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Twitter Lists – Separating Ego and “Influence” From Genuine Utility

November 8, 2009

With Twitter’s recent roll-out of Lists functionality, there’s been a lot of division over their utility, measure of influence, and whether they simply serve as self-referential ego strokes for the technorati establishment.  OK, I admit I was a bit giddy to discover how many lists I was on, and YES, I made that little “I’m [...]

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Local TV Transforms – Towers and Transmitters Meet the Social Web

December 11, 2007

NBC’s Local Media Initiative In a move that acknowledges the diminishing influence of one-way communication channels, NBC has renamed the Television Stations Division “Local Media Division”. There was a great deal of coverage in industry blogs. Media Week and Lost Remote have both framed the change as a fundamental shift in business. NBC Local Media [...]

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The Cameraman Marketer, Metrics and Measurement in Social Media

November 19, 2007

Greg Cangialosi over at The Trend Junkie has tagged me with the “measurement” meme in a post entitled “Metrics, Measurement, and Social Media”. In the same week author, entrepreneur and marketing strategist Geoff Livingston included me in a “DC Area’s Top 12 Social Media, Marketing, and PR blogs” list. So I’m scratching my head here. [...]

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Era of Conversation – New Media Marketing Day Recap

October 10, 2007

Speaking at the Direct Marketing Association of Washington’s “Era of Conversation” conferencePhoto by CC Chapman Last Thursday, I had the unique pleasure of speaking before a group of marketing executives at the Direct Marketing Association of Washington’s confab in DC. I spoke to one of the many break-out sessions on “new media basics” – fitting [...]

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Fast Company: “The Next E-mail” Twitter and Others as New Business Communications

August 18, 2007

yours truly… multitasking What’s in your business communications toolkit? Hi, I’m Jim and I’m a Twitterholic. My addiction to the very popular, multi-platform SMS tool is mentioned with a quick quote from me, tech evangelist Betsy Weber, and consultant Cathryn Hrudicka  in a smart piece by Podtech rock star, Twitter Hall of Famer, FastCompany.com contributor, [...]

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Creating a Community for Crafters, Ideas Become Action As We Launch CraftyNation.Com

July 25, 2007

Capricorn, Community, and Craft Just before boarding a flight to the Craft Hobby Association show this past Friday, I gave one last check on Twitter. Twitter friend and resident astrologist @KrazyKritter had just posted Capricorn. Now look, I’m not normally superstitious, but the outlook for Capricorn resonated with me. “Today is finally the right time [...]

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Twitter vs. Pownce and the Value Proposition of Social Media

July 5, 2007

Today the Newseum sent a crew and producer to interview me as part of a much larger interactive video exhibit about new media. Some of my Twitter friends suggested I video blog the goings on. I’ll let the Newseum team introduce themselves (cameraman Tom Haller and I go WAY back and his wife is an [...]

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