 31, 2010

The free-form writing style of social networks like Twitter and Facebook is changing the way people communicate, and causing students to fail English. And academicians are, in part, blaming social networking. Tags: Social Media. That’s the claim of a piece out this afternoon from the Canadian Press.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

LinkedIn and Twitter announced last night that LinkedIn will now be integrating Twitter updates with LinkedIn user accounts. LinkedIn tweeted early this morning “Learn how you can link your LinkedIn and Twitter accts together! link].&# @LinkedIn even changed its Twitter avatar to mark the occasion.

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JULY 7, 2009

Social media just got faster. Immediacy is one of the Six Valuable Attributes of Social Media. We’ve recently had an obsession with brevity in the form of Twitter, and shortened URLs for example. Erick Schmidt commented (in two separate tweets): “Video has become inherently social.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2010

I was interviewed recently by Canadian Press , and subsequently a number of radio stations across Canada, on the effect of social networking on student language skills. The title of the Canadian Press article was Students failing because of Twitter, texting and no grammar teaching , but I don’t necessarily agree with that.

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

I was reviewing my Twitter follower list this morning and came across a potentially disturbing account tweeting what appears to be someone’s private information. I reported this account by sending a Direct Message to @spam on Twitter. If it’s for real, I hope Twitter shuts it down soon.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

What is a brand, and, as caretaker of your company’s brand, how does social media affect you? So what does this mean in the social media world? Tags: Social Media brand David Ogilvy joel postman The Experience Economy Joel Postman. It’s a fabulous book on this topic.). Don’t neglect it.

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JUNE 7, 2011

The project: "tracked approximately 100 blogs (currently at about 250) frequently referenced by a capped Twitter. Copywrite, Ink, which bills itself as a "strategic communication and writing services firm," launched its Fresh Content Project in an attempt to rank content quality among popular bloggers.

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JULY 23, 2009

In response to the madness of Twitter Follow Friday, I’m going to try something new that I call my “Fab Five to Follow Post.” Instead of tweeting dozens of random Twitter IDs with no context or explanation, I’ve decided to pick five of my favorite Twitter people and explain why I follow them, and why you might want to as well.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Location-based services — applications that “know” where you are and can use that information to connect you with people, places and things — are one of the hot new classes of social media applications. was recently introduced , which is quite attractively laid out, and includes Twitter-inspired graphics.

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APRIL 9, 2012

It seems that nearly every news item that makes its way onto Twitter or Facebook is first expressed through reportage (simple links and tweets with headlines), followed by a fire hose of hate and mockery, and sometimes a backlash against the backlash. A couple examples include: Susan Boyle: "Her popularity in Britain.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

Apparently, Twitter asked SocialToo to make this change: “I just wanted to make you aware of a change we’re making on SocialToo at the request of Twitter. I encourage you to read more about this on our blog at [link] where we explain more about why Twitter is requiring us to remove this feature.

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OCTOBER 16, 2009

I discovered last night that Twitter is not simply blocking recurring tweets as reported elsewhere , they’ve actually implemented filters that physically block recurring tweets. I was using Tweetie , an iPhone Twitter client. I guessed that Twitter was filtering tweets, so I rearranged a few words, and reposted it successfully.

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OCTOBER 16, 2009

There have been many reports that Twitter has “announced&# that recurring tweets would become a Terms of Service Violation. We don’t want to see any duplicate tweets whatsoever- They pollute Twitter, and tools shouldn’t be given to enable people to break the rules. Update: Bill Barnett pointed out in a comment Oct.

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

Recently I noticed a Twitter hashtag that was short, made sense, and was even fun to use. I also think they’re a workaround for Twitter’s (up until recently) lack of a list or group feature. Now that Twitter has lists , some hashtags should go away, but the service has a lot more work to do before this is a reality.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

I also have a lot of rules for how I use Twitter, so I thought I would share them. I was very deliberate when I wrote “rules for how I use Twitter.” I wouldn’t presume to tell you how to use Twitter. Block people who tweet your Twitter name in connection with marketing and follower scams. Be relevant 90% of the time.

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

I am among a number of people who have had list functionality added as part of Twitter’s beta rollout of the new feature. Twitter is promoting the feature at the top of the home page with: Lists are timelines you build yourself, consisting of friends, family, co-workers, sports teams, you name it. Watch for more from Twitter.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Rumor is they heard our new spring collection is now available online at [link] -KC" The reactions on Twitter and Facebook. Yesterday, in a failed attempt to make light of the current protests in Egypt to promote its products in a humorous way, Kenneth Cole tweeted: "Millions are in uproar in #Cairo.

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JULY 6, 2010

So you have a blog, maybe two, a couple of Twitter feeds, a YouTube channel and a Facebook page. Your company is truly social, isn’t it? But none of these things equates to being truly social. Being social, or being engaged with consumers, is a deep cultural attitude that a company either has or doesn’t have.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

What if the preferences for your favorite social network allowed you to pick one or more “blackout days” during which you could not log on? Could you get by for a full 24 hours, or more, with no access to Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed or any of your other favorite social media tools? The API would be shut down, too.).

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JANUARY 7, 2010

.’ Two old blokes chatting about media trends,&# this video is a great send up of new media, blogging, and Twitter. “If you write in Twitter: ‘I’m talking to Peter in a pub,’ then everyone would know and act accordingly.&#. Tags: Social Media. “Act accordingly, how?&#.

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MARCH 30, 2010

Did you know you might be legally liable if you slam your landlord on Twitter? CTV Southwestern Ontario , Canada, this evening televised a piece on “Cyber Libel&# that looked at online defamation and the liability social media users might unwittingly incur. Even if you think he or she is a slumlord?

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Congratulations to Dixon Hamby who was selected at random from those who left a comment on my October 26 post, My Brief List of 54 Twitter Rules (Did I Miss Any?). Dixon will receive a copy of my book SocialCorp: Social Media Goes Corporate , and everyone who commented gets my sincere thanks for contributing to a great discussion.

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JULY 3, 2009

social media sphere are happy to have their talks live tweeted and live blogged. Another interesting issue journalists are contending with is how Fair Use applies to information published on Twitter. Last month, Julie Posetti wrote a piece on the PBS MediaShift blog, Rules of Engagement for Journalists on Twitter.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Nick Sobrak-Seaton and I, and maybe a few surprise guests, will be on KSCO Santa Cruz AM radio this Saturday talking about social media as a marketing and communications tool for businesses and non-profits. Ethical social media business practices. Social networking Etiquette. Social media policy for businesses.

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MARCH 2, 2010

Many Twitter users with a large number of followers (and similarly, Facebook users with a large number of friends) have either unfollowed in equally large numbers, or considered it. Let’s say you unfollow 5000 people on Twitter. Loic was following me (and vice versa) when he unfollowed everyone. Here’s why.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

More and more users are getting Twitter’s new Retweet feature. When a user clicks “Retweet,&# all formatting is handled by Twitter, and the Retweet is published without opportunity for editing. Tags: Social Media retweet Twitter twitter.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

And are those of us risking our lives every day on the social media front lines any less deserving of respect? Foursquare takes the dynamics of social networking — things like trust, common interests and authenticity — and adds these other dimensions of esteem, belongingness, etc. create new badges.&#.

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