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14 Guiding Principles of Social Media

Direct Marketing Observations

It was somewhere between 2005 and 2006 but that’s when I really started to “understand&# the power of the possibility with social. 7) You can manage and curate that online presence in real time and any time. Oddly, I try to tell them what social media can do for them and what it did for me. Always know this.

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The 3 Keys to Social Influence

Convince & Convert

Since then, I’ve owned several companies in the online marketing world, including an award-winning agency that I sold in 2005. With my blog, my Twitter feed, my twice-weekly email newsletter, and other vehicles, I try to curate what matters and add a heavy dose of my own interpretation and advice.

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A Pinteresting Story

Twist Image

Delicious got acquired by Yahoo in 2005 and became the defacto destination to share one's bookmarks online. The only way we're going to get better at curating and aggregating this mass amount of content and bucketing it in a way that feels more cohesive is through platforms like Pinterest (and it's very friendly visualization of content).

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How I Became the Person Most Mentioned by Digital Marketers on Twitter

Convince & Convert

I Remember I remember selling my digital agency in 2005 and planning to teach at a university when my earn out concluded in 2008. I remember Jason Keath inviting me to speak at many of his highly-curated Social Fresh events , and now I am a co-host and a big believer in his vision of intimate, thoughtful marketing conferences.

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Google+ Tactics of the Blogging Pros

ProBlogger

Gary Vaynerchuck might have become famous for his books, but he’s been vlogging since 2005, so its no surprise that his Google+ page is dominated by video posts. Tactic 4: Close curation. This approach turns her stream almost into a curated newsfeed: it’s cultivated, professional, and targeted.

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10 Quotes on the Apple iPad and the Business of News

Adam Sherk

You can view this in the spirit of Robert Scoble’s To create or curate? , Something like New York’s Approval Matrix that we designed back in 2005 with Adam Moss is popular in print but will really come to life in this format. or catch on that I’m on a project deadline and don’t have time to contribute my own thoughts.

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Brain Crack, Innovation, Leadership | Bare Feet Blog

Bare Feet Studios

What new developments are a vanity project and what ends up as a wonderfully curated featured list. Jane Quigley June 9, 2010 at 4:34 pm I think that an unfortunate part of accepting investment money, is that the personal investment of the original team changes. The primary goal is no longer making money.