A Step-by-Step Guide for Success Yesterday we began the journey on how to launch an effective grassroots political campaign. You may read part I here. Here are the next two steps in the process, which will help lay the foundation for successful campaigns. 3. Build your social networking presence. a. Start with a website. Do [...]
March 16, 2009
What the data reveal about getting the best results from Twitter posts As with any new phenomenon wherein masses gather – virtually or otherwise – the porn merchants, marketers, salespeople, spammers, consultants and other charitable creatures quickly jump into the fray. Such is the case with Twitter, the micro-blogging site that has turned the world [...]
February 27, 2009
10 Ways to Deal With Social Media Gone Awry I had the bright idea this week to create a second Twitter account for myself, one to separate my ‘personal’ account from one that represents my ‘professional’ persona (don’t laugh please … it’s a work in progress). Dovetailing on this thought was another idea to see [...]
February 13, 2009
1. Joaquin Phoenix’s bizarro appearance on David Letterman this week has put him among the ranks of brooding, tortured actors at which Youtube videos receive countless views and other forms of public ridicule. (Some, however, claim Phoenix is faking it for publicity.) See above. 2. Peter Shankman’s part-time quest (he’s the creator of the inestimable [...]
January 30, 2009
Bill Sledzik’s blog, Tough Sledding, is one of the very few I get excited to read when a new post shows up. So it was with anticipation that I was waiting when it was announced on Tough Sledding the he and Andy Curran, associate professor at the University of Cincinnati-Clermont College, were to release [...]
June 2, 2009