Dave Fleet

MARCH 2, 2011

Facebook has announced a new version of its Comments Box plugin – its social plugin that enables Facebook-connected commenting on a website. In this post we’ll take a look at some of the apparent benefits and risks of this new feature for businesses. Facebook’s Comment Box plugin. Among the features Facebook has revealed: Social relevance – the new plugin uses what Facebook calls “social signals&# to prioritize comments on posts.

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Harp Interactive

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

The recent Facebook platform changes includes a multitude of new features…some obvious and simple to grasp, others more complex.

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SocialFish

MARCH 4, 2011

This is a guest post by Wendy Harman, Director of Social Media for the American Red Cross. We’ve all heard the story of the unfortunate (though hilarious) tweet sent out through the Red Cross’ main Twitter account – here’s a nice recap by Shannon Otto you’ve probably seen - and how they made lemonade from lemons (so to speak).

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Mindjumpers

MARCH 1, 2011

Tweet All eyes on future development of success stories for application development lies within a triangle – the touch points of Social – Mobile – Game Design. Basically, the focus is to create something that nails it right in the centre of the triangle. Make something that is social with a call for human interaction, put in a game design (we love to play games) and make it work on the mobile, where the penetration for smartphones leaves no doubt that the future is in the palm of your hand.

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Dave Fleet

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Happy Monday! A varied bunch of posts and stories this week, from PR’s effect on the media (or is it just lazy journalism?), to avoiding getting caught when the social media “bubble&# bursts, to reputation management, influence and lastly a couple of Google stories to round things out. Let’s get to it! The Guardian: Churnalism or news?

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Firebelly

MARCH 3, 2011

I’ve been in a couple of meetings lately where the people are overly focused on increasing the size of their Facebook Page communities (or what they think are communities). Let’s think about this. They want more people, but what does more people or more specifically more “Likes&# mean? Here are some realities: 1. It’s easy to click a Like button.

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Mindjumpers

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Tweet Yesterday, another update to the Facebook platform was launched. This time, the update once again involved the Like button, namely that Facebook changes the button’s functionality to that of the Share button. So far, Share and Like have been two distinct functionalties. Thus, when a user hits the Like button, a full story with a headline, blurb and thumbnail will be posted to the user’s profile wall.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 1, 2011

This is a guest post by Danny Wong. When social media started getting popular with businesses, there was a lot of excitement from consumers because they could now interact with companies on a more personal level rather than dealing with companies just like another transaction. Businesses could now show some personality rather than hiding behind a computer and a fixed script.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 26, 2011

Smarter social networking. A few nights ago, I was part of the “ Get Geeky &# panel that Social Media Club-DC had put together. Along with Alex Howard , Frank Gruber and Shana Glickfield , we talked about “ smarter social networking.&#. Much was discussed, but I’ve been thinking more about one of the questions that was asked: If you’re a good connector and/or networker offline, how do you take that online?

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SocialFish

MARCH 3, 2011

This post is the second in a two-part series where guest blogger Garry Polmateer , former association executive currently working at NimbleUser helping organizations with Salesforce, looks at two online brands through the lens of the concepts in our book, Open Community. Read Part 1 here. We loved Garry’s idea for this two-parter and we welcome any guest post ideas from any of our readers who are interested in digging into Open Community from whatever angle you choose.

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Mindjumpers

MARCH 2, 2011

Tweet “American Idol”, which is one of the most popular television shows in the US, has made it possible for fans to vote for the best performers through Facebook. This happened for the first time ever yesterday, March 1 2011, after the first performance show. This was first announced by Entertainment Weekly blog , where it is also stated by the creator of the show, Simon Fuller, that this is something they have wanted to do for years.

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Direct Marketing Observations

MARCH 3, 2011

Watch this video from Corning. When I first saw it, I was amazed at what was possible with glass and then what caught my eye was the number of views-5.8 million views in less than one month. This is isn’t a funny video. It’s not scandalous or malicious or of someone getting hurt. It’s simply about the many uses of glass. Something to ponder the next time your company wants to create a video.

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Jason Yormark

MARCH 2, 2011

I’ve found myself breaking free of hard drives and flash drives as more and more cloud based storage and software options have become available. For those not in the know, cloud software/services basically refers to storing or working in online environments where your data is stored “in the cloud” and not on your machine or external hard drives. Many old schoolers still scoff at the security implications, of not having your data stored locally, but the fact is with the growth of this industry an

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SocialFish

FEBRUARY 26, 2011

I’m going to start a regular post with the latest social media /community management jobs I come across for associations and nonprofits. This will only be as good as what I hear about (and decide is worth posting – crappy jobs will be ignored), so please send me any links you come across and as soon as I have a few good ones I’ll post ‘em periodically.

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Firebelly

MARCH 1, 2011

On Sunday, The Social Network took home Oscars for Original Score, Film Editing and Adapted Screenplay. This kinetic typography video shows off some of the dialog and music in a unique way. Enjoy! [Video URL: [link] ].

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Sherrilynne Starkie

MARCH 3, 2011

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 1, 2011

Guest post by Shakirah Dawud. Publicity experts swear by becoming an author of something. But if you know your stuff, you can become a valuable resource in your field anyway. Image: Mirari Erdoiza via Fotopedia, CC 3.0. 1. Be honest about what you don’t know. This is the top, numero uno takeaway, a no-brainer, and something even (especially?) the generously brain-endowed often bury.

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SocialFish

MARCH 1, 2011

Feeling creative? Want a chance to win a $10,000 grant? All you have to do is write a poem describing your mission. To win, write an original four- to eight-line poem or stanza that reflects the work or mission of your nonprofit. No poets on staff? Ask your supporters or members to write a poem for you! This year’s Heart & Soul grant program , put on by the CTK Foundation, is offering the following awesome grants and other prizes: The 1st place winner will receive $10,000 and will h

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Below are 5 social media must-reads from last week that we wouldn’t want you to miss. 20 Tips to Get Your Content Seen on Facebook. By Ellie Mirman Facebook can be a great channel for spreading your content to a huge and active audience, but only if your content gets seen. Posting a video or a status update doesn’t matter if no one sees it.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 2, 2011

Guest post by Gini Dietrich. Last week, TechCrunch took a stab at PR professional Timothy Johnson. Actually, a stab is putting it mildly. They called him a PR disaster and printed his emails to Leena Rao , the “extremely sweet and mild-mannered colleague&# of author Robin Wauters. Before you jump to a conclusion, let’s examine this from both sides: the side of reporter and writer Leena, and the side of PR pro Timothy.

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SocialFish

MARCH 1, 2011

Here’s a monthly selection of links to some of the most interesting posts that we’ve read and shared over the last 30 days. These kinds of posts are what inform our own writing here at SocialFishing; hope you’ll dip in and out at your leisure! The list below is for serendipity ; if you prefer our “Must Read&# shares about important stuff for association social media, please click here to subscribe , or click here to browse.

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Firebelly

MARCH 4, 2011

The 404 error has become so common that it’s become a key term in technology culture. Face it, we’ve all eagerly clicked a link only to run in to a disappointing “File Not Found&# page. If it’s your website causing the problems, you could be losing a lot of key visitors because of broken and out-dated links. It’s important to draw these people back in to your site before they’re disappointed by the error and click away.

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Debbie Weil

MARCH 4, 2011

It’s hopelessly old-fashioned to care about it’s versus its. Who versus whom. Affect versus effect. But I do. I really do. As I wasted time on Twitter today, I ran across a tweet about National Grammar Day. March 4th. Every year. "Oh happy day," I tweeted. Instantly, some fellow grammarians tweeted back: "avoid verbing nouns" said one; and watch out for "over versus more than!

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 4, 2011

This is part of the Blogging for Grasshoppers series. If you publish a blog, there are three things I want to tell you today. I’ll give you the short version, and then the long version. Short version. 1. I think Livefyre, the comment system that has been implemented on WUL for just under two months , is da bomb. Image: elventear via Flickr, CC 2.0. 2.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

MARCH 1, 2011

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Firebelly

MARCH 2, 2011

The profile image on your brand’s Facebook Page is valuable real estate. Take advantage of that. Whether it’s a Facebook contest you’re hosting or an off-Facebook marketing effort you want to make your Facebook fans aware of, turn your profile image into a “billboard&# display. Below are examples of Facebook billboards we’ve constructed for a client to promote various efforts: Think you don’t need to modify your profile image because you already have a custom

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Jeremiah Owyang recently published a fantastic List of Corporate Social Strategists for 2011 (Buyer/Brand Side) , an impressive compilation of individuals either holding the title or performing the role of corporate social strategist, defined by Jeremiah as “the business decision maker for social media programs – who provides leadership, roadmap definition, and governance; and directly influences the spending on technology vendors and service agencies.&#.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 3, 2011

This was originally published on Spin Sucks as a guest post. Are you suffering from what I call KJS, or Knee Jerk Syndrome? I know I have to watch out for it. Social is great. I love social. And yes, even though countless folks (including myself) have railed against that as a misnomer, I’m guessing we’ll keep calling it social until we can collectively come up with a better name for it.

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Saying It Social

MARCH 2, 2011

I rarely read “this type&# of book. I’m skeptical of motivational hype with all the pom-pom waving, “What are you waiting for?&# type sentiments, but Poke the Box is different. First of all, it’s only 85 pages – so skeptic or not, I highly doubted it would be the worst hour of my life. After reading just two pages, I knew I hadn’t made a bad decision.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

MARCH 2, 2011

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