The last few weeks I’ve seen an increase of twitter followers to an account I own but has been dead for almost two years. Three of the new followers were Oklahoma businesses which caught my attention – that and the huge number of followers for what I would consider to be a relatively small business…
There have been a lot of studies which pertain to trust, the most famous probably the Edelman Trust Barometer. If you haven’t read that stop reading this now and spend your morning being truly enlightened. If you have, then please read on. A few weeks ago during what seemed to be a crescendo of online…
About this time we see a flurry of top ten predictions about social media. Some are legit but most are simply predictions made by those who are experts on social media – both kinds, Twitter and Facebook.* I have lots of predictions about social media and 2011 and I might share some of them later…
The other day Chris Brogan tweeted the following: When I saw the tweet pointed out to me by a friend I joked that Chris Brogan will do anything to get me to follow him. Truth be known, he won’t and his tweet is just part of who he is, a very cool guy. Full disclosure,…
When I work with groups on their strategic use of social media I assure them, “size doesn’t matter” and they look at me funny. We have been told our whole lives that bigger is better. As it turns out, when it comes to building a community via social media and specifically when you amass a…
I couldn’t attend the Saxum Social Media Summit but I followed along, while I could, on Twitter. The chatter seemed to be positive and as I scrolled through the tweets I ran across one of my favorite OKState students and Saxum Intern, Mindy Robson. Since Mindy was there I asked if she would mind sharing…
The beginning of another school year is right around the corner and I have a feeling it isn’t just the students who are financially strapped this year. Parents, take notice, you might not need to shell out several hundred dollars for software this year – although I would suggest you purchase a smart phone for…
The recent Morgan Stanley Report regarding teen usage of social media has generated a lot of discussion. What caught my eye was twitter and the statement, “Teens don’t use Twitter because no one is reading their tweets. Twitter is totally different when you have thousands of people following you versus only a handful of your…
I’m writing fast and should be working on a few other projects but Matt Galloway sent me a graph, similar to his PSATuesday graph for #jb4520 and I need to get what follows off my chest so I can get back to those other projects. If I oversimplify please fill in the blanks in the…
As you might remember I said, in my original post about #PSATuesday, I would “personally donate up to $250 of my own money to an organization or organizations which those tweeters I follow support and will do so giving the tweeter full credit.” I had planned on a more eloquent approach to announcing the winners…