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Feb 17, 2012 • Comments Closed The winners in the Twitter battle between MPPs and journalists in Ontario are in and - no surprise - the leaders of the pack are Dalton McGuinty (Who writes his tweets anyway?) and Steve Paikin (who I know writes his own).
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Feb 17, 2012 • Comments Closed The winners in the Twitter battle between MPPs and journalists in Ontario are in and - no surprise - the leaders of the pack are Dalton McGuinty (Who writes his tweets anyway?) and Steve Paikin (who I know writes his own).
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Feb 16, 2012 • Comments Closed
After a presentation I made for Social Media Week on my favorite topic - online to offline activism - the session organizers received a number of requests for my 10 principles for successful social web organizing. Here they are.
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Feb 3, 2012 • Comments Closed
"Facebook was not originally created to be a company. It was built to accomplish a social mission — to make the world more open and connected."
If it wasn't for an email from the global chairman of H+K Strategies, Jack Martin, I would ...
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Jan 27, 2012 • Comments Closed
This is another social network unlikely to escape the marketing onslaught for very long. I imagine creative minds are trying to find ways for their brands to jump in as I write.
I'm talking about Pinterest, of course, the addictive image sharing socia...
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Jan 27, 2012 • Comments Closed
This is another social network unlikely to escape the marketing onslaught for very long. I imagine creative minds are trying to find ways for their brands to jump in as I write.
I'm talking about Pinterest, of course, the addictive image sharing socia...
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Jan 11, 2012 • Comments Closed As I get ready to start teaching my reputation management class at a local university, I came across this recent infographic from a Swiss online reputation management firm.
A few statistics stand out: 53% of Twitter users tweet recommendations for prod...
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Dec 12, 2011 • Comments Closed I swear this blog will not become a tout for the agency that employs me as head of its social media practice in Canada. But last week's infographic and this one provide a snapshot of the social media microcosm in 2011. Two things stand out in the lates...
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Dec 6, 2011 • Comments Closed This cool infographic was posted today by Hill & Knowlton. The most interesting story this tells me is that Doctors Without Borders Canada has the most engaged community on the social web and yet they aren't in the top 'talkative' five. Could what ...
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Dec 5, 2011 • Comments Closed
. . . That's at least one question companies ask as they consider including blogger campaigns in their marketing strategies.
The question is more complex than it looks and involves ethical (a system of moral principles) and moral (what is right and wr...
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Nov 30, 2011 • Comments Closed Unfortunately the panel touted in my previous post was cancelled at the last minute: only about 20 people signed up (although I blame the heavy rains). I can understand no one wanting to hear me: But Michael Geist and James Topham . . . two smart guys ...
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Nov 23, 2011 • Comments Closed
I am part of a panel session on November 29, 2011 at 7 p.m. at the Royal Ontario Museum with James Topham from War Child and Michael Geist who is Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law at the University of Ottawa. Mark Farmer (@Markus64)...
