At Socialmedia.biz, we spend most of our time working with business clients, along with a number of nonprofits and educational organizations. But the type of organization is not what’s important. Developing social strategies to help people in their local communities improve their lives – that’s what jazzes our team.
JD Lasica
Social media, tech & marketing events: March
My gosh, what an action-packed month we have dead ahead! Which conferences listed below will you be attending? I’m flying to Las Vegas on Saturday to give a 90-minute bootcamp on social media at the American Society for Public Administration’s annual conference with Socialmedia.biz colleague Chris Abraham.
Why Timeline is a colossal blunder for Facebook
In September when Facebook introduced Timeline, its new profile interface designed to “tell your life story,” many of us scratched our heads and wondered whether this would turn out to be a serious misstep — a blunder significant enough to knock Facebook from its throne of power.
While the long-term consequences remain to be seen, the short-term verdict is in, and Facebook’s members give Timeline a decided thumbs down.
TaskRabbit: Crowdsourcing comes to your neighborhood
Have you seen TaskRabbit’s iPhone app? Sign up for free and outsource small jobs and tasks to “TaskRabbits”. In a phrase, TaskRabbit is about service networking rather than social networking.
Social media, tech & marketing events: February
Who would have guessed that February has become one of the busiest months of the year for social media, technology and marketing conferences? Look at the list of conferences below, which run the gamut from Women 2.0 Pitch to Vator Splash to Lift, Strata, TED, SMX West, Wisdom 2.0, the first SOBCon Europe and the year’s first Social Media Strategies Summit. And don’t forget Social Media Week, the multi-city global conference running Feb. 13-17.