Straight Talk | Ted Rubin

Social Media — The Latest Chicken or Egg Scenario by Starla J. King, OutWrite Living A few weeks ago, I had a thought-provoking (now blog-provoking!) conversation with Mr. Social Media, aka Ted Rubin, and it really got me thinking about this chicken or egg scenario:  Which comes first in social media marketing:  the brand or [...]

Social media’s incredible power is in allowing us to instantaneously connect to, interact with, and build relationships with our audience of thousands… and it’s exactly that power that makes it risky to turn your social media campaigns over to an outside agency. The “social” part of social media campaigns makes them quite different than traditional [...]

In his recent must-read post, “The Dog Days of Social Media,” Drew Neisser reminds us that just because Facebook has lost some fans,  and Forrester “recommends a cautious approach to Foursquare,” we shouldn’t panic and jump off the social media ship. I agree wholeheartedly with Drew and appreciate his addressing such a timely topic. “Dog Days,” [...]

We’re hearing (and doing) more and more about “Relationship Commerce” these days — but what does that really mean? Does having 2,000 Facebook “friends” or “fans” mean you have 2000 relationships? Or 28,000 Twitter “followers” mean 28,000 relationships?   It depends. Any one of us obviously does not have time to keep up thousands of face-to-face [...]