Social Marketing/Media
Is Twitter going to make it?
One quick look at Twitter’s growth over the past year will tell you that something is up. About nine months ago Twitter was seeing massive growth, but over the past 10 months the site has actually seen a drop in traffic. Perhaps some of this could be attributed to compete.com not picking up mobile traffic? …
Read MoreDebate: Create your own social network or leverage existing…
My friend Karna Crawford pointed me to this article talking about the benefits of creating your own social network. I couldn’t disagree more, and said so with this comment: I very much disagree with this approach. There are ways of gathering data without having to create a new social network for people to join. Asking…
Read MoreIntroducing Google Reader Play – thumbs up or thumbs down?
So I was messing around in Google Reader this morning, trying to catch up on all the content I’ve subscribed to. Oh, I’m starting to get more interested in connecting with people on Google Reader so if you’re interested, connect with me! I’ve found it very beneficial to be able to share content with friends…
Read MoreVisiting Twitter HQ
While I was in San Fran last week for F8, I (and Josh and Andrew) had the opportunity to meet with a friend of a friend (thanks to @delross for the intro) that now works at Twitter. At Twitter headquarters. Which, for all of us geeks, is a frickin’ pretty cool thing. I was struck…
Read MoreA glimpse into the future of the social web
Facebook announced their intentions of making the web a more social experience via what they are calling the Social Graph at their F8 conference last week. They also mentioned that Pandora was one of the first sites to incorporate these new plans. This is just a small glimpse into the future of the social web……
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