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Bad Treehugger!

Cindy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:50:08 +0000

I love Treehugger, but I have to say they did an ultimate fail with the following post.

From Smashing Magazine: To maximize users’ exposure to your content, ensure as much of it as possible is displayed in the RSS feed itself. Require users to click through only when absolutely necessary.
– 10 Ways to put your content in front of more people.

Good way to drive up your page hits and annoy your subscribers. I really didn’t need to click through to find the answer: It’s psychological.

Social Media Bust to Come!

Cindy — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:08:01 +0000

Great little blog post from a few months back about a possible social media bust. There’s definitely a parallel between social media tools now and dot coms in the late 90s/early 2000s. I couldn’t really summarize it better.

The Coming Social Media Bust? by Shailesh Ghimire

Social Networking and Younguns

Cindy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:34:45 +0000

I <3 Blue Sky Factory. I retweeted this yesterday, but I also wanted to post it because I found it really interesting. I had a conversation with my supervisor the other day where he couldn’t see the purpose/value in social media, and while I was able to explain on some level why people are so interested in social media now-adays, I think for the most part there is a large generation gap in terms of users. Social media tools may go the way of the dot coms, but right now a lot of youngun are using them, and companies that are able to leverage these tools can increase customer loyalty, sales, brand awareness…

Social media faux pas LOL

Cindy — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:33:37 +0000

From NPR: Sen. Grassley’s Twitter Broadside At Obama

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) used Twitter to criticize President Obama’s call for action on health care while the president was in Paris over the weekend.

His message: “Pres Obama you got nerve while u sightseeing in Paris to tell us ‘time to deliver’ on health care. We still on skedul/even workinWKEND.”