Archive for January, 2008

Context of the Influence Discussion (it’s getting very meta around here)

In the latest issue of Fast Company there is an article that is creating a little bit of a stir, “Is the Tipping Point Toast?” The guts of the article is that Duncan Watts is taking The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell and other influencer marketing sources to task saying that the current state of [...]

“Blogging is the new Facebook in ‘08″

Co-worker of mine said that quote in passing, half joking, half teasing me because of the area I work in (she also has a nick name for me that plays off my name and viral diseases…because I “spread” things in social media…I’m sure it’s meant to be endearing). But whether she realized it or not, [...]

It wasn’t my idea (good news, I’ve been promoted)

I read announcements on other blogs…but now that I have the same announcement, it’s a weird post to write. As of last week:
New title – Consumer Engagement Research Strategist
New responsibilities – I have a team to craft and grow
New challenges – Help brands and their messages engage with consumers
We are building/transitioning at my agency and [...]

it was a nice likemind.min 1.18.08

likemind.min was yesterday morning and we had a great turn out. We had close to 20 people, 4-5 new faces again. I’m a little nervous what will happen when everyone will show up.
While co-host Sarah and I had throw out the topic of discussing trends/predictions of ‘08, the conversation quickly wandered in its own direction. [...]

Reasons to blog elevator pitch – what’s your game plan?

You’ve got an elevator ride, I’ll even be kind and say its 40 floors, to explain/convince to the president/department head/client why they/we should be blogging.
Chris Brogan has had some great advice, just wondering what’s your game plan?
I’ll repost a ‘top five’ in a couple of days. Use of key stats encouraged – 75% of Journalists [...]

Brand Thoughts: Social Objects, Markers vs. Using Media to Define Ourselves

1000+ is staring at me in my Google Reader from several labels, another new year’s resolution that didn’t make it past January. I really had planned on staying on top of my feeds this year. I had marked out time on my calendar, everyday, a couple of times a day, just to stay on top [...]

Twitte: whatever, trends of 2008 (pre-post), thoughts on branding

Wow, 2008 started out with a bang at work and the work load caught me by surprise.  I’m getting it sorted out, but my ‘08 resolution to write/blog more has already fallen by the wayside. Besides the work load, a small trends project I was working on in my spare time has turned out to [...]

Getting content organized for ‘08

I started to clean the small mess (normal living mess) my apartment today (working off post new years eve) I realized what mess really bothered me was the mess my social media, media, etc, content was in. My Google Reader was a mess, feeds were stored all over the place with barely any type of [...]

links for 2008-01-01

good night, santa. good night, mrs. santa’s sister. | captains dead
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BEAT ELECTRIC
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captain’s dead an atlanta-ish daily mp3 and live music blog
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2008 Web Predictions – ReadWriteWeb
What Web applications and trends will make it big in 2008? In this post the RWW authors ruminate on the current trends in Web technology and look forward [...]