B2B Memes

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Would we say that blogging and other forms of social media have not in fact altered the practice of journalism? Or that journalism as we knew it a decade ago can simply be ported into social media without undergoing some degree of transformation? Of course, no matter what you as the blogger think, your audience has the final call.

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B2B Memes

MAY 9, 2012

Embracing the subjective, personality-driven approach of social media? I don’t know her, of course, but I’d guess the problem isn’t that she was being human or that she was being too personal. In gauging how to handle social media, maybe what journalists need is not so much a standard of professionalism as a kind of Turing test.

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B2B Memes

OCTOBER 9, 2012

And that medium is sometimes print, sometimes web, sometimes social, sometimes mobile, sometimes video, sometimes audio. That, of course is easier said than done. To my mind, that’s not what digital first means. The point of the phrase is not about which medium is better. It’s about which medium people use.

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B2B Memes

OCTOBER 9, 2012

And that medium is sometimes print, sometimes web, sometimes social, sometimes mobile, sometimes video, sometimes audio. That, of course is easier said than done. To my mind, that’s not what digital first means. The point of the phrase is not about which medium is better. It’s about which medium people use.

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B2B Memes

JULY 15, 2011

Alley herself, after all, stands out among young B2B journalists for being well ahead of her peers in adopting the tools and ethos of social media. In that case, of course, it’s not really early adoption at all, but a herd mentality. I’m not sure she means it.

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B2B Memes

AUGUST 10, 2012

As Chief Product Officer for Forbes Media he’s done some impressive things to advance the publication’s online and social-media presence, and his “Copy Box” column is essential new-media reading. But of course Forbes is in DVorkin’s view anything but a traditional publication. To a traditionalist, that sounds plain wrong, if not evil.

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B2B Memes

AUGUST 10, 2012

As Chief Product Officer for Forbes Media he’s done some impressive things to advance the publication’s online and social-media presence, and his “Copy Box” column is essential new-media reading. But of course Forbes is in DVorkin’s view anything but a traditional publication. To a traditionalist, that sounds plain wrong, if not evil.

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B2B Memes

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

As I familiarized myself with B2B marketing blogs, though, I realized that while these goals may never fully align, in the social-media era they are coming closer together. What’s the most important message you have for people regarding social media? Has that changed in the social media era? Use your head.

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B2B Memes

MAY 26, 2010

A while back, I lamented how social media seem to lead inevitably to the decline of editing and proofreading. Though it wouldn’t work in many forms of social media, this seems like a good tool for bloggers to employ. Of course, it requires the blogger to care enough to offer such an incentive. Doctorow: Make money with typos.

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B2B Memes

MARCH 1, 2012

Midway through the month, I noted a few of the things I’ve learned about Twitter and myself in the course of this challenge. But since my Pinboard social bookmarking account records links in my tweets, I don’t have to remember to bookmark them if I’m tweeting actively. I would add a couple more.

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B2B Memes

JUNE 22, 2010

It’s probably too early to say, but I’m inclined to bet that in the huge majority of cases, ghost writing and social media are fundamentally incompatible. A lot depends, of course, on the extent and nature of the ghost writing. Tags: Content Marketing Ethics Social Media blogging Writing.

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B2B Memes

DECEMBER 16, 2010

But if that’s the case, they aren’t ready for marketing in the social media world either. The trick, of course, is to challenge your brand and your audience in a positive and constructive way—as good journalists have learned to do. Not all journalists can claim that talent, but the best can, and it’s what makes journalism shine.

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B2B Memes

MARCH 8, 2010

Reality, of course, is brutally different. The problem, of course, is that for most publishers, the bulk of their money is still coming from print. And that, of course, is just a strategy for failure. Learning your way around blogs, podcasts, online video, and social media is not like taking on vector calculus.

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B2B Memes

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

No challenge is complete, of course without a few rules. Managing Your Career in the Social Media Era: Sources. If I tweet at least 10 times per day, how many more followers will I have, I wonder? My count as of February 1 is 255. Let’s see where I end up on leap day. Here are mine: Every day I must post at least 10 times on Twitter.

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B2B Memes

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

It’s possible, of course, that I overstated my case considerably, which one is wont to do when blogging. Social Media and the Clash of Brands. But people don’t always wind up back at the brand to read content. Like my commenter, I read a lot of content in my RSS reader. But online, that context is much weaker.

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B2B Memes

AUGUST 9, 2012

In the social media era, isn’t writing supposed to be more collaborative, more interactive, more, well, sociable? Even in the intimate environs of social media, writing remains a sometimes thrilling, sometimes frightening, and essentially lonely activity. You hope for reader reaction as well, of course (why else publish it?)

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B2B Memes

AUGUST 9, 2012

In the social media era, isn’t writing supposed to be more collaborative, more interactive, more, well, sociable? Even in the intimate environs of social media, writing remains a sometimes thrilling, sometimes frightening, and essentially lonely activity. You hope for reader reaction as well, of course (why else publish it?)

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B2B Memes

JULY 18, 2011

Modifications were still necessary, of course. The Subscribe/Connect/Follow widget to add links for RSS, e-mail subscriptions, and my various social-media identities. I couldn’t use that! But after a few days of trying to imitate it with Atahualpa, I put aside my blog snobbery and chose Twenty Eleven.

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B2B Memes

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

In a post earlier this month, I raised the sensitive question of whether legacy print journalists might be unduly worried about the workload involved in social media. He’s right, of course. It spurred a substantial number of comments, and even played a small role in that all-too rara avis, a blog post by Paul Conley.

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B2B Memes

MARCH 19, 2010

And of course, if I should happen to be doing something else at the time, I should probably wait until the next Thursday. The best times to post were between 1 pm–3 pm (after lunch) or 5 pm–7 pm PST (after work). To my lizard brain, the conclusion was obvious: only post on Thursdays during those two 2-hour periods.

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B2B Memes

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

I’m tired of writing the stories, cooking the meals, flying the corporate digital jet and waxing the furniture—figuratively, of course.” Commenting on a Folio: magazine blog last week, an anonymous “Exhausted Editor” bemoaned an increasing digital workload : “I’ve got enough junk to write/post/cover.

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B2B Memes

AUGUST 12, 2011

The obvious promotional benefits of this social media tool have led most trade publishers to insist, rightly, that their editors use it. But how many use Twitter not just for promotion, but for its most valuable benefit, social engagement? Of course, @-messages, directed to individuals, are by definition conversational.

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B2B Memes

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Now, of course, such information is easily found, which is why readers are less willing to pay for subscriptions and marketers less willing to pay for advertising. Related posts: How to Save Your Business by Wasting Time: Social Media and B2B. Social Media and Ethics: An Interview with B2B Editor Maureen Alley.

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