Facebook is flopping?
A post from the Register (note – strong language) is touting Facebooks slowdown. Facebook has suffered its first drop in monthly users, according to numbers from web analytics outfit Nielsen Online....
View ArticleYou can't get there from here – Why mainstream media is way up a creek…
Jason K sent me this link the other day – “You can’t get there from here – Why mainstream media is way up a creek…” Jason was asking if I thought he should share it with the newsroom – thinking it may...
View ArticlePrivacy in the Age of UGC
There are so many posts about how young people give away too much information about themselves with social networking and user generated content sites. The amount of data collected by services like...
View ArticleRon Paul gets how to build community
If you watch the beginning of this video, Ron Paul explains that his fund raising efforts are not being directed by “his people” – it is a grass roots group of people working in his behalf....
View ArticleBuilding community – lessons learned by Orange County Choppers
My first thought when I saw this was – you’ve got to be kidding. But after reading this post by Sam Lawrence over at Jive Talks called 5 things online community strategists can learn from American...
View ArticlePictures of Ford's are proprietary…even after you buy it!
In a post from Boing-Boing: pictures of Ford cars cannot be printed. Not just Ford logos, not just Mustang logos, the car -as a whole- is a Ford trademark and its image can’t be reproduced without...
View ArticleHiring community people
In a post on the Community Guy blog – there is an interesting discussion about hire community focused people: Question – via …well… many people over the years How do I hire a community manager? Where...
View ArticleForcing Community
I get so frustrated with the corporate world when the NBT (next best thing) hits their radar. So what’s the latest and greatest NBT – “Community” and “Social Networking”. If you look poll these at...
View ArticleDealing with Noise.
Seth Godin posted an article called “The Noise“: If you looked at web activity, you could rightfully assume that the web consists largely of porn, gossip, Britney Spears searches, trolls, trivia,...
View Article5 Essential Traits for Community Managers
5 Essential Traits for Community Managers. Somedays I think it would be very cool to be a “community manaager”. Other days – not so much. Community manager is the new it position in social media. To...
View ArticleWhat can CT5K and Community teach us about the web?
Image by Brian Cribb via Flickr – I looked a lot like this when I was running, really! The CT5K Recently a young family friend went to the hospital because of heart issues. Not totally uncommon among...
View ArticleBuddyPress WordPress chat
Image via CrunchBase Buddypress Ajax Chat is a full featured chat built specifically for Buddypress, based on AJAX chat. This is the Premium version of BuddyPress Ajax Chat meaning that there will be...
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