Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
In deference to our U.S. readers, who are coping with the official end of summer after a long Labor Day weekend, I have an easy-to-digest post today. Here are some videos dealing with social networking. The first is actually serious, suggesting the importance of social nets to all forms of ... Read more
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
I don’t know what set him off, but marketing maven Seth Godin recently posted an article titled Magic beans, TV and the web. Here’s the kernel: "On the web, there are countless marketers just standing around waiting for someone to hand them the magic beans. And that’s the ... Read more
Monday, August 31st, 2009
Sometimes the best advice is pretty darn simple. That’s the case with this piece in ClickZ by Bryan Eisenberg of FutureNow. He’s an expert on optimizing online conversions, but he’s making a larger point with this advice: "Don’t get caught up in the flash of Web 2.0 ... Read more
Friday, August 28th, 2009
As reported here by MediaPost, Forrester Research, a leading marketing and media research outfit, has released an extensive study on U.S. usage of social media. At this point, four out of five U.S. online adults report using social media at least once per month. Half participate in sites like ... Read more
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Ah! The heart pines for the good old days, when social networking occurred face to face. Enjoy this commercial. Tom SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Old-Style Social Networking", url: "http://www.theagitator.net/social-networking/old-style-social-networking/" }) ... Read more
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Judging from the number of "Out of Office" bouncebacks we’re getting this week, I’m assuming that lots of folks are "at the beach." That means they’re missing Steve MacLaughlin’s (of Blackbaud) Netwits webinars this week. One a day, with these topics ... Read more
Friday, August 21st, 2009
Earlier this week we featured a somewhat grumpy "take" on Twitter from Ken Burnett of SOFII. Ken diplomatically pointed out to me that one Laurie Pringle, senior manager of philanthropy at ALS Canada, has commented on his original article, presenting a passionately contrary point of ... Read more
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Writer and occasional fundraising consultant Ken Burnett has been struggling lately with Twitter. In this blog post, reproduced below with permission, he vents his frustrations and offers a solution. I thought you might enjoy his tribulations. Or as Ken asks: Is it time for ... Read more
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Or at least that’s what Jason Falls claimed on his blog, Social Media Explorer. Then he proceeded to pass along the advice he had offered in a webinar on behalf of National Safe Place. The organization is headquartered in Louisville and started as a program of the YMCA there in 1983. They ... Read more
Monday, August 10th, 2009
B.L. Ochman, for my money, is one of the better social media strategists around. In this post, she critiques two online contests, finding one a clear winner … the other a distinct loser. Or, as she puts it: One rocks, one sucks. Here’s an excerpt: "Two current contests involving ... Read more
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