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Hasty Use of Social Media and Responsibilities as Users

I listened to Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson’s FIR podcast (#555, 12 July…yes, I’m a little behind on podcast listening) on my way to work today, and they had a conversation about something I’ve written about before (see #7), but only briefly. It’s time to open up the conversation more, because I really do think [...]

Cyber Village’s “Spotlight on Success”

I was on Cyber Village’s  “Spotlight on Success” last week with host Rob Thrasher talking about social media, a new gig, and a little [...]

2010 Predictions for digital technology, social media and other

I posted a few of my marketing predictions over at Other Side Group, but here’s another set that includes digital activism and other goodies.

Location-based digital technology use will give way to several major advances in the fields of citizen journalism and digital activism.  Patrick will agree with me – there will be a major increase in [...]

HubSpot TV and discussion on Digital Activism, Social Media and Girls in Tech

I was on the 6 November episode of HubSpot TV discussing social media news, DigiActive/digital activism and Girls in Tech.

You can get the full show notes on the [...]

PINK Magazine: Your Customers are Talking to You. Are you Listening?

This article was written for PINK Magazine, published today.
How do you grow when consumers and clients are spending less? Maintain or increase marketing your business spending to get ahead of competitors who don’t, adjust your product portfolio, support your distributors, adjust pricing – all risky and challenging when cash flow is down.

Thanks to Web 2.0 [...]

Communication and Human Development: The Freedom Connection?

Communication and knowledge offered by emerging technologies enable or enhance a wide range of benefits and opportunities for the poor, and for everyone. There are also emerging risks in the expanded prevalence of new technologies. [...]

Crowdsourcing: Opinions Managed

Below are the notes from 9 September’s TiE Boston event on crowdsourcing that I moderated.  I thank my Co-Chair Sanjli Gidwaney for capturing this information.

Topic:

“Are two heads really better than one? Do the opinions of many actually yield to better solutions and results for large and small scale companies alike? Several companies around the world are [...]

Using video as a B2B marketing tools

[Originally Posted on B2B Voices]
In the B2B space, online marketing channels are gaining a lot of traction because of their lower delivery costs and higher response rates, as well as the potential for greater ROI than can be seen in traditional mediums like print. Meanwhile, video is said to be one of the most important [...]

Why I love editing, and why it’s (really!) important

[I'm going to preface this post by telling everyone that I'm borderline OCD about spelling and grammar (for the most part... if I'm writing my mom and have three seconds, I may just plow through)]

I’m a big (big) information taker-inner (news, blogs, etc etc).  Which means I read a lot.  A lot of what I read [...]

SMB15: The Power and Peril of Online Communities

The Dos and Don’ts for Successful Communities – tips from LiveWorld on how to build an online community. [...]