In this edition of The Baer Facts, I talk with Kyle Lacy of ExactTarget about LinkedIn’s recent marketing program whereby they sent emails to members announcing their profiles were in the top 10%, 5%, or 1% of all profiles viewed. (excellent coverage about it from LinkedIn consultant Andy Foote) As Andy and others pointed out, [...]
How the Grinch Saved Social Media
A Holiday Fable, with apologies to Dr. Seuss Everyone at the office liked Facebook a lot But the Grinch at the top of the org chart did not. The Grinch hated Facebook! And social media all! Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite can recall. It could be, perhaps, that his PC was busted. [...]
5 Reasons Linkedin is Boring in a Good Way
Anthony Juliano is the Vice President of Marketing and Social Media Strategy at Asher Agency, a Midwest-based marketing strategy firm. Anthony speaks and writes about a variety of social media and marketing topics, with a specific focus on LinkedIn. Connect with him at AnthonyJuliano.com. LinkedIn has a reputation for being… well, a little dorky. In [...]
Social Networking Spam – 5 Rules for Marketers
Josh Mackey is General Manager at PeekAnalytics, a Social Audience Measurement Platform. (More importantly, a family man and sport loving Aussie who loves life). There has been a lot of talk recently about social networking spam – inactive and bogus accounts on social platforms. While I agree inactive and spam accounts can raise unwanted questions [...]
5 Reasons Pinterest is Addicting and 4 Weaknesses That May Kill it
Like Google searches for M.I.A. after her Super Bowl middle finger salute, the growth of Pinterest is positively ferocious. A 329 percent increase in unique visitors in 90 days is the kind of rocket ship acceleration that is usually far more myth than reality, even in social media start-up circles. Why this newfound obsession with [...]
Social Media Lessons From the Offline Real World
An interesting report released from Pew Internet Research about the use of location-based services among adults found that only 28% of American adult cell phone owners use services such as maps or recommendations based on their location. In addition, 4% of all American adults use check-in apps such as Foursquare and Gowalla. Conversely, in the social [...]
Social Media, Pretend Friends, and the Lie of False Intimacy
It’s not an illusion. We really are doing more with each 24 hours, as technology enables (or forces) us to interact and intersect and do and consume with unprecedented volume and vigor. We live our lives at breakneck speed because we can, because we feel we have to keep up, and because every macro and [...]
