This year at WordCamp Raleigh I presented on “Designing for the Social Web.” This is a topic that I’m passionate about and feel that more people in our field should get involved with in order to “stay ahead of the curve.” Here’s a brief summary of the presentation along with the slides. As soon as [...]
Read More→Archive for Social Media
Designing for the Social Web
May
26th,
2011
Huge Social Media Numbers Don’t Always Help You
April
13th,
2010
I will be honest. I am sick of the magic bean marketing that some people are pitching in order to help you “grow” your Twitter followers or for winning a large group of “friends” for apps like FaceBook. There are so many things that I see wrong with this approach and why I dislike this [...]
Read More→Social Media 101 Book Review
April
5th,
2010
Chris Brogan’s latest book, “Social Media 101“ is an essential resource for freelancers, Internet Marketers, web design firms, Digital Marketing Consultants, and any professional or business person wanting to get more mileage out of their social media efforts! The book provides a ton of tips, tools, and techniques that will help you formulate a solid [...]
Read More→The Freedom of Expression and Social Media
February
8th,
2010
Social media tools have changed the way we communicate. Now instead of getting our information from the news or other broadcasting platforms, we have become the media platform as individuals. There are pros and cons to this ability and power that we have been given. On the positive side we can share what we want, [...]
Read More→The WebDesign.com Bookshelf
January
18th,
2010
Today on the WebDesign.com live show, Cory and James talked about conversation, content and community. They also recommended a lot of books that have really helped us build a community around our products and services. Here is the list of books and their Amazon links. The Whuffie Factor: Using the Power of Social Networks to [...]
Read More→Transparency through Your Blog and Social Media
January
7th,
2010
The Internet is a tremendous tool that can be used for great things. Unfortunately it can also be used for harm. When you are mentioned on the web, you are there forever. When you write a blog post or upload information and photos, you leave a mark impossible to erase. This is a huge concern [...]
Read More→Don’t Sellout Your Friends
December
3rd,
2009
Here’s a disturbing advertising development: Selling out your friends. It’s pretty common in social media spheres to see cutting edge new advertising techniques. A lot interesting ideas are cropping on Facebook, hoping to take advantage of the 300 million unique users. Intel’s Fan Plan is the latest example. They’re giving discounts on Intel laptops to [...]
Read More→Twitter, Google Search Deal Makes Twitter More Important For Businesses
October
21st,
2009
With the new Google and Twitter search deal, it means it’s more important than ever for your business or organization to be on Twitter. This quote from the Google blog announcement hits it home on how this affects the Google search we come to love and rely on: “That way, the next time you search [...]
Read More→Two More Facebook Tips: Change & Relationships
October
13th,
2009
We’ve shared a lot of information about how your business can take advantage of Facebook, including why you should care about Facebook, how to make the most of fan pages and how to advertise on Facebook. Now we’ve got two more tips for you: 1) Everything Changes Facebook is a relativey new site. It officially [...]
Read More→Make Sure Your Site is Facebook Friendly
October
12th,
2009
You don’t necessarily have to be on Facebook to take advantage of the widely popular social networking site. But you should make sure your website is Facebook friendly. Facebook has a feature where users can share links and post content into their stream of updates. That shared content will then be seen by their friends [...]
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