Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category
2010 Word of The Year: Privacy [Cross post]
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Note: this is a cross-post from the uTest software testing blog. Please visit the original post for more comments, Tweets, and other goodness. I recently attended a marketing conference that discussed emerging technology trends. When the panel was asked what was the single-word topic of 2010 they almost all said, “mobile”. I didn’t think of.
FutureM “Future of Digital Strategy” Notes
I just got home from an interesting session of FutureM Boston “Future of Digital Strategy” session and wanted to type out some notes while the ideas are fresh in my head. Quick takeaway; The role of marketing is changing. Analytics are key. 2010 was year of mobile. 2011 is year of video. Speakers: Perry Hewitt,.
Catching Up on Geo-Based Marketing
When Yelp originally added the geo “check in” feature, I was very excited. I love Yelp and their iPhone app so I immediately put my Foursquare account on hold to focus on learning the ins-and-outs of Yelp. It was a very polished app but I made the assumption that the content user friendly layout of.
Catching Up & November Summary
As much as I enjoy it I’ve been horrible about posting to my blog lately, and I’m blaming Twitter. I find that I’m spending a lot more time on Twitter these days and the speed (of information transfer and to post) and audience size just blow away my blog. On average, I get more comments.
My Top 20 Outdoor-Industry Follows
By this point it should be pretty obvious that I love the outdoors and if you haven’t checked, about half of the people I follow are somehow related to outdoor-oriented sports. Blending my passions of the outdoor industry and social media is amazing; since I can’t be outside 100% of the time what better way.
Video Illustrating Social Media’s Importance
Sorry posting has been light; between the new baby, vacation, training, and Wicked Philanthropy, time has been sparse. Here is a video that I did want to share: John Battelle does make a good point in regard to the statement, “Social Media isn’t a fad, it’s a fundamental shift in how we communicate” which is.
