So it wasn’t that long ago I mentioned I was moving my comments system to DISQUS.
The fact that the system was being used on more blogs, and also had social media integration with its Reactions feature that pulled stats from anywhere else your blog was being discussed, seemed pretty cool.
Yet, lately, DISQUS seems to have [...]
Conversations in social media for marketing, PR, communications and community
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Goodbye DISQUS, Hello WordPress
How to Sell Social Media – Twitter
One of the questions I’m most asked is how do you sell social media to your boss or client. Sure, we’re in the space and can see the numerous benefits, but how does that transfer to a wary client?
A lot of that comes down to your belief in how social can work for businesses, and [...]
Never Mind the P, Just Get the Relations Part Right
There have been a lot of new definitions and suggestions coming to the fore over the last 12-18 months about what PR stands for. The traditional version is Public Relations, and has been since as long as anyone can remember.
However, solid PR folks like David Mullen suggest it should be People Relations, as does online [...]
Gratitude is Simply Attitude
There’s currently an amazing event taking place around the social web called Tweetsgiving. Part of the Epic Change organization led by Stacey Monk, Sanjay Patel and Avi Kaplan, Tweetsgiving is a global celebration that aims to change the world through the power of gratitude.
Its aim is to continue the wonderful work started at last year’s [...]
The Smarts
How smart are you? How do you rack up compared to your peers; your competitors; your parallel people?
There’s all sorts of smart, but only one that counts. It’s not high school diploma. It’s not college degree. It’s not university PhD.
It’s experiential smart. Your experience. Your knowledge. Your ability to act. Your ability to react. Your [...]
