Why Protecting Your Twitter Profile is a Bad Idea
Yesterday, Shanan Sorochynski asked a question here on WUL that struck a chord with quite a few people: “Are you using social media to talk to yourself?”
The comments are really interesting, and even though I mentioned it in my comment, it reminded me of Mary Barber’s post (also published yesterday) where she pondered aloud on whether we all see the world through our own respective filters.
My short answer: yes, but that’s not what I was thinking about when I sat down to write today’s post.
Shanan said something in her post that I wanted to riff off of: Continue reading »
Filed under Communication, Networking, Shonali Burke, Social Media, Twitter | Tags: building a network, conversation, protected profile, Twitter | Comments (77)How Long Can We Get Away With It?
In the first half of 2011, Facebook’s revenue hit US$1.6 billion.
How much of that revenue comes from tiny Malta? I would guess that it’s probably not more than 0.05 per cent, making us barely a blip on the radar.
As we know, being the small guy hidden away in the corner can have its advantages. While Facebook is busy elsewhere, Maltese companies have been busy taking the opportunity to experiment and develop campaigns and promotions, many of which pay little or no regard to the promotions guidelines.
This ability for the small fry (and some not so small) to just go ahead and, for example, use the “Like” function as a voting mechanism in a competition is not just a problem in Malta.
It’s obvious that there are simply too many promotions going on for Facebook to keep track.
Filed under Conway Wigg, Guest Posts, Marketing, Social Media | Tags: conversation, facebook, oasis malta, promotion guidelines, targeting your audience | Comments (2)Weekly Roundup: While I Was Out
Like all good things, my vacation (such as it was, I didn’t go anywhere but needed to take some time off, which I did… mostly) must come to an end.
Since I was on vacation, I didn’t do very much online. And, as a result, my Google Reader has been mostly untouched. So there is a lot for me to catch up on.
As I do so, here are seven posts I wanted to share with you:
1. 10 reasons why we [puppets] hate Facebook from Glove and Boots.
Why: apparently this is going viral, but I just saw it, and it’s pretty funny. But I’m not going to stop posting reason #2!
2. A few words about my death, by The JackB.
Filed under Communication, Shonali Burke, Social Media, Weekly Roundup | Tags: commenting, conversation, facebook, google | Comments (3)
