Category Archives: Social influence

My Content Marketing II: #Curation, #Contributed + #Branded Content

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Gary R Schirr

Looking back I was always a content marketing salesperson. In the days before blogs and email I folded newsletters, stamped and licked envelopes to get content to a targeted community of bank and other financial traders. I curated articles and contributed content and experimented with branded content – all before social media… Continue reading →

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Personal Learning Networks… A #PLN keeps on giving!

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Gary R Schirr

A personal learning network is indispensable for a true life-long learner. No one person can keep up with the rush of information in her/his area of interest, but a good PLN can filter the information and keep one alert of important trends and developments. Continue reading →

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##@!# Marketing: Too much #Hype?

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Gary R Schirr

I believe that social media does change everything…especially what marketing people do. But what actually IS the new paradigm of marketing? So many flavors of marketing are discussed in relation to the online world: content marketing, inbound marketing, real-time marketing, contextual marketing, etc. Continue reading →

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Web Credulity

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Gary R Schirr

Do you believe everything you read on the Web or see posted, tweeted or pinned on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest? Yesterday on my Facebook feed there was a serious discussion of an article from the Daily Currant claiming that Sarah … Continue reading →

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Teaching SMM #5 – METRICS Monitoring and Listening

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Gary R Schirr

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was quoted in 2010: “There was five exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization through 2003, but that much information is now created every two days, and the pace is increasing.” Key metrics of social media efforts should logically include what is being said about an organization in social media or other online conversations. Continue reading →

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Teaching SMM – METRICS #4 Influence Scores

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Gary R Schirr

At the time of this writing, the growing influence of influence measures has generated considerable controversy. There are stories of otherwise qualified candidates allegedly turned down for jobs because their Klout™ or PeerIndex scores were less than 90th percentile level. Continue reading →

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Teaching SMM – METRICS #3 Measuring Influence: Art or Science?

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Gary R Schirr

Multiple services are trying to measure the “influence” of social media participants. At the time of this writing six of the most prominent are Klout (http://www.klout.com), PeerIndex (http://www.peerindex.com), Kred (http://www.kred.com), TweetLevel, TweetGrader, and Twitalyzer. Continue reading →

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SMM Case Exercise: Public Shaming & Hostile Environment

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Gary R Schirr

The world of high-tech start-ups is often referred to as a “boy’s club” where women have difficulty being taken seriously and treated fairly. These series of questions concern a sexual joke at a high-tech conference resulted in public shaming, a DDOS (distributed denial-of-service) attack, and a couple firings. Continue reading →

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Teaching SMM – METRICS #2 Activity Measures

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Gary R Schirr

A starting point to the measures and metrics for social media is an overview of an organization’s activities on social media. It is easy to track activity and it is becoming easier as the social media sites improve their tracking summaries. Continue reading →

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