From the monthly archives:

May 2009

How Often Do You Use Social Media Tools?

May. 30, 2009

With over 650,000 developers building Facebook applications and upwards of 275 Twitter applications, does there come a point when one more developer or one more application is one too many?
Regarding the posterity of LinkedIn as an everyday application–a term describing a website you visit every day–Joshua Porter questions whether developers ask themselves how often potential [...]

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My 20 Most Popular Blog Posts on Social Media

May. 27, 2009

Popularity Contest (with this Thesis tweak) is a Wordpress plugin that shows a behind-the-scenes view of the popular blog posts in terms of number of comments, pageviews, and other metrics.
Marking the 24-month anniversary of AriWriter, I’d like to share with you my most popular blog posts about social media–determined by you.
Never stop sharing and learning [...]

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Explain Marketing Functions with Silverware

May. 27, 2009

Explaining marketing functions to a client, Marc Meyer compared customer prospecting and engagement with silverware. In his blog post, he suggests the choice of knife, fork, or spoon is sometimes dictated by the user experience.
Marc illustrates the choice of silverware is determined by the food being eaten. By expanding one’s offerings from mere silverware to [...]

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How Newspaper Mission Statements Could Change

May. 26, 2009

The Dallas Morning News celebrated its 21st birthday in 1906 and general manager George Bannerman Dealey, according to the newspaper’s history, spoke the words that guide the management and operation of The Dallas Morning News to this day. Referring to the founders of the newspaper, he said:
They built The News upon the rock of truth [...]

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How Citizen Journalists Scoop Newspapers

May. 26, 2009

If a newspaper prints an edition every day, aren’t you curious how citizen journalists scoop the news? If so, keep reading for I’m about to share one of many strategies.
With this blog post, I am beating the Newburyport Daily News at its own game.
Here’s one way:
I receive a number of Google Alerts daily; some, several [...]

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