Persuasive Picks for week of 1/23/12

WebProNews writer Drew Bowling shows how social media was used in the workplace this past year in Facebook Accounts For 80% Social Media Traffic World-wide and other fun facts about social media at work. Dr. Trevor Davis provides commentary on the excitement and usefulness of social media in his ZDNet post titled Listen to social [...]

Persuasive Picks for week of 11/28/11

IT Web journalist Kathryn McConnachie reports on Google’s video sharing platform unveiling a new homepage, channel design and user interface in YouTube Gets a Makeover Huffington Post blogger Philip Keightley provides ringside commentary in Let’s Get Ready to Rumble: Facebook versus Google+ in the Battle for Social Media Hearts and Minds Who Are the Top 10 Influencers in Social Media? Forbes [...]

Brand Haiku for You

I was invited by my industry colleague and friend, Aaron Strout of Powered Inc., to participate in a fun experiment this morning. He asked me and a handful of other amazing marketing folks to share a brand haiku based on a recent experience we’ve had – good or bad. (Remember, a haiku is: 5 syllables, [...]

Persuasive Picks for the week of 08/31/09

Why You Should Stop Sleeping With Your Laptop B.L. Ochman lends some sound advice to the current generation of web-workers in this entertaining post that serves as a wake up call to unplug and get a life! Are you a social media addict? Following along with a similar topic to my first pick, Scott Kleinberg [...]

Persuasive Picks for the week of 08/04/08

Are Social Media Jobs Here to Stay? Ben Parr from Mashable.com touches upon the future of social media oriented jobs. Are they a flash in the pan or here to stay? An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube Be sure to set aside an hour to watch this one. Its well worth it and gives a very [...]