Tag: 2.0
Social media monitoring software selection: Why we chose Social Radar.
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Image via CrunchBase[/caption] At Kilgannon, we've made the decision to use Social Radar as our new social media monitoring tool. We did not take this decision lightly. We also scoured the blogs and websites. We also asked partner organizations which tools they were using and then…
Return to Normalcy?
Warren G Harding ran for president for promising a "return to normalcy." The word normalcy didn't sound normal back then either. But his slogan did tap into the uncertainty and rapid change of the time. They'd just gone through a war in which the rules had changed thanks to a…
New Media Atlanta and the BackNoise controversy
My first experience with BackNoise ever was three weeks ago at the New Media Atlanta conference. BackNoise is a website that allows people watching an event to provide a running commentary of what is happening. They can do it anonymously or, if they choose, comment using their name. What this…
Don’t start your social media effort with a Facebook page
When initially discussing social media with clients, often the first thing brought up is using Twitter or Facebook as an outgoing tool to push their advertising messages. If you’re thinking about social media from a traditional marketing perspective, there’s nothing wrong with this concept. It’s obviously a cheap media buy,…
Four predictions on the future of advertising. Yes, there is one.
I've been spending a lot of time thinking about what's next. On both a personal level, for the agency where I work, and for the industry as a whole. One thing that's pretty darn obvious, things have already shifted. There have been several reports on industry spending and the shift…
Ten things advertising people need to know about social media
Image via CrunchBase Notice this doesn't say "Top Ten." Just ten things, as a modest practitioner of copy and social media, I think aren't obvious to people coming to social media from advertising. I expect some people will have a few problems with this list. That should be expected, we…