The Streisand Effect is a term that refers to an event where an individual or organization attempts to censor, inhibit, or otherwise block access to information on the Web, and subsequently the attempt to block the information foments and increases the interest in the information massively. The end result is that the involvement intended to block the spread of the information turns out to extend its reach and ironically push the information to many many more people via the Web.
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Streisand Effect - A Lesson for Enterprise
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009Tags: brand, Censorship, Community, Engagement, Enterprise, PR, Public Relations, Social Media, Streisand Effect
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Best Buy Twitter Commercial - TwelpForce
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009Kudos and congratulations to Best Buy. Not only did they manage to vanquish Circuit City, but they also take the award for the “First Company to Air a Television Commercial Displaying a Twitter URL the Entire Time.” It’s a coveted award, I know, but why is it important?
Tags: Facebook, marketing, multi-media, ROI, Social Media
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Twitter URL Expansion Arrives at Last
Saturday, July 18th, 2009For a long time there been a major security flaw with following links from Twitter. When a link is shortened via a service like cli.gs, bit.ly or tinyurl the user has no idea of where they will be directed upon clicking. The best way to manage this so far has basically been to click on shortened links only from users that you know or trust. That’s the danger of clicking on a shortened URL from Twitter Search or trending topics - you may end up clicking on a link to a site with malware or other issues that you would rather not encounter.
Tags: Add new tag, linking, Social Media, Vanity URLs
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Facebook Vanity URLs - Are You Ready?
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009Facebook users will be able to claim “Vanity URLs” to customize the Web addresses profiles starting at midnight Eastern on Saturday, according to a post on the Facebook blog. Currently, users’ profiles URLs have been structured as a string of numbers – as seen here:
Tags: Enterprise, Facebook, marketing, Social Media, social search, Vanity URLs
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Twitter Messaging
Thursday, May 21st, 2009The content of your Twitter message is the most important thing to optimize over the life of your Twitter account. Here’s what you should know about how to provide value and optimize the content of your messages.
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Community Engagement and Skateboard Design
Monday, May 18th, 2009Comet Skateboards recently posted an account of how they designed their latest model of skateboard deck, and it’s a fantastic case study on how community engagement can benefit a you in very concrete ways. Check out this account for a textbook example of how engaging with an active community can earn you loyalty, credibility and dollars at the same time.
Tags: Community, Engagement, marketing, Social Media
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WOMM-U Miami - May, 2009
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009I’ll be speaking at this year’s WOMM-U event in Miami. I’m going to be leading a session on optimizing your Twitter efforts. Here’s the description of my conference session:
Tags: brand, marketing, Social Media, social search, womma
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Facebook Filtering Multiple Updates
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009Facebook is now collapsing multiple status updates from the same user. Is Facebook biased against updates that advertise a product or service?
Tags: Facebook
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Can Social Media Save Dying Newspapers?
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009In this age where the user can self publish and “the media” (quotation marks intentional) is less trusted than peer reporting, can social media interface with a dying news industry, and should rescuing traditional print newspapers even be the goal?
Tags: #GSIsmb, newspaper, Social Media, Social Media Brunch
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Enterprise Level Search Discussion
Saturday, April 18th, 2009Jay Middleton III, Senior Manager of Worldwide Search Marketing at Adobe talks at the May GSI Social Media Brunch about enterprise level search and how it can scale for smaller businesses. Thursday, May 7th at 11:00 am Pacific.
Tags: #GSIsmb, Adobe, Enterprise, Social Media Brunch
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