This is a guest post from David Spinks.
David is the Community Manager for Scribnia. With a passion for the power of social web communities, he has utilized his knowledge of community building to establish a professional career in the social media field.
He authors a blog at www.davidspinks.com and contributes to the Scribnia Blog.
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
The Future of Scribnia
From Twitter to Blog – #FollowFriday Vol. 1
Last week, I wrote about why I was moving my #FollowFriday recommendations from Twitter to my blog.
I suggested why it should be more than just a name and a link on Twitter. So, here are my recommendations for this week. I hope you check them out – they’re more than worth getting to know.
Community. Calvin [...]
Gosh
One of the people I connect with online, and whose blog I read regularly, is communications whiz Arik Hanson. Arik has a very savvy mind on him and has actually guest posted here before.
A couple of weeks ago, Arik opened up the first Annual PR Readers Choice Awards for blogs.
After the initial nomination round, I’m [...]
You Are Not The Story
You are not the story. You never have been. Not even in the “bad old days” before social media were you ever the story.
You may have thought so. You may have fooled your clients into thinking they were lucky to have you because everyone listens to you.
You may have blinded them with newspaper clippings and [...]
Is #Journchat Losing Its Fizz?
Back in November last year, #Journchat was launched by PR maven Sarah Evans.
Its aim was simple – use Twitter to bring journalists, PR professionals and bloggers together on Twitter in a weekly chat format.
Since then, #Journchat has gone from strength to strength and brought in special guests from CNN as well as regularly topped the [...]
The Little Boy That Could
Stephen was born in 1942 at a time of worldwide struggle. Europe was divided and broken, Asia was in turmoil and the United States had been dragged into a conflict it had tried to avoid.
In fact, Stephen was almost never born – a missile fell on a property just two homes away from his parents [...]
Because #FollowFriday Isn’t Just for Twitter
A few months ago, #FollowFriday was introduced to Twitter. It was a great concept – recommend people you’re connected with to others. It led to new discoveries, new friends, and quickly made #FollowFriday a Twitter mainstay.
Lately, though, #FollowFriday seems to have just become an endless amount of names and no more. While the idea of [...]
Better Twitter (and ROI) with Topify, Seesmic Desktop and bit.ly
People talk about Twitter and ROI (return on investment) and how there’s no real definable way to measure success or use the tools to your best advantage. At least, not unless you put a whole load of time into it.
While that can be true depending on your needs, there are also plenty of ways to [...]
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