Posts Tagged "Social Media"

Posterous, A New Favorite

Posted by on Jun 26, 2009 in Social Media, Technology | 2 comments

When I talk to my clients about social media strategies and tactics I always mention Posterous when I notice them calculating the time it will take to update their various outposts.

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#iran, #iranelection & Twitter

Posted by on Jun 18, 2009 in Politics, Social Media, Technology | Comments Off

Tonight marks nearly a week of serious unrest in the Islamic Republic of Iran in the wake of a presidential election that by most any standards was rigged in favor of the incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. For the first time in 30 years — since the Khomeinist revolution that birthed the current  republic — the streets of Iranian cities are thronged by young protesters clamoring for freedom. Things seem to be going badly for the ruling elite. They obviously mismanaged the election rigging. Shutting down the cell phone text messaging system on the day of the election, and declaring a winner within 3 hours of poll closings when more people voted last week than any...

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People Talking

Posted by on Jun 5, 2009 in Culture, Social Media | 3 comments

It's amazing what happens when people get together and talk.

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Our Fifteen Minutes

Posted by on Jun 3, 2009 in Culture, Social Media | Comments Off

Ignoring the negative in a business situation is not an option, or at least not the first option.

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H1N1 and The Media Dichotomy

Posted by on May 5, 2009 in media | 3 comments

I bet that it would be interesting to compare attitudes around H1N1 of folks who are active social media participants/web news consumers to those who only get their news from traditional media outlets.

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