Nov 23 2010

Heart of Haiti: Interview with Haitian Artisans

Nov 17 2010

Test your social savvy: What brands do these smartphone app logos belong to?

Need an excuse for a quick break or just want to add a little fun to your day? See how many popular social smart phone app logos you can identify. Want to make it more of a challenge? Test yourself against a peer or set a time limit.
Simply print the page below or fill out [...]

Nov 16 2010

Social business do or don’t? Suing customers for negative online posts

Last night I was on Fox Chicago News to discuss an investigative report regarding the use of social media. A Chicago-based plastic surgeon, upset about negative remarks made about him on Yelp and Citysearch, identified the posters via their IP addresses. The physician then sued three of them for [...]

Nov 15 2010

Music mogul Jermaine Dupri launches logo design contest via social media

Want to add “I designed the Global14 social logo” to your creative portfolio? Well, now you can.
Jermaine Dupri (JD) (@LTLline) and I launched the search for the next great social logo designer through a contest hosted on Global14. Announced tonight through JD’s Twitter feed, we are ready for entries.
What are the logo criteria? It should [...]

Nov 10 2010

Key takeaways of State of the Blogosphere 2010

In case you don’t have time to review Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere 2010 in its entirety, here’s an easy-to-digest recap. All takeaways are in a tweet-ready format (minus hashtags) so you can easily share with your networks.

This year’s topics include: brands embracing social media, traditional media vs. social media, brands working with [...]

Nov 3 2010

Mid-Term Election 2010 by the Social Stats

For all of you statistics junkies out there. This one is for you.

Tuesday election got more Web news traffic than Obama’s election in 2008 – 4.6 million to 4.2 million page views per minute, respectively. (Akamai) (Source)
36% of all Election 2010 online conversation took place via microblogs. This followed by 20% of convesations on social [...]

Nov 2 2010

13 Social Vote Tips for #ElectionDay 2010

Here are 13 tweet-ready social vote tips for you to share:

Social Vote Tip: Check in on Foursquare to get your “I voted” badge today. #electionday
Social Vote Tip: Use the hashtag #electionday and become a part of a mosaic embedded on msnbc.com.
Social Vote Tip: check out Google’s Election Center for a plethora of resources. http://m.googleelectioncenter.com/ #electionday
Social [...]