by Minter Dial | Jul 6, 2011 | Social Media
Getting social must be a company-wide projectAs companies scramble to identify or hire community managers, I often wonder about the criteria that are being drawn up. There is still much confusion on the role of the community manager. More...
by Minter Dial | Jul 4, 2011 | Social Media
Another G+ Social Network? By now you have probably heard about Google’s competitive offer to Facebook: Google+ (you can visit my profile here). So, you would be excused for thinking that the latest launch of the G+ Social Network also belongs to Google....
by Minter Dial | Jul 3, 2011 | Social Media
Google Plus is a Plus, no doubt Google has arrived with a splash on the social media scene — which is what Google Plus or Google+ is. After the failed attempts with Google Buzz and Google Wave, I believe that Google+ is the real deal. Having...
by Minter Dial | Jun 23, 2011 | Social Media
Twitter to Fizzle or Flare? There has been a fair amount of chatter (not just tweeting) suggesting that the Twitterevolution is beginning to fade. On the heels of the news that 6 million Americans and 1.5 million Canadians have “left” Facebook, there is...
by Minter Dial | Jun 21, 2011 | Social Media
Discretion in Selection To the extent that Twitter is becoming the go-to resource for finding information and staying up to date, the real value of Twitter is in the quality of those you follow. This means that you need to be selective about who you follow. There are...
by Minter Dial | Jun 19, 2011 | Social Media
Have you noticed that the social media frontier is lined with women? An article in USA Today “Groupon Mania ignites fight for ad dollars with deals” alerted me to a fact: women are playing a larger role in social media business than is the case in ‘regular’ business....