Month: February 2012
For the love of the shame
Social Media, you need to get your head on straight, and right quick. You’re heading for a wall that will not bounce you back into a nice place with lovely grass to sit on and delicious treats to eat. You’re heading for a wall that will turn you into a pancake (and not the kind […]
#womenwednesday Maybe I’ll just go naked
Not too long ago, FishbowlDC published a blog post called Females on Campaign Trail Go for Sexpot Look. The argument was that female reporters covering politics in DC and elsewhere are using über sexay pictures of themselves on Twitter. Well, actually, no. That’s not *quite* the issue. According to the post, which is complete with […]
Announcing my first speaking gig!
Hello! I am very excited to announce that I will be one of the speakers at the 140Conference Montreal event in May! This will be my first official speaking engagement and I have to say that I am really looking forward to it. I am only slightly scared out of my pants that great people […]
Myth: Failure is Sexy
If you are around the online world long enough, one overriding factor starts to seem pretty darned exciting. You know what it is? Failure. You see a lot of quotes like this: “Here are six random ideas that will help you fail better, more often and with an inevitably positive upside…” A search on google […]
Social Media Smart But People Stupid
Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, when I was about 8 months into my social media “stuff,” a pretty well-known person called me up and offered me a pretty neat chance at something. I was rather shocked, as you might imagine, and while I didn’t tell a whole lot of people, […]
Mark Your Calendars! #tweetdiner and the Social Media ROI Question!
The voting is complete, and the date and time for our #tweetdiner Social Media ROI Roundtable will be Thursday, March 1st at 7 PM EST. Please share this information if you’re of a mind because I’d love for this to be a great chat with lots of people! The original framing concept is below. It […]