A chat with the co-founder of Foursquare from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Have you heard of Foursquare? If not, you likely will in short order. As some people here in the Valley are saying, it’s the Twitter of 2010. Yesterday, at the Where 2.0 conference in San Jose, I caught up with Foursquare CEO and […]
Social media, tech, marketing events: April
Here’s our roundup of social media, tech and marketing conferences and events scheduled for the month of April. For the full year, see: Calendar of 2010 social media, tech and marketing conferences. Note that we’ve published a roundup of social change conferences and events for April on our sister site, Socialbrite. We’ll publish a list […]
5 questions for the author of ‘Engage’
Brian Solis’s new book, Engage: The Complete Guide for Brands and Businesses to Build, Cultivate, and Measure Success in the New Web, covers how social media significantly contributes to the success of brands and businesses smart enough to get in front of this burgeoning phenomenon.
Brian, the president of FutureWorks, is a longtime friend and fellow member of the Intel Insiders.
DaleCarnegie.com’s book giveaway & iPhone app
Igenerally don’t write about our social media clients — but DaleCarnegie.com has just launched its first iPhone app and, to help publicize it, they’re giving away 200 copies of the classic business book How To Win Friends and Influence People. As part of the promotion, Socialmedia.biz readers will get 10 hardcover books shipped to your house.
More on the contest in a moment, but you should know about the Secrets of Success app.
Highlights and photos of SXSW 2010
From Guy Kawasaki’s Twitter addiction to Evan Williams’ keynote I‘ve learned long ago the challenge of covering South by Southwest Interactive, which hums along at its own idiosyncratic pace compared to more linear conferences. Thus, I spent last year and this year doing less blogging, conducting more interviews (which I’ll roll out in the coming […]