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Drinking from the Fire Hose of Information (and the Death of RSS)

Posted 08 November 2011 | By | Categories: Research, Social Media, Strategy | No Comments

Psst… I have a confession to make. I do not  “subscribe” to any blogs. Nor have I used an RSS reader for well over a year. Shocked? Don’t be, because I still get my daily fill of timely news, information, and gossip. Only now, I rely exclusively on my “social lens” – the filtered/curated content [...]

The Business of Social Graphs (and Why Everyone Wants to Own One)

Posted 15 September 2011 | By | Categories: Industry News, Social Media, Strategy | 1 Comment

When Facebook unveiled “Open Graph” at their f8 event in 2010, it was the first time many of us had been exposed to Graph Theory. Basically, Facebook realized that they were onto something – they had grown so big, so quickly and had amassed so many users that they could essentially provide a global mapping of [...]

The 10 S’s of Social Media

Posted 11 August 2011 | By | Categories: Marketing, Social Media, Strategy | No Comments

The phrase “social media” has evolved to become a blanket term for nearly all things digital, encompassing a diverse set of tactics, platforms, uses and benefits. The following 10 S’s of social media should help explain the key ways in which social media is being used (and abused). 1. Sharing Social media is built on [...]