Archive | Social Media

03 August 2010 ~ View Comments

Want a shiny Ask.com Questions Beta invite?

Ask.com recently launched the public beta for the new Ask.com, which combines their answers technology with the human insight of the Ask.com community.
The Ask.com site gets 87 million monthly uniques apparently, so hopefully they’ll be able to turn some of those visitors into little Jeeves helpers.
The new site is now available on [...]

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26 July 2010 ~ View Comments

Read this book! Futuretainment: Yesterday the World Changed, Now It’s Your Turn review

Attracted by the lush photography and stand-out style of the book during a visit to a specialist book store, I picked up a copy of “Futuretainment” recently. Having just finished reading it, I wanted to share my thoughts on it, and recommend what I think is a great introduction to the advent of social media.

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11 June 2010 ~ View Comments

Social Media Director Job Description

A generic Social Media Director job description, part of a series of posts on Online Community and Social Media job descriptions including Head of Social Media and Social Media Manager.

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09 June 2010 ~ View Comments

Confessions of a Foursquare addict

Find out why I’m addicted to Foursquare, and the bizarre behaviour I have started exhibiting since getting into the geo-location social network. It ain’t pretty.

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16 April 2010 ~ View Comments

Online Community Links Roundup 16/04/10

Unfortunately, there isn’t a links roundup for the week ending 9th of April 2010 as I am currently on holiday. I promise you a special bumper edition next Friday top make up for it. In the meantime, here’s something to keep you occupied:

Play Games at AddictingGames
[photo by auburnxc]

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02 April 2010 ~ View Comments

How to increase your Twitter followers and referrals over 50% by running a giveaway

Over the course of March 2010, we ran a daily giveaway on Twitter for two of our brands. Our goals were to increase our followers and raise engagement with the content we broadcast on Twitter.
Laura Murphy managed this initiative throughout and did a great job, providing us with real insight into what worked and what [...]

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11 March 2010 ~ View Comments

Why I’m going to Twestival, and so should you

Way back when I first got into Community Management, the majority of online communities I helped build were mainly focussed on either helping people in some charitable way, or providing a way for them to connect with other like-minded individuals.
Over the years I have seen motivations for building online communities change towards more of a [...]

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18 February 2010 ~ View Comments

What’s the difference between a Community Manager and a Social Media Manager?

Is there room in an organisation for both a community manager and a social media manager, or are the roles too similar? We cover the difference between both sets or responsibility and focus.

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15 February 2010 ~ View Comments

Head of Social Media Job Description

A generic Head of Social Media job description, part of a series of posts on Online Community and Social Media job descriptions including Head of Social Media and Director of Social Media.

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09 February 2010 ~ View Comments

Social Media Manager Job Description

A generic Social Media Manager job description, part of a series of posts on Online Community and Social Media job descriptions including Head of Social Media and Director of Social Media.

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08 February 2010 ~ View Comments

Online Community and Social Media Job Descriptions

I recently posted a comment on Sue’s post discussing Community Management job titles, which led me to think a lot about the large number of different types of community management job description I have seen over the years. I also feel that, with the rise of social media as a career field, the title of [...]

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19 November 2007 ~ View Comments

The tragic case of Megan Meier and Lori Drew, a tale of Internet revenge

This article was originally posted in 2007 on my handbag.com blog, which is now no longer operational.
A dead teenager. MySpace harassement. Irresponsible parenting. A curious interpretation of the law by police officers. Lori Drew must’ve thought she’d escaped the consequences, but she hadn’t factored in the sort of havoc that can be unleashed via [...]

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