Persuasive Picks for the week of 05/03/10

Social-media games: Badges or badgering? CNET staff writer Caroline McCarthy expands on the growing popularity of “badge-based” achievements popping up on websites like The Huffington Post and applications like Foursquare as forms of incentive to interact. Are your social media metrics diagnostic or objective? Christopher S. Penn provides an entertaining and informative explanation of the [...]

Persuasive Picks for the week of 02/01/10

Four ways social media can save you time and moneyLarry Weintraub walks readers through four areas of business that can benefit from social media and provides practical tips on how to be proficient with each. Hackers turn to social media to attack companiesThis SFGate article provides food for thought for companies who have employees engaging [...]

Persuasive Picks for the week of 11/09/09

Coping With Social Media Burnout Have you reached the point of social media burnout? For some, committing to and keeping up with, social media engagement can be overwhelming. CIO.com’s Kristin Burnham contributes this guest post on the topic to the San Francisco Chronicle. Study: Social Media, Mobile Set to Impact Holidays in Big Way Retailers [...]