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24 May 2010

How To Lose A Girl With One Tweet

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

A few days ago, my pal Geoff Livingston tagged me in his meme, Ways to Increase Your Twitter Following Ethically.

When Geoff tags, you play (image: ClintJCL‘s Flickrstream, Creative Commons). But given the folks I was tagged with, such as Ike Pigott, John Haydon, Lauren Vargas, Allyson Kapin and Shashi Bellamkonda, all of whom I hold in high regard, I was left scratching my head as to how I could contribute without being repetitive.

Today, I had the perfect experience to […]

By Shonali Burke|May 24, 2010|Categories: Social Media|Tags: engagement, geoff livingston, netiquette, Social Media, Twitter|9 Comments

08 Apr 2010

How You Say It Matters Too: Lessons on Blogging via Geoff Livingston

Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes

A couple of days ago my friend Geoff Livingston threw the blogosphere – at least the PR/SM one – for a bit of a tizzy when he announced he would no longer be writing regularly for the extremely popular Buzz Bin.

This, Geoff said, is why:

“Why, you ask? I have run out of things to say (image: Elyse Patten, Creative Commons). I found last summer when I wrote the “for me, social media is dead” posts that I had run […]

By Shonali Burke|Apr 8, 2010|Categories: Public Relations|Tags: blogging, geoff livingston|4 Comments

26 Jan 2010

Scones, Sparkle and Sharing at DC’s First Social Media Breakfast

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

I attended my first Social Media Club (DC) event yesterday – a “social media breakfast,” which was founded by Bryan Person (read more here) – and the inaugural event of its kind in DC.

Wow – what a great time. First of all, it was sold out (well, it was free, but if you wanted to share in the extremely tasty, hot breakfast, you had to shell out $10, which I think is a deal). Teaism‘s cup was running […]

By Shonali Burke|Jan 26, 2010|Categories: Social Media|Tags: #smbdc, #smcdc, alex howard, alex priest, andi narvaez, ashley settle, bryan person, geoff livingston, james walker, kim oser, lorna webster, mashable, mike schaffer, mobile, prezi, rachel rule, shashi bellamkonda, social media examiner, teaism, trends|10 Comments

20 Jan 2010

Haiti: Aftershocks of a Different Kind

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes

You should read this terrific post that Geoff Livingston has written for Mashable on social media lessons from the Haitian earthquake. There’s a ton of food for thought there.

While I’m not jumping to conclusions (I’ll leave that to the appropriate authorities), I do think there are enough valid questions to make me think that non-profits should be extremely concerned about the long-term impact on fundraising.

Which, let’s face it, determines whether they get to carry […]

By Shonali Burke|Jan 20, 2010|Categories: Social Media|Tags: charity, fundraising, gawker, geoff livingston, haiti, mashable, nonprofits, Social Media, wyclef jean, yele haiti|6 Comments