A couple nights back, Armando Galarraga pitched a perfect game in which he got 28 batters out. It’s a well publicized story that I won’t get into except to say that umpire Jim Joyce blew a call and robbed a guy of one of the greatest feats in all of baseball. Nobody’s really that upset [...]
Archive for the ‘Social Networking’ Category
Instant Reply, Secret Holds, and Is Twitter Making Us Stupider?
June 15th, 2010
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Posted in Life, Social Networking, Sports | Tags: Armando Galarraga, Jim Joyce, John McCain, MLB, Twitter
Six quick things for social networking marketers
April 4th, 2010
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Facebook and Twitter are powerful tools. Done well, it can create great opportunities for your business, organization, music or movement. Done poorly, it can be frustrating for you and potential followers and fans. Here are six quick things to help you connect with your tribe. 1. Tweet less. Anything more than ten in a day [...]
Best Communications/Marketing/Movement Quote. Ever.
March 16th, 2010
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In the race between ‘who’ and ‘how many’, who usually wins–if action is your goal. Find the right people, those that are willing to listen to what you have to say, and ignore the masses that are just going to race on, unchanged. —Seth Godin, Driveby culture and the endless search for wow The irony [...]
Exclamation point shortage ignites social networking panic, outrage
December 23rd, 2009
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With the excitement of holiday gifts rapidly approaching, Facebook moved to calm fears at a Wednesday morning press conference regarding rumors of an exclamation point shortage. “There is absolutely no exclamation point shortage on Facebook,” a spokesperson for the social networking giant said. “The rumors are unfounded and completely false.” Facebook says that despite the [...]
Posted in Social Networking | Tags: exclamationpoints, facebook, myspace, punctuation, socialnetworks, statusupdates, Twitter
The real story in the Obama/Kanye flap
September 15th, 2009
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The internet is abuzz right now with two things: People tweeting “Nobody puts baby in a corner” and talk of President Obama’s off-the-record comments about Kanye West. I’ve never seen Dirty Dancing, but I have seen journalists miss the real story. And that’s what happening with Obama and Kanye. The truth is, neither the POTUS [...]
Twitter Tip of the Day: Tweet and Retweet were in a boat…
August 27th, 2009
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If you want someone to retweet you, make sure your message is short enough. You can’t use all 140 characters and expect to be retweeted. Since (via @username) is the longer form of RT, plan for that. Start with 140. Take out 7 for the parenthesis, via, @, and the space. That leaves you with [...]
Why I like your tweet (or not)
June 15th, 2009
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Some people just get twitter. They understand what it is and how to use it effectively, be it personally or professionally. Don Miller gets it. I read all of Don’s tweets. He doesn’t tweet too often, nor is he a ghost. Sometimes it’s about his work. Other times it’s about his dog. In any case, [...]
Posted in Social Networking | Tags: Twitter
Donald Miller gets in on the game
May 29th, 2009
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All of you facebookers that I’ve been telling about Twitter (don’t make me name names, Andre), here’s the best use yet: Donald Miller is going to be printing out several copies of his new book at kinkos and placing them all around the country. Locations will be distributed via….you guessed it: twitter. You have to [...]
Posted in Books, Social Networking | Tags: A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, co-author, DonMiller
Will you play the game?
May 28th, 2009
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Over the last few years, Derek Webb has turned the Christian music industry on it’s ear. From gaining a warning label in Christian bookstores for using the word ‘whore’ in the song Wedding Dress to the political protest album Mockingbird, Webb has a Christian voice to those who had sought refuge in secular music for [...]
