by James Ball | Mar 5, 2010 | Blogging, Case Studies, Facebook, How To, Resources, Social Media, Strategy, Twitter
*Update 3/13/10 Ford wins PR Week Award for Best Use of Social Media! Congrats! Front and center in this post today resides Scott Monty, head of social media for Ford Motor Company. If you weren’t aware, Scott is HUGE in the world of social media. So many have learned...
by James Ball | Feb 26, 2010 | Content Marketing, Facebook, Resources, Social Media, Twitter, Video
Wow, it just keeps getting bigger…and harder to wrap my mind around the staggering numbers and recent growth! JESS3 / The State of The Internet from Jesse Thomas on Vimeo.
by James Ball | Feb 18, 2010 | Case Studies, Community, Facebook, Marketing, Resources, Social Media, Strategy, Twitter
The writing may not bear any resemblance to Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone with the Wind”, but there is some common ground here, quite literally. The writing is in the form of 140 character “tweets” posted to Twitter.com from the Oakland Cemetery account, and Margaret...
by James Ball | Feb 4, 2010 | Case Studies, Community, Facebook, How To, Marketing, Networking, Social Media, Tweetup, Twitter
I first learned of FuegoMundo through Twitter. I saw lots of tweets both from them and about them. If you’re one who watches the tweet channel, then you already know that this was enough to pique my interest. I did what many others would do in a situation like this; I...
by James Ball | Jan 4, 2010 | Advice, Community, Facebook, Listening, Marketing, Networking, Social Media, Twitter
Check in over the next 5 days as I address some common concerns that small businesses have about participation and engagement in social media. “Can I get by without social media?” “Is it really as easy as I’ve been led to believe?” “Can it save my business?”...