One of the highlights of the Traveling Geeks trip to the United Kingdom this week came Tuesday night when the Guardian held its first-ever podcast in front of a live audience for its Media Live program. The panel — tech blogger Robert Scoble, Sarah Lacy, blogger at TechCrunch, columnist at BusinessWeek and co-host of Tech […]
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Social media ‘literacy gap’ growing
Intel exec on social media literacy from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Tristan Wilkinson, director for public sector for EMEA, Intel UK, talks about the need for social media literacy in this 9-minute video. Tristan met with the Traveling Geeks in London at the outset of our Innovation UK trip yesterday. Wilkinson told us the term […]
Survival Guide Chapter 1 Overview
Here is the beginning of the chapter review series I will post over the next few months from my book, A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization. The book is doing very well, and I even have a couple of 5-star reviews. A big “Thank you” to the contributors and readers of […]
People with passion fuel social media
When I wrote Twitter Is What Second Life Wasn’t: Light, Cheap and Open I was addressing something simple, “the hype surrounding Twitter may well be hype but isn’t the same sort of hype that Second Life enjoyed 2-3 years ago, and here’s why.” Well, I forgot how passionate Second Lifers are and so it goes. […]
Social media recruiting done right
Murphy-Goode Winery becomes the talk of the Twitterverse [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AqKRvFFH_E[/youtube] I’m not going to lie. It’s hard to work in PR and branding these days. You are bombarded with all sorts of expert information and advice. People are constantly suggesting you try this strategy, platform, or network. Your brand is not only expected to sustain a […]