My five favorite videos from SocialDevCamp in Chicago

October 10, 2011

Here are 5 of my favorite videos from SocialDevCamp in Chicago, along with ten more videos I produced.

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What brands do you advocate, and why?

October 10, 2011

A collection of my favorite videos I shot for Zuberance, the brand advocacy group. I just asked a lot of influencers about what brands they advocate and why.

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Creative tricks to increase marketing engagement

October 7, 2011

Marketers are so self centered. How can I grow my list? How can I get more people to pay attention to me? What if you were to flip that logic and ask, “How can I pay more attention to others?” or “How can I get others to engage in a dialogue with me.”

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We’re covering IndyCar Racing!

October 5, 2011

Spark Media Solutions is now covering IndyCar racing thanks to a partnership one of our clients, Ortsbo, a real-time chat translation tool made with IndyCar. Check out our coverage at socialracinggrid.com

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What’s the worst office communications faux pas you ever witnessed? Part II

September 26, 2011

Here’s some of my coverage of the Ragan Communications event, “Employee Communications, PR and Social Media Summit” where I was reporting for Ignite Technologies. Last year at the Techcrunch Disrupt conference I asked people what was the worst office communications faux pas they ever witnessed. Almost all of the responses were email based. It’s where […]

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Top 9 unsubstantiated accusations of brand journalism

September 23, 2011

Definitions of brand journalism vary widely and sadly there are many derogatory unsubstantiated accusations. Here are my top nine favorite.

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Raise your rates by becoming an influencer

September 22, 2011

Every time you work on an application you’re showcasing your work. But if you work on a large collaborative project, how can someone see what contributions you made? How do people know that your development talent is better than someone else’s? You can prove your worth by exposing your knowledge and wisdom. The more you’re […]

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What’s the best advice anyone ever gave you about development?

September 21, 2011

At the opening party at SocialDevCamp, I asked attendees, all developers, what the best advice anyone ever gave them about development. Here they are passing on really helpful advice. My favorite is the last little tidbit.

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Tips for laying out text on a blog

September 20, 2011

Some great advice from the author of “Design for Hackers” on how to manage white space when laying out text on a blog.

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How musicians can use social networks effectively

September 12, 2011

Musicians who have successfully connected and grown their fan base with social networks discuss some of the techniques they’ve used to do so.

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