social media: Social Networking - Cutting Your Own Grass
- 08/13/09 04:24 AM
Yesterday, I finally got around to editing the kickoff presentation I did at REBarcamp Denver. This morning I received this message in tweet from Jeremy Blanton: "Can you do me a fav & put that video up on AR?" I asked him to tell me why and the following was his response. Jeff, I would like you to post your video for the members because this is something they need to hear & understand. Especially those that are just starting down the social media road. Many hear about the new technologies & think that they have to learn & understand … (90 comments)
social media: A Community Powered Reading List - My Facebook Neighbors Speak
- 06/18/09 05:02 AM
The following doesn't surprise me anymore. I've come to expect it. The reading list contained in the conversation below was generated in less than 30 minutes on Facebook. What's more, I expect that it might grow a bit from here. I think it illustrates the beauty of YEO. Because these relationships are real, I've come to trust these people that some of my "real life" friends affectionately call "faux friends." I'd strongly disagree. I asked a simple question and the community was quick to respond. They spoke and I listened. I now have four of their recommendations in my iPhone Kindle … (35 comments)
social media: YEO - Numbers That Mean Something
- 04/23/09 09:42 AM
Last Thursday I wrote about Why Twitter Follower Counts Mean Nothing. The post touched off some interesting public and private discussions. The number huggers are everywhere and their logic, in a very comfortable, that-sounds-like-something-i've-done-before, kind of way, can certainly appear sound. They ask questions like, "Why broadcast to 10 people when you can broadcast to 10,000?" Who could argue with that, right? <raises hand> The clue to the answer lies in the question itself. Broadcasting? Is that really what we're doing in the social media space? Some think so. I don't. I received a direct message from Matt Rathbun this morning … (71 comments)
social media: A Winning Social Media Strategy - Revisiting BarackObama.com
- 11/05/08 10:03 AM
On February 14, 2007, I wrote "Barak Obama: This Post Is NOT About Politics." I wrote it less than 48 hours after the Obama campaign launched BarackObama.com. I'm embarrassed that I didn't spell his name correctly in the headline. I am not embarrassed by the analysis or the conversation that took place. What my instincts told me were true in 2007 have now been validated by history.This is still NOT about politics. I wasn't interested in making it about politics then and I am not interested in doing so now. I ended the post below with this statement, "And I bet … (81 comments)
social media: The Scary Speed Of Social Media Conversations (Eyejot & Twitter)
- 11/01/08 03:24 AM
67% of all statistics are made up on the fly. It may actually be higher than that, since I just made that one up on the fly. You get the point. This morning, I read a report on MarketWatch that struck me as more than odd. It struck me as misleading. So, I decided to use my EyeJot This! bookmarklet and put out a little video message on Twitter. What you see below is the instant conversation that took place. It's best to read it from the bottom of this post to the top. And it illustrates a couple of things … (55 comments)
social media: @NAR2008 - Keep In Touch At The 2008 Realtors® Conference
- 10/24/08 08:34 AM
WARNING: THIS IS A SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERIMENT. I felt like I needed to say that. :) I have no idea whether the @nar2008 GroupTweet account will work as I hope it will, but i think it's worth the effort. And the only way to test it, is live and with a large group. Here's how the @NAR2008 GroupTweet for The National Association of REALTORS® Annual Conference came to be. At the last few real estate conferences, reBarcamp, Inman, reBlogWorld, the twitter crowd used hashtags to help people keep track of events and conversations taking place. This allows you to … (37 comments)
social media: Me.Dium May Be A Perfect Fit
- 05/15/08 06:36 AM
I stumbled upon a social browsing site that immediately caught my eye - it's called Me.Dium. What is Me.Dium? By their own definition, "Me.dium is a social browsing software company offering a browser extension that allows people to surf with friends." Me.Dium was founded in 2006 and is compatible with a range of browsers in addition to Microsoft Internet Explorer, including Firefox, Flock, and The Songbird Media Player. The Me.Dium browser extension presents a visual depiction of what your "friends" are looking at online at that exact moment. What makes Me.Dium unique is that everything in Me.Dium is always presented in … (42 comments)
social media: Realtor Twitters: It's Twitter Day On Active Rain It Seems
- 02/26/08 01:58 AM
Sarah, Heather and Kim have all written posts about Twitter today. I thought I'd add my two cents and show you what you can find if you're paying attention. I monitor the use of the word "realtor" on Twitter, for example. Here's the conversation over the past 24 hours. It's a mix of consumer and REALTOR® voices. I see at least two opportunities to start a conversation with a consumer. How about you?
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