Quora is an elegantly designed social network for and system for classifying things, people and is a powerful search tool. The main problem Quora seeks to solve is how users... Read more →
Social Media
Social Media Curmudgeons Beware
February 10, 2012
I’m getting tired of the social media marketing guru bashing meme. Have you heard the meme? Basically, someone states that social media consultants don’t consider marketing, and are focusing on... Read more →
Brand & Media Content Gardens Augment Revenues By Monetizing Social Networks
February 10, 2012
Robin Carey, publisher of Social Media Today writes a great story about the progress the Wall Street Journal is making with digital strategy, in “Who's Afraid of the Big Bad... Read more →
The White Whale Is Dead, Long Live The Whale
January 01, 2012
Moby Dick... an important book in American literature, but one I have to admit I've never totally enjoyed. My problem was never with the story, rather the long sections in... Read more →
Dell Hell & Biz & Tech Strategy 2.0 Story
December 17, 2011
Richard Binhammer of Dell and I have been crossing swords on Twitter… something I did not intend to do, rather my questions to colleagues in social media land were never... Read more →
Searching For Social Media Agency Category Leaders
November 30, 2011
Dave Wieneke of UsefulArts.us and I have been discussing who are the product leaders for social media products and services amongst agencies and product companies? As a first step we... Read more →
Without Classes for Social Media, Students Seek Internships,
November 08, 2011
As a Founding Fellow of the Society for New Communications Research, I attended the 2011 SNCR board meeting here in Cambridge Massachusetts; we had a great dinner at a local... Read more →
Social Media & Online Community Conferences In 2012
October 15, 2011
Social media, social media, social media....the drone has been relentless for the last few years, certainly since 2008 when the Election season brought even more resources to social media, and... Read more →
Social Media With David Christopher
October 10, 2011
David Christopher is the Social Media Business Leader for EMEA at Oracle Corporation where he heads up the Social Networking and Business Collaboration (SNBC) program. His role is to develop... Read more →
The Best Buy Ethics blog was the subject of one of my blog posts recently. I thought the content strategy of describing instances of errors of judgement by employees was... Read more →