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Help! One of Me, Dozens of Social Media Sites

by Tim Berry on September 17, 2009

in Social media

I posted here yesterday about the landrush problem of social media, which is my phrase for what happens when user feedback systems are subverted by vendors seeding reviews.
Another social media trend that worries me is the proliferation of sites. How do I deal with all the different sites I’d like to join?

Currently, for me it’s [...]

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2 Pictures, 200 Words, Lots of Ideas.

by Tim Berry on August 10, 2009

in Business Research, Creativity, Technology, Twitter, Web/Tech

Pictures, words, ideas. If one picture equals 1,000 words, how many ideas does it generate? Is there a transitive property there? I had time over the weekend to pick up two unrelated pictures. Each covers something entirely different. Both are full of ideas.
The first, a chart by Seth Godin:
This is one of those things that [...]

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GDGT: No, Please, Not Another Social Media Site!

by Tim Berry on July 6, 2009

in Social media, Starting a Business

I read it last weekend on the New York Times website. It’s about a new gadget site to be called GDGT starting this week, developed by founders of other gadget site successes. Get this:

Their new site, called GDGT, will open to visitors on Wednesday. It differs from Engadget or Gizmodo by aspiring to be a [...]

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In Love With Social Media? Do a Social Media Plan

by Tim Berry on June 23, 2009

in Business Planning, Social media

OK, I agree, Twitter and Facebook can be fun, LinkedIn can be useful, but is the time you spend there really business time? Or is it just a rationalization for not doing real work?
I posted Social Media Business Plan in 5 Easy Pieces today on the American Express OPEN Forum. I like to think it’s [...]

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