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Successful Launch for Social Media Club Canberra

Great news from the Australian National Capital: house full at Social Media Club Canberra launch It looks as if Social Media Club Canberra founder Stephen Collins (aka @trib on Twitter) had a not unpleasant problem at the SMC Canberra launch breakfast this morning in the national capital: evidently a bigger than expected turnout. Not long…

New Global Site for Social Media Consultants & PR 2.0 Specialists

My friend and colleague Lonnie B. Hodge, who is based in Guangzhou, China, doesn’t just “think outside the square” – he left the square thinkers behind long ago. And he is always coming up with bright ideas and often I find in the morning that he has implemented them overnight. I try to keep up,…

Choosing Social Media Platforms That Work for You

B.L. Ochman has revealed her social media secret. I’m relieved and glad. The secret is simple (and, for some social media enthusiasts, perhaps shocking): Pick a couple of social networks – mine are Twitter and LinkedIn – and concentrate on those. Mind you, she does check out and test new platforms as they come along…

Building Corporate Web Communities Successfully

My WordFrame colleague David Terrar has shared his slide deck for a presentation at the recent corporate social media SOMESSO conference in Zurich, Switzerland. In his post on the subject David is somewhat apologetic about the number of bullet points. But they are good bullet points. There is probably a book that could be written…

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Web Service Lists and Projections from OpenWeb Asia ’08

I mentioned some time ago that the OpenWeb Asia event, in Seoul, Korea 2008, was to focus on the social web. The program incorporated four streams: Insights and Best Practices Innovations in Asia Collaboration – An Introduction to Asia’s Social Web East Meets West – The challenges of Internationalization To and From Asia Today I…

Why Asking About the ROI on Social Media is the Wrong Question

One of the many knowledgeable and articulate people I was privileged to meet and learn from recently at BlogWorld & New Media Expo is Jason Falls, director of social media for Louisville, Kentucky based brand-building agency Doe-Anderson. Jason’s blog Social Media Explorer is a regular fund of information and fresh perspectives, as exemplified in his…