Social Media


Devin Reams

Social media best practice: be authentic

Jeremy Tanner tagged me: I need to chime in and tell the world, in all my infinite wisdom, what a “social media” best practice is.
Interestingly enough my knee jerk reaction was to say either:

if you call it social media you’re doing it wrong, or
just stop trying, FFS.

At least, that’s the way I’ve felt in the […]

Daniel Goh

Vawch - Job Recommendation Gets Social

What do you get when you combine social networking and talent search?
If you said LinkedIn, you’re close. But I’m talking about Vawch.com. Founded in Singapore, Vawch is an online recruitment marketplace that combines the concepts of employee referral programs and social networks to help companies source for talent.
The premise is simple. Sign up as a […]

Maria Thurrell

An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube

My mom has recently discovered StumbleUpon Videos. She is enamored. And she likes to send me the videos too. Usually they are great, but long. I don’t know how she has the attention span for hour long videos. When she sent me “An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube” a few nights ago I was intrigued, but […]

Dave Knox

Social THIS! Fantasy Football Draft Recap

Disclaimer: Over the next 4 months, football season will cause quite a few non-marketing posts to show up on Hard Knox Life. Hope you don’t mind too much!
“There’s nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.” Woody Hayes, Legendary Head Coach of Ohio State
The other week, Peter Kim announced that […]

Andy Drish

Social networking doesn’t build relationships

You know those people that - even after a long time apart – are still your best friend the moment you catch up with them?   Last week I caught up with two friends who are just like that.
We got on the subject of Facebook.  Ironically, neither of these friends use Facebook. They’re reasoning?  Because if […]

Ryan Paugh

If Your Company Wants to Blog, Start by Asking the Experts–Our Community

Our latest meetup–Brazen Careerist New York City–was a blast. What a great collection of engaging and intelligent bloggers! Companies are learning from our community just how to reach Gen Y online. Watch the video here.

Holly Grande

What’s Mygazines is Yourgazines

Mygazines.com just may be the answer to my magazine and tabloid addiction. Yes, I admit it, I can’t pass up the latest issue of Cosmo however antifeminist it sometimes is, and I positively drool over Vogue editorial spreads. There is something abso…

Alexandra Rampy

The Changeblogger Story

This is one, in a group of posts by fellow changebloggers, uniting to show that social media can do, and is achieving social good.
Origins of the Changeblogger
In late May, Britt Bravo at Have Fun * Do Good recruited her readers to create a list of Changebloggers - members of the blogging community who:
“…use their blog, […]

Alli Gerkman

3 Annoying Things About DNC Twittering

It is exciting to see Twitter playing such a role in the Convention. Even if you’re in Denver (and while to those of us here it seems like everyone is, in reality most people aren’t), it is impossible to see everything and it is great to get first-hand accounts in real time. Twitter is making that happen.

Ryan Healy

Why Your Company Can’t Afford to Ban Social Networking

Social networking is not a fad. It’s not one of those things that people think is cool for a few years and then it simply fades away. Much like the internet did, social networking and social media have changed the way the world works.

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