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2012-04-16 02:30:35 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Just to confirm, I don't use this G+ account. You need to come circle me here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/106107925365647314226/posts

2012-01-25 19:29:48 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Just to confirm, I don't use this G+ account. You need to come circle me here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/106107925365647314226/posts

2011-11-08 13:23:25 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

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2011-11-08 13:22:51 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Moved to my professional (work) account on Google+ - Please re-circle me there. Now that I've got G+, Reader and other Google apps integrated with my Google Apps account, this one tied to my personal email is a lower priority. Come circle me: https://plus.google.com/u/0/106107925365647314226

2011-11-08 13:08:51 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 2 +1s)

+Ilana Rabinowitz offers an explanation of social media to a barkeep. Telling wisdom, it turned out to be.

2011-11-08 02:16:46 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

Come circle the official SME Google+ Page! Great content shares coming from here!

2011-11-07 21:42:49 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

If you get a notification that I've added you on G+, it's probably from my new Work-related account. I'm testing G+ Pages over there and recreating my connections there. I won't duplicate on either account, so no worries, but you may want to add me from the jason- @ -socialmediaexplorer.com account rather than this one.

2011-11-07 15:51:24 (12 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

It's Monday. What are you tackling this week? What's on your mind? What are you going to accomplish?

2011-11-05 14:23:05 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Last rehearsal for my BlogWorld keynote this morning woke up my neighbors. Guess this'll be good. Heh.

2011-11-02 13:15:09 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 10 +1s)

Sentiment analysis and text analytics are big components of most public relations and social media measurement. My man +Adam Helweh interviews expert Seth Grimes about the future of sentiment analysis today on SME. Fascinating stuff! http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/social-media-monitoring/sentiment-analysis/

2011-11-02 12:25:00 (1 comments, 6 reshares, 8 +1s)

Social media success is about purpose ... well done article from the Harvard Business Review.

2011-11-02 12:19:29 (2 comments, 6 reshares, 6 +1s)

Nice piece on why we're not wired for social business by +Amber Naslund

2011-11-01 13:10:15 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 2 +1s)

Today on SME, I review Socmetrics, a new and powerful influencer identification tool. This thing is pretty powerful for agencies and firms handling PR and blogger outreach.

2011-11-01 13:07:09 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

+Louis Gray describes the new Google Reader interface changes. So far, I only dislike the fact there's no more shared items. Lots of people had some automated functionality tied to that. Now it's just gone. Grrr. But the changes are fine otherwise to me.

2011-11-01 13:01:46 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 3 +1s)

Nice list of best practices from +Jeff Bullas on Facebook content publishing. I'm saying most of them apply to Google+ as well!. Good ideas here.

2011-10-31 22:17:55 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

Honored that +Brian Solis asked me to guest post on his blog this week. Seems it got some good responses and got people thinking. What do you think?

2011-10-31 13:52:29 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Have we grown weary of brand attacks? Some ideas today on SME: http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/social-media-marketing/have-we-grown-weary-of-brand-attacks/

2011-10-29 21:04:27 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

It's not why you write, but ... http://fallsofftherocker.com/its-not-why-you-write-but

2011-10-28 13:38:18 (1 comments, 16 reshares, 9 +1s)

Some new Google+ features covered by +John Jantsch today! Graphics feature my man (and Louisville's) +Lewis Bertolucci! http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2011/10/28/google-plus-adds-new-features/

2011-10-28 13:37:18 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Tarnished sliver bullets and why your business fails ... +Heather Rast always gets you thinking on SME: http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/digital-marketing/tarnished-silver-bullets-and-other-reasons-your-business-fails/

2011-10-27 13:38:58 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

+Nichole Kelly went looking for an inspirational breast cancer story for awareness month and found a social media using example for us! Nice stuff: http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/social-media-marketing/breast-cancer-gets-glammed/

2011-10-27 11:40:13 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

My guys and gals at Backupify compiled a list of must-read blogs for cloud computing. Nice list. http://blog.backupify.com/2011/10/26/the-9-must-read-blogs-for-cloud-based-businesses/

2011-10-26 13:51:03 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

My man +Mark Smiciklas developed some nice ideas on a Twitter workflow. Today on SME: http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/social-media-marketing/developing-a-twitter-workflow/

2011-10-25 23:10:33 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Hockey time in the Carolinas! Go 'canes.

2011-10-24 15:16:52 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Don't forget Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, etc., ... No Bull in the Bull City is Wednesday night! Coming to town thanks to my gang at Argyle Social! http://nobsinbullcity.eventbrite.com/

2011-10-24 15:15:05 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

What should social media management solutions (SMMS) provide? My thoughts today on SME: http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-management-solutions/

2011-10-20 17:41:26 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Special offer, just today. Join us for free on the ESM member-only webinar. +Tom Tentoglou is going to wax poetic for us all on Gamification! Get your learn on and hang with us. 2-3 ET (starts in 20 minutes) https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/409175265

2011-10-20 15:17:30 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

Hey North Carolina - Come get some on ya! http://nobsinbullcity.eventbrite.com/

2011-10-20 14:16:33 (4 comments, 3 reshares, 4 +1s)

Have businesses begun to turn the corner on social media marketing? My thoughts today on SME. Interested in yours as well! http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/social-media-marketing/escaping-the-sandbox/

2011-10-20 14:08:35 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Nice post by my book co-author today on quantifying the success of a social media campaign for an arts festival. Probably will give you some good ideas: http://problogservice.com/2011/10/20/quantify-the-value-of-social-media-for-music-arts-festival/#

2011-10-19 13:07:37 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

Education is the new marketing. What are you teaching? Good stuff from +Ilana Rabinowitz today on SME. http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/digital-marketing/education-is-the-new-marketing/

2011-10-19 12:01:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

Occupied. Heh.

2011-10-17 20:16:48 (29 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Case studies panel at the Awareness Exploring Social Media Summit in Boston. Great day, great audience, great content!

2011-10-12 19:53:05 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Spent the day with a special group of marketers in Louisville - General Electric, UPS, Louisville Gas & Electric/Kentucky Utilities, University of Louisville, Churchill Downs, Humana, Greater Louisville Inc. (Chamber of Commerce) and Brown-Foreman (Spirits). They're all doing unique and good work with social and digital. But the same types of questions and concerns keep arising, even with larger companies: permissions and control for employees, policies, breaking down silos internally, measuring success.

I told them I think we're probably starting to move out of the sandbox and treat social media strategically. Many here are doing just that in certain regards, but we could all do more focused strategies.

What about the companies you've seen or worked with? Same? More progressive? Less?

We're graduating from tactical focus to strategic focus, at least in... more »

2011-10-11 13:09:53 (0 comments, 5 reshares, 7 +1s)

Love this post from +Mitch Ditkoff on asking the right questions. http://www.ideachampions.com/weblogs/archives/2011/10/this_is_the_fir_1.shtml

2011-10-11 13:09:13 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

My man +Tim Hayden and I chatted recently about mobile marketing. Give 'er a look see today on SME: http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/digital-marketing/tim-hayden-talks-mobile-marketing/

2011-10-10 13:03:02 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 9 +1s)

Last week to register for ESM Boston. Since you've got me in a Google+ circle, I've created a $50 discount for ya. Use LEARN as a discount code and get the $300 ticket for $250. We'll feed you food and knowledge, give you a free month of ExploringSocialMedia.com and give you a day with the likes of +Jeremiah Owyang +Todd Defren +Laura Fitton +DJ Waldow +Jason Keath +C.C. Chapman +Ann Handley +Schneider Mike +Tim Hayden and more. Can't beat that lineup for that price. Register here: http://esmboston.eventbrite.com

2011-10-08 02:47:46 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

As I work with +David Yeiser on the new user experience for Social Media Explorer's website, I feel compelled to reassure all of you that there is absolutely great value in investing in good design. If anything, I feel confident and comfortable my site is going to look and behave in awesome ways for people. The best designers will never be cheap, but damn are they almost always worth the money.

2011-10-07 14:54:21 (3 comments, 9 reshares, 7 +1s)

Hey Boston - use JOINME and get 10% off for ESM Boston. 10 days away - Monday, Oct. 17 - +Jeremiah Owyang +Todd Defren +Laura Fitton +Schneider Mike +Jason Keath +Tim Hayden +DJ Waldow Mike Lews and more! Gonna be a fun day. And if you refer a friend once registered, you can win a Kindle Fire! Werd. http://esmboston.eventbrite.com

2011-10-07 14:51:55 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 2 +1s)

Good reminders on content creation and its impact on SEO today from John Schulenberg on SME. http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/search-engine-marketing/the-future-of-content-in-seo/

2011-10-07 02:49:30 (16 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Forcing Benoit to remove the band aid from his face isn't gamesmanship it's gutless, chickenshit, bullshit and yet another reason to hate the Yankees.

2011-10-04 14:38:23 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Had a neat chat with +Todd Defren about integrating social media with traditional channels recently. It's a post promoting his speaking slot at ESM Boston (Oct. 17) but the video is worth watching. Smart dude. http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/social-media-measurement/integrating-social-media-key-challenge-for-brands/

2011-10-03 13:08:34 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 3 +1s)

I'm giving away another full access pass (and three exhibitor passes) to BlogWorld in L.A. Nov. 3-5. Nominate your favorite client, colleague or friend (or have someone nominate you). Details on SME today! Good luck! http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/social-media-speaker/free-pass-to-blogworld/

2011-10-03 03:57:49 (14 comments, 2 reshares, 24 +1s)

The next time you see some one or some company with some "research" or "science" around social media, ask yourself where they get their data. If they are looking at their own users or followers or behavior, that's not research. That's an example. If your product or service differs from theirs, the data won't always apply to you. It might be intriguing. It might be insightful. But it's not science and it's not gospel.

2011-10-03 01:23:57 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

It's amazing how many people share posts with individual people on Google+ ... and almost as amazing is how many of the posts are completely uninteresting or relevant to them. If you share a post with someone (namely me) please make sure there's an obvious reason why. Otherwise, I'll consider your sharing the post with me spam and ignore you.

I'm shocked we have to explain this to people. Grrrrr.

2011-10-03 01:17:51 (17 comments, 2 reshares, 12 +1s)

It's amazing how many people share posts with individual people on Google+ ... and almost as amazing is how many of the posts are completely uninteresting or relevant to them. If you share a post with someone (namely me) please make sure there's an obvious reason why. Otherwise, I'll consider your sharing the post with me spam and ignore you.

I'm shocked we have to explain this to people. Grrrrr.

2011-09-29 12:45:51 (5 comments, 10 reshares, 16 +1s)

LOVE this - 10 Weird Social Networks from Brandwatch. There's something out there for everyone. Heh. http://www.brandwatch.com/2011/09/10-of-the-weirdest-social-networks/

2011-09-29 12:39:33 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

Radio still maintains great reach and increased ad spends -- one of the more healthy of traditional media, right? Not so fast. Check out the passion index of radio's in-car use and other insights from Edison and Arbitron that +Tom Webster shares today. http://brandsavant.com/radios-passion-gap/

2011-09-29 01:37:59 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Super pumped to be visting SMC St. Louis tomorrow night. That is, of course, if +Aaron Perlut doesn't kill me en route. Heh. We're gonna throw down on some B.S., gang!

2011-09-28 13:01:38 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Looking for something to refocus your habits and lifestyle? I'm a big believer in the advice of +Leo Babauta. His Habits Course is open again. You should consider it. http://zenhabits.net/habit-course/