Monthly Archives: May 2009

Switch to Seesmic Desktop…Now.

Tweet For the longest time, Tweetdeck was my Twitter application of choice. Those days are now long gone. With my new job, I realized I was going to need a service that allowed me to maintain multiple accounts. I was disappointed since I was under the impression that no other apps compared to tweetdeck, but…

Don't Ask, Just Share

Tweet If Kobe gets open for a shot, should he yell “Pass me the ball!”? No…he needs to make the ball handler aware of the opportunity so that he can decide what to do.  As lame as that sounded, same goes for reaching out to a blogger. Chances are the blogger knows that you’re pitching…

The Musician's Social Community

Tweet Music is passion. Music is everywhere. Music is everyone. That’s why musicians have so much to gain from social media. Where there are people, there is a potential community for your band.  Chances are, unless you have a completely new and outrageous sound, a community based on your genre already exists. How can musicians…

Developing a Community On and Off Campus

Tweet This is a guest post by Stuart Foster, a marketing consultant in the Boston area. He specializes in brand management, social media, and blog outreach. He authors a blog at Thelostjacket.com. Colleges have a built in vibrant community on campus. They have varied interests, participate in multiple things and often are socially aware. Aren’t…

Why Scribnia Is Valuable To ME

Tweet If you haven’t heard the big news from my last post, I’ve been hired as the community manager for Scribnia.  Perhaps because of my newly acquired position, you may think that a review of Scribnia on my blog may be biased…fair enough.  I hope that if you’ve been reading my blog for some time,…