After months of anticipation from the developer and social web community, Facebook Connect is slated to enter its heaviest launch phase in the next few weeks. This is the largest social graph integration ever launched, in terms of total users engaged. The larger content properties that are participating include Digg, Netflix,… More»
I’m the last guy to write a book on community management. I’m not a veteran community manager, but I have frequently designed social spaces on the Internet for large, diverse groups to hang out in, and I’ve seen a number of communities unfold, mostly positively. Recently I had the experience… More»
For years, I flew Southwest Airlines from Chicago to San Francisco. It was the cheapest way to get from the Midwest to the West Coast, and if the airline was ever delayed, the delays were minor. The thing that really bugged me about the airline was the noise. I figured,… More»
There’s no question that college students spend a lot of time on-line, constantly using and exploring an array of social media tools. While social media can certainly be one of the most effective methods in reaching out and dialoging with this elusive crowd, I’ve noticed that many marketers are using… More»
It would be super-easy for me to write a post talking about consumer tech brands that have leveraged MySpace’s Data Availability standard (to allow MySpace users to merge their MySpace profiles with branded content). I could just cite sites like Photobucket, Flixster and Eventful [via Adam Ostrow’s Mashable piece]. Ad/widget… More»
I had planned to write another posting today on MySpace’s Data Availability, but I’m going to have to hold that for tomorrow. Yesterday morning, I was hanging out at Chris Heuer’s (Social Media Club) Social Sunday breakfast, and I ran into an acquaintance who’s a designer at Yahoo. I couldn’t get… More»
If there’s one question I constantly get asked about my social media analytics models and workflows, it’s this one: “Who do you follow in the analytics space, and which books do you like ?” I don’t like to refer to anyone as a “guru” per se (I don’t really dig the… More»
This is the first in a monthly series that has been requested by my hotel and destination-marketing clients. In this series, I’m going to sketch out what I see as key developments on the social web in vertical markets like travel and green (sustainable brands and initiatives). Here’s what I’ve… More»
I was always a huge fan of Hanukkah when I was growing up. Sure, many of my friends celebrated Christmas and got loads of presents, but I always dug Hanukkah because we got a present every day for eight days. To celebrate the forthcoming launch of the new Metz website,… More»
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