Twitter has become increasingly important to me since the changes Google made to Google Reader on 11/1/11. Here's how I'm currently using Twitter for maximum impact in my curation workflow...
Tag: Content Management
How To Feed The Social Media Beast
More good thoughts from Heidi Cohen… Social media is like a hungry teenage boy. As any parent will tell you, when it comes to food, they’re never satisfied. Similarly, social media has a voracious appetite requiring continual feeding in the form of content and communications in a variety of formats. What’s a marketer to do … Continue reading How To Feed The Social Media Beast
Stop lying to yourself!
The problem isn't writer's block... …it’s actually writing the damn post. You don’t need ideas, open Google Reader or join #Blogchat. You’ll have enough ideas to write posts for the next year. The problem is, when you actually WRITE the post, then it’s real. Then you are dangerously close to publishing it. Which means suddenly … Continue reading Stop lying to yourself!
Healthy Information Diets are about Quality, not Quantity
The best book I read this week was “The Information Diet” by author Clay Johnson. Recently, he posted on an aspect of his book I find interesting… With information, we seem to have taken the worst concepts of dieting and applied it to our habits. Somehow an information diet meant throwing away your blackberry, deleting … Continue reading Healthy Information Diets are about Quality, not Quantity
Trending topics for 1/3/2012
What now?“It's a New Year - Now What? feedly.com/k/tWPDEXTodd LohenryJanuary 3, 2012 7:07:37 AM ESTReplyRetweet“10 Social Media Resolutions for 2012 ducttape.me/toe9JyJohn JantschJanuary 3, 2012 7:07:37 AM ESTReplyRetweet“Social Networking in 2012 bit.ly/s5BWaEthomas cliffordJanuary 2, 2012 1:41:18 PM ESTReplyRetweet“How US consumers are interacting with brands in the social media space bit.ly/t6iHBk via @AskYTM [Infographic]Mari Smith ☼January 3, … Continue reading Trending topics for 1/3/2012
11 Reasons Curation Is The New Killer Opportunity
Still not convinced on the topic of curation? Read on... Curation is now a necessity. The web is full of content. More than a person could consume in several lifetimes if all they did was sleep a couple hours per day and surf the web, life after life. Google can’t help us with our internet … Continue reading 11 Reasons Curation Is The New Killer Opportunity
Shareaholic…
Here's my new, favorite Firefox plugin... "Shareaholic makes it easy for you to submit the web page you're on to your favorite sharing or bookmarking service, including: digg, del.icio.us, facebook, friendfeed, google bookmarks, google reader notes, kaboodle, magnolia, mixx, myspace, pownce, reddit, stumbleupon, tumblr, twitter, and ycombinator. You can also e-mail the web page directly … Continue reading Shareaholic…
So you wanna be a thought leader?
Here's what I'm thinking at the close of the weekend and the start of a new week... To paraphrase my good friend Dana VanDen Heuvel of MarketingSavant, the difference between a thinker and a thought leader is that while the thinker has a point of view, the thought leader has a PUBLIC point of view; … Continue reading So you wanna be a thought leader?
ABC. Always be curating!
Long before I was a website developer, I was in sales and sales management. The other day, I had a convo with a fellow sales puke and we were discussing the top 3 sales movies of all time. They were, in our opinions, Glengarry Glen Ross, Boiler Room and, of course, Tommy Boy! Here's the … Continue reading ABC. Always be curating!
Online with Erin
Last week, I posted that I had been chosen by Erin Davisson of WFRV TV in Green Bay to talk with her viewers about Google Reader. That segment was aired this evening... http://www.wfrv.com/v/?i=123863049 Here's the transcript... Need to do a lot of online research? There's a Google tool that can help make you a lot … Continue reading Online with Erin