by Minter Dial | May 21, 2011 | Social Media
Homegrown Chinese micro-blogging all the rage Pursuing the Twitter “Character” theme of last week, I thought I’d do a little recap of what I found out about Twitter in China. [I also wrote about the Twitter situation in Japan.] First, the...
by Minter Dial | May 19, 2011 | Social Media
How much character in 140 characters Adding character to your 140 It is not about how many characters, but how much character your tweet has. What is a character? In short, I’d say it’s a type of personality. The dictionary definition says that...
by Minter Dial | May 18, 2011 | Social Media
Limit to 140 characters! Presumably, if you are reading this blog, I would tend to think that, if you don’t have your own Twitter account, you have probably heard of Twitter. But, maybe I’m wrong. I’d love to know the answer about this blog’s...
by Minter Dial | May 14, 2011 | Social Media
How does one get started? And they’re off… Despite the well publicized mainstreaming of social media, many companies are still on the sidelines about getting on board. Whether the inaction comes from fear, ignorance, doubt or a carefully considered choice,...
by Minter Dial | May 12, 2011 | Social Media
The Community Manager — A necessary stepping stone for social media? Having attended and spoken at a number of conferences* on the subject of the Community Manager, I thought I would resume what I believe are the key takeaways. It is clearly a...
by Minter Dial | May 2, 2011 | Social Media
BREAKING NEWS MayDay, MayDay: I interrupt this fine Monday morning to bring you breaking news: Twitter is the best & fastest way to get the news. Twitter is not just social, it is media. I learned about the death of Osama Bin Laden this morning in my Twitter...