Thoughts on Social Media...and Other Stuff RSS

A place to collect all of my thoughts on social media that appear on a variety of blogs.

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May
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An interesting approach to messaging: telling people not to use your service.

An interesting approach to messaging: telling people not to use your service.

Mar
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A beautifully designed Website from Salesforce.com’s Marketing Cloud service.

A beautifully designed Website from Salesforce.com’s Marketing Cloud service.

Feb
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It’s a long video - six minutes - but you quickly get engrossed in the Johnny Walker story.

Feb
8th
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An example of user-friend, interesting and easy to “get” Website design.

An example of user-friend, interesting and easy to “get” Website design.

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A nice, elegant sign up form for a newsletter. 

A nice, elegant sign up form for a newsletter. 

Feb
7th
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Buffer (bufferapp.com) does a nice job with their support form. I like the use of the happy, sad and okay faces on the bottom - very user-friendly.

Buffer (bufferapp.com) does a nice job with their support form. I like the use of the happy, sad and okay faces on the bottom - very user-friendly.

Jan
5th
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When you’re moving from a free to paid service, this is not the way to do it. Start by telling the benefits of your service, and then let me know how much it’ll cost me to use it going forward.

When you’re moving from a free to paid service, this is not the way to do it. Start by telling the benefits of your service, and then let me know how much it’ll cost me to use it going forward.

Oct
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There’s no bubble. … There’s not even a little trace of a bubble. It’s the opposite of a bubble. We had the bubble, it was in 2000. Everybody worries about the bubble when there is no bubble… When there is a bubble, you stop worrying about a bubble, which is what makes the bubble.
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen

(Source: gigaom.com)

Aug
20th
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The majority of accelerators are not good for companies and will fail. There are too many of them. The idea of applying to just any accelerator is totally silly. A company should do homework and figure out which one is right for them.
TechStars NYC managing director David Tisch

(Source: Fast Company)

Aug
16th
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A year ago, everyone thought that had to be doing social, no matter what. Today, the focus is on what results social can drive.
— Ben Elowtiz, the CEO of Wetpaint, talking about the benefits of social media

(Source: CNN)