Developing Online Platforms, Building Community
From the site that brought you eight different news feeds in six months, comes a wonderful new toy. A profile dedicated not to what you are, but everything you have ever been. Timelines, introduced last week through developer beta, have been getting a lot of press – but what might they actually mean for your [...]
In response to this post by Amber Naslund, where she asks what we wish more people knew about us, I’d like to share. I wish more people knew; On the Myers-Briggs Typology Indicator, I’ve registered as INFP (Introverted, iNtuitive, Feeling, Perceptive). It’s very easy to startle me, but almost impossible to surprise me. I have [...]
We all want to be bigger than we are. Sadly, growth is complicated. Becoming a giant – no matter your field – takes time, diligence, and attention to goals. Where do we begin? Where do we stop? How much is enough, or too much? Which kind to focus on? Personal, professional, physical advancement? Growth requires effort [...]
If you’re serious about keeping your business human in the face of social media, you need to set expectations. Not just for yourself – but also for your clients, employees, and employers. Everyone functions better with expectations set. Your clients need to know when you’re available – and when you’re not. This one’s easy; hours [...]
If you are a knowledge worker – whether a marketer, a programmer, a blogger, any other form of writer, a critic, a human resources professional, support personnel for a company, or even a cook – you have one purpose inextricably tied to all your public activities, on and off the web. You are here to [...]
When I published 5 Ways to Make Every Blog Post Count two days ago, I knew it’d get retweeted. In fact, I believe I said this: And it did. But I didn’t get more traffic than I normally do – for a lot of reasons. Specific to the post; I knew it was linkbait, but [...]
Education and Social Media
There’s a lot of discussion in professional social media circles – from publishers, to consultants, to agencies – about education. Clients need it, businesses need it, the public needs it – but so do the professionals working in these very complex, highly unorganized fields. There’s now very little stringent education directly related to social networking [...]