Hooray! I just became a Mayor on Foursquare for the first time ever! It just so happens that I’m the mayor of Dean & Deluca – Times Building. I owe The New York Times for this great honor. If I didn’t work in this building, I wouldn’t be compelled to eat so many Two Little Red Hens chocolate cupcakes, supplied by Dean & Deluca, just downstairs! And thank you, Dean & Deluca for your existence. And Soraya Darabi for introducing me to Foursquare! Cheers to all!
Tag Archives: Social Media
(Above: The NEW and IMPROVED Twitter homepage!)
(Above: The OLD and OKAY Twitter homepage!)
(Above: Click the screenshot above to enlarge and see my resume featured on Scribd.com)
My First Time as Mayor!
9 SepAre You Sharing Too Much Online?
25 AugBeing that I’m pretty active online, I’m always wondering if my social networks are conveying the best image to potential employers (and friends!). Today, I ran across a great blog post on the Doostang blog about “the professional downside of your online social life” that gave me a few tips about best practices.
If you’re worried about whether you’re sharing too much information about your personal life on your social networks, it’s worth a look!
My 1,000th Post on Twitter
4 Aug
Let’s celebrate! I just posted by 1,000 post on Twitter! Just wanted to get that on record. Ok. Go back to your normal lives now. Cheers!
Twitter Launches New Homepage
29 Jul
(Above: The NEW and IMPROVED Twitter homepage!)
(Above: The OLD and OKAY Twitter homepage!)Twitter launched their new homepage today, which focuses on searching and Trending Topics. The search bar implores of visitors to “See what people are saying about…”. Below the search bar, a cloud of the most popular topics being talked about on Twitter is featured. Oddly, there is a phrase that says “Most popular topics by the minute, day and week”… however, I’m not sure how to narrow them down by those time frames.
Yesterday, Chloe Sladden, director of media partnerships at Twitter, gave a lecture on the future of Twitter. One of the upcoming changes she mentioned was a new homepage that focuses on searching the content of the site. Well, I didn’t see it coming so soon! Congrats, Twitter!
My Resume was Featured on Scribd.com
24 Jul
(Above: Click the screenshot above to enlarge and see my resume featured on Scribd.com)
Wow! What a day! I finished a super cool NYTimes project, which is yet to be launched, and my resume was featured on Scribd.com. I’m floating!
P.S. Just found Scribd on Twitter!
Twitter’s Internal Strategy is Compromised
16 Jul
I stepped out of the office for a little bit today and when I returned I found a 40-paged article on my desk, freshly printed and bound with a binder clip. The article, from TechCrunch, was entitled Twitter’s Internal Strategy Laid Bare: To Be “The Pulse of the Planet”.
Apparently, on Tuesday evening, more than 300 confidential Twitter documents and screenshots were sent to TechCrunch. Skimming through the article, I can’t help but think the following:
1.) How can Twitter be so rude to P. Diddy? (@iamdiddy)
2.) Is this really a strategy? And was it written by 10-year-olds? But, then, on the other hand, I’m thinking that Twitter must have a really youthful culture to use such juvenile language in official strategy meetings. Some examples include:
– Google would kick our ass at finding the good tweet.
– Twitter should tell me stuff without me searching for that.
– Getting into bed with Microsoft / Why did we start talking to Microsoft in the first place?
– We can give people stuff for free but not forever.
3.) Wow. I wonder how the folks at Twitter conned TechCrunch to not publish all 300 confidential documents that were sent to them.
If you haven’t skimmed through (or completely devoured) the article yet, please do so now! It’s hilarious and a bit enlightening at the same time.
360i Social Marketing Playbook Quiz
2 JulCheck out the 360i Social Marketing Playbook. It’s a 56-paged full-color guide to social media marketing. This week, 360i, an award-winning digital agency specializing in search, social media, behavioral marketing and digital design and development, is giving away 10 shiny new playbooks. Take their quiz for a chance to win one of the ten guides! I did, and I scored 100%! I even received a certificate of achievement, as pictured below!
The Future of Social Media Marketing
17 FebAbrams Research just came out with their social media survey today. Check it out here. Here’s an abridged version:
- Most people would recommend businesses use Twitter over any other social media site: 40% to just 15% for Facebook
- But – they’d pay for Facebook over any other site for their own use
- LinkedIn came in second in both categories, beating Facebook for business use and Twitter for personal use
- MySpace: DEAD LAST FOR BOTH. Ouch.
- When asked which company was using social media best (their pick), top choices were Zappos, Obama and CNN (also NYT, NPR, Dell, Jetblue, plus a WineLibrary shout-out)
- Social Media site most likely to die? ImInLikeWithYou.com
Check out the unabridged version for all the juicy details!
All of this data kind of makes you wonder… what is the future of social media marketing? Any thoughts?
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