Monthly Archives: July 2008

SEC Officially Recognizing Social Media

For cor­po­rate blogs, this is one of the biggest news sto­ries for a long time. In an arti­cle by Brian Solis, he explains what the SEC rec­og­niz­ing blogs as pub­lic dis­clo­sure means for Social Cor­po­ra­tions.
Read the full arti­cle over at TechCrunch: SEC To Rec­og­nize Cor­po­rate Blogs As Pub­lic Dis­clo­sure. Can We Now Kill The Press Release?
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July 31, 2008 – 2:13 pm | By Ghennipher | Posted in Corporate Socializers, Reputation Management, Social Media | Tagged , , , , | 0 Comments

Can Social Media Play Nice? A Social Media Love Manifesto

Can social media net­work users bring “nice” back to social media?

July 31, 2008 – 11:48 am | By Ghennipher | Posted in Internet Marketing/SEM, Reputation Management, Social Media, Social Media PR, Social Media Tool, Twitter | Tagged , , | 0 Comments

13 Twitter Power User Tips

There have been a num­ber of excel­lent Twit­ter pro­duc­tiv­ity tools blogged about lately, and one of the best Twit­ter power tools lists comes this morn­ing from TechRepublic.com. San­ity Check: 10 tools that will make you a Twit­ter power user.
You can fol­low me on Twit­ter under the user­name ghen­nipher
While this is a great list, I’m adding 3 more tools that …

July 28, 2008 – 9:32 am | By Ghennipher | Posted in Social Media, Social Media Tool, Twitter | Tagged , , | 0 Comments

Corporate Social Networking FAIL!

Seems Enter­prise every­where is still hop­ping on the Social Net­work­ing band­wagon — but are still not get­ting it. SocialMediaToday.com has some great argu­ments for enter­prises actu­ally look­ing to win in the social media scene.
“Busi­nesses have to real­ize that hav­ing a Face­book page for their prod­ucts makes them look ridicu­lous and could actu­ally harm the brand.” “They should:
01. …

July 21, 2008 – 12:24 pm | By Ghennipher | Posted in Social Media PR | Tagged | 0 Comments

Who controls the flow and pace of inside information? The CEO? Or Social Network Users?

It’s no secret that CEOs are gen­er­ally afraid of Social Media. I think most see it as an exper­i­ment in democ­racy. And though CEOs at the helm of busi­nesses, set the direc­tion and take cal­cu­lated risks, social media is still just too neb­u­lous for many CEOs to feel like it is a wise risk for their com­pany. …

July 21, 2008 – 8:01 am | By Ghennipher | Posted in Corporate Socializers, Social Media, Social Media PR | Tagged | 0 Comments

A Social Media Manifesto

This is one of the san­est things I’ve read in regard to Social Media PR 2.0 lately.
There has been a lot of social media hype. And in the midst of which, a shift has taken place in the online world that some cor­po­ra­tions are slow to adapt to. Tra­di­tional push mar­ket­ing under the guise of pull mar­ket­ing …

July 19, 2008 – 12:00 pm | By Ghennipher | Posted in Social Media PR | Tagged , , | 0 Comments