Left: I met much of the founding team of Demand Media last week in SF at the Web 2.0 expo. A few days ago, I had lunch with Richard Rosenblat, CEO of 2.5 year old Demand Media (who recently purchased Pluck) to learn about his … Continue readingDemand Media’s Unique Publishing Model: Curated Social Content (CSC)
I’m sitting here at the Thin Air Summit in Denver, anyone who is here on a Saturday is very serious about social media –I guess I fit the bill. I don’t know that much about SEO when it comes to social media, so I’m going … Continue readingPanel: Search Engine Optimization for New Media
People often ask me, how do you stay on top of the industry news so well? My answer? I listen. One of the ways I get smarter about the field I cover is to listen to podcasts while driving, at gym, or going for a … Continue readingPodcasts: Marketing Voices and For Immediate Release
I was pleased to see Frank Eliason (he just launched his blog) from Comcast cares join us at Forrester ‘s Consumer Forum this week. In fact, I talked to many of the world’s largest brands about social media marketing during my 1 on 1 sessions … Continue readingWhy does Comcast care about Twitter? (Video)
I’m in Dallas Texas right now, perhaps the most opposite place thank Toyko where I’ve been the last week, and have been avidly sharing my observations via Twitter, the following are some of these observations, as well as a bit more context beyond 140 characters. … Continue readingCultural and Social Media Observations From Japan
Intel is known for trying out a variety of social media efforts, for better or for worse. They experiment, and continue to learn and iterate, I give them continual credit and reference them in presentations. One particular activity of note is what I learned from … Continue readingIntel’s Community Marketing: Fishing Where The Fish Are
Above Image: Social Technographics of Japan’s Online Consumers, this data (and more) is accessible from the Groundswell Profile tool. First of all, this isn’t formal research, it’s just a one week observation from an outsider who spoke to a variety of companies and experts at … Continue readingField Report: How Culture Impacts Japan’s Adoption of Social Technologies in Business and Life
While there are SO many social media books appearing, there are three books on social media that are must read for anyone approaching this as a career or program for their job. What’s interesting is to see the evolution of though as they slowly become … Continue readingSocial Media Book Trilogy
Roundtable event the future of the social web presentation from Jeremiah Owyang Future of the Social Web Roundtable Last Tuesday, for the first time, I hosted a no-cost private roundtable of the leaders from brands and vendors in the social space to discuss the future … Continue readingEvent notes: Future of the Social Web Roundtable
I started my social media career at Hitachi Data Systems (I’ll actually be speaking to Hitachi in Tokyo this coming week) and eventually became the online community manager. One of the keys to being a successful community person is to be a resource (or lethal … Continue readingRecommended Web Strategy Reading
