Archive for the 'Series' Category
Dec
2
YouTube for Business
December 2, 2009 | 3 Comments
With the end of my social media journey I have been wondering whether YouTube can be classified under the social media banner or not. YouTube equals Video. Not any video, but generally self produced, short video (10 minutes or less). There is a section for shows, which are longer in length, but are mostly episodes of television shows.
For me social media is interactive and usually involves conversations, however, there is a lot of push going on where the conversation is started and then comprises mostly of replies. This is not always a bad thing: just an observation. Videos on YouTube are similar in the way that a video is posted and people can leave comments. Therefore, I am going to classify it for my journey, as social media. Though I am sill not 100% convinced it should be.
Nov
11
Choosing between all those other Social Networks
November 11, 2009 | 6 Comments
My initial aim was to write a number of articles on various social mediums and I am continuing with that, however when it came to social networks there are so many out there that I decided to do one article about the ‘other’ ones. Looking at Wikipedia’s list of major active social networks, there are so many on there I have never heard of. Realistically, it would be impossible to be personally active on even 10% of those. Now if I had a nifty tool/platform that linked to all the different Social Networks with a single profile/account ID and allowed me to view my messages from them all in one place, filter discussions from them all, keep track of keywords on them all, share on them all, have an events calendar linked to them all and provided me with metrics on them all and do anything else I might want to do on them all — that would be cool.
Nov
5
What is all the Xing about?
November 5, 2009 | 1 Comment
I have noticed that a few people have mentioned Xing when they talk about their favoured basket of Social Media. I had never heard about Xing before, or if I had it never stood out and slapped me in the face. With so much information out there it is easy to miss the less than obvious. So I went in search of Xing.
Oct
30
Facebook for business has me scratching my head!
October 30, 2009 | 4 Comments
The next logical step for me in my social media investigation was to see how I can use Facebook for business. Now Facebook and business has never been in the same sentence I ever uttered before. For me Facebook is personal and a way I keep in contact my family and friends. My privacy settings are the highest I can set them. The thought of opening my family and personal life to the world causes me to tremble (perhaps I’m an over protective mother). This is where I started scratching my head and thinking how do the two go together. This is what I found out:
Oct
26
My first Social Media pit stop was @twitter
October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
As I approach my journey to demystify social media and how it can be used in business I look at this monolith in the face and ponder where do I start? I don’t have a map to follow and there is an overload of information out there. I decided to start with twitter as I personally have some questions I need clarified.
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