Archive for the 'social media' Category
Brands Need to Be On The iPhone
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford June 10th, 2008 in Mobile, business, social media. Steve Jobs Announced the new iPhone yesterday at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco yesterday. The new iPhone now offers ways to reach your customers in a way never before possible.
Imagine all of the opportunities that await companies that can create and execute a unique and compelling experience for the iPhone. The […]
Google Friend Connect Makes Any Site Social
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford May 12th, 2008 in Google, OpenSocial, business, social media.Google will officially announce a preview release of Google Friend Connect in about an hour. I will be on the conference call to learn as much as possible as to how Google Friend Connect will work.
Here is what we know for sure at this point:
The Friend Connect service will help website owners grow engagement by […]
Graphing Social Patterns EAST: DC
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford May 10th, 2008 in Facebook Applications, business, social media, social networks.Graphing Social Patterns EAST conference is coming to Washington DC June 9-11.
GSP is the premier conference for developers and marketers building and distributing apps for MySpace, Facebook, OpenSocial and other social networking platforms. Happening June 9-11, 2008 in the Washington, DC area, this event is for both business executives and technical developers who want […]
Dippity Makes Lifestream Visuals
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford May 9th, 2008 in Facebook News, social media, widgets.Dippity makes really cool lifestream visuals that allow you to see a timeline for blog posts, tweets, rss feeds, video, etc. As we are are all starting to feel like we are drowning from the our lifestreams, a tool comes along and rolls it all up into an easy way to consume in a tiny […]
Goundswell. You Must Read This Book
4 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford April 16th, 2008 in Branding, business, social media.Goundswell is a new book by Charlene Li & Josh Bernoff from Forrester Research. Rating:
While attending the Forrester Marketing Forum conference on Social Media I had the opportunity to interview The authors of this book: Groundswell “Winning in a world transformed by social technologies”.
This book is a must read for any brand manager, marketing […]
HR Block Has Social Media Savvy
6 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford April 15th, 2008 in Branding, Facebook Applications, business, social media. HR Block Gets Social Media: I recently had the pleasure is speaking with Amy Worley who is the director of digital marketing at HR Block while attending the Forrester conference in LA.
HR Block has done a great job of having their brand participate in social media sites like facebook, myspace, second life and twitter. […]
Two Roads Diverged: A Deeper Look at MySpace Media Initiatives and the Evolution of Social Media
2 Comments Published by Blake Robinson April 11th, 2008 in Branding, Facebook, MySpace, social media, social networks.It’s been 24 hours since News Corp announced an international distribution arrangement with MySpaceTV and ShineReveille that would make shows like “Quarterlife” and “Roommates” available to wider audiences, perhaps producing localized versions for some areas. It’s also been about a week since an even bigger bombshell was dropped with the announcement of MySpace Music […]
Cisco Boils Down Web 2.0 For Business
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford April 3rd, 2008 in Branding, facebook Business, social media, social networks.Cisco Boils Down Web 2.0 For Business: Get the truth about web2.0 Check out this streaming webinar event today at Cisco at 10:00 a.m. PST. It features Jeremiah Owyang From Forrester Research & Robert Scoble (we just a video interview with him a few days ago here).
This looks like it will really help CMO, Business […]
Scoble & Rumford Discuss Social Media
5 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford March 31st, 2008 in Branding, Facebook, social media, social networks, twitter. World renowned Blogger & Video Producer at FastComapny TV Robert Scoble and I discuss how brands can engage on social networks.
We were both in Hollywood for the Community Next Forum on saturday. We cover some of the reasons why companies and brands need to be on social networks like facebook, myspace, Hi5, friendster, […]
Indiana bans sex offenders from social media
0 Comments Published by Blake Robinson March 26th, 2008 in Facebook, social media, social networks.Lawmakers in Indiana have recently pushed a bill through its General Assembly that will outright prohibit convicted sex offenders from using social networks, IM and chat rooms. Additionally, the convicts will be required to register their email addresses every year and to alert the state within 72 hours of changing it. The penalty for non-compliance […]
