Persuasive Picks for the week of 03/29/10

10 Signs You’re a Social Media AddictCIO.com’s Kristin Burnham shares the results of a recent Retrevo Gadgetology survey that shows how addicted people are to their online social communities. She also provides some additional survey questions of her own to help determine how addicted you are.
9 social media topics that need to dieThis Ragan.com guest [...]

Persuasive Picks for the week of 12/07/09

Cisco: Social Media Newest Playground for Cybercriminals
The rise in social media’s popularity is creating a whole new online playground for cyber-criminals. Highlights from Cisco’s latest security report on the subject are featured in this post from CNN Money.
Someone mocking you on Twitter? Here are 5 steps you can take to minimize the damage
The ability to [...]

Persuasive Picks for the week of 06/07/09

Coming Soon (tonight!): Facebook Usernames Coming soon really means coming this weekend. Prepare for the mad dash as like-named people around the world vie for their own Facebook “vanity URLs.”
10 steps to stop identity hijackers
Theft of brand identity on social networks is nothing new. There have been numerous accounts of it on Facebook and Twitter [...]

Social Media – How Personal is Too Personal?

When I spoke recently at the Ragan Social Media for Communicators Conference, I had some great discussions with business and marketing executives about social media. Some folks were using it, some were just exploring and many – more than I would have anticipated – were still very far removed from it.
I’m an advocate of social [...]

Persuasive Picks for the week of 06/02/2008

This week features a shorter set of picks that center around notable videos I’ve spotted. The last even features my appearance on a MyRaganTV.com segment talking about LinkedIn.
Video: Social Media in Plain English
Lee Lefever and his Common Craft videos continue to educate and entertain while breaking down topics in a way that anyone can understand.
Authors@Google: [...]

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