This past week I happened across two different people offering Social Media “Certification”. I was interested to see what these offerings consisted of and what these two people’s level of involvement in the field was. After doing just the most perfunctory research on both individuals it became very apparent that they were Snake Oil salesmen. [...]
February 23, 2009 By simonsalt
Snake Oil Certificates
Filed Under: Observations, Social Media Tagged With: Facebook, Snake oil, Social Media, twitter
February 19, 2009 By simonsalt
Does Twitter Need A Lesson In Being Social?
I am sure you have seen the story circulating about Twitter’s mass rejection email that was sent out in an open manner. I came across this story on a couple of different blogs Koo’s Corner, ValleyWag and a few others. What piqued my interest in the story was less that the HR manager didn’t know [...]
Filed Under: Observations, Social Media, twitter Tagged With: Blind carbon copy, Blog, Human resources, Social Media, twitter, ValleyWag
February 13, 2009 By simonsalt
Austin Twestival – Guest Post by Matthew Parente
I am very pleased to have Matthew Parente (@matthew_parente ) guest post for me today – here is his report from the Austin Twestival. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What can you do on Twitter? For starters, you can save the world On the Twitter interface, there’s the ever-present question: What are you doing? This is perhaps the most [...]
Filed Under: Social Media, twitter Tagged With: Austin, Guest post, Twestival, twitter
February 11, 2009 By simonsalt
Freelance Camp
San Antonio recently played host to the Freelance Camp. It was my first experience of an unconference. For those of you not familiar with the concept here is how it works: All the attendees are encouraged to be session leaders. A timetable is put somewhere accessible, each person that wants to lead a session puts [...]
Filed Under: Business, Marketing, Social Media Tagged With: Freelance Camp, Small business, Social Media, Unconference
February 10, 2009 By simonsalt
How To:Get Your Blog in the “A” List
With Social Media tools being so readily available now it seems that some people are getting very obsessed with ranking tools. I have written about these several times, Twitter Grader, Twinfluence and Facebook Grader most recently. I decided to do a little experiment whilst at the same time promoting my blog. I used the “NetworkedBlogs” [...]
Filed Under: blogging, Facebook, Observations, Social Media Tagged With: Facebook, Ford Motor Company, Scott Monty, Social Media, Twinfluence, twitter
February 9, 2009 By simonsalt
How To:Combine Social Media & Traditional Media
I was recently fortunate enough to attend the FreelanceCamp in San Antonio,Texas. One of the sponsors for this event was an Austin based company called Sweet Leaf Tea. While I was familiar with their product I had never actually tried it. No particular reason other than I am not a huge fan of cold tea. [...]
Filed Under: Marketing, Social Media, twitter Tagged With: Austin Texas, Social Media, Sweet Leaf Tea, twitter
