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Are Digg and Delicious Outdated?
By: Chrissy Hugyez
06/29/2009 - For social media savvy savants, Digg and Delicious are two familiar tools that help you bookmark and share news with colleagues and friends. But a competitor may soon dethrone the popular sites to make way for a new Web 3.0 generation. According to Fast Company,…
A Solid 'B' on Twitter Grader - What's Your Score?
By: Justin Lopinot
06/23/2009 - Only a few months into my Twitter experience, and I'm already certified as "Twitter Elite" for St. Louis. What am I talking about? Let me tell you. I stumbled across the Web site called Twitter Grader. You can enter your Twitter name (or "handle" as…
Pharma is 18 Months Behind in Social Media
By: Beth Minnigerode
06/08/2009 - According to a recent study by Forrester Research, pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies are well behind every other industry in utilizing online community building and social networking techniques. As the report states, there may be regulatory reasons for this, but there are strategies these…
Is Facebook No Longer 'Far Out' to Baby Boomers?
By: Justin Lopinot
06/02/2009 - Baby Boomers, once the fastest-growing age group on Facebook, are abandoning the social networking site in recent months, according to an analysis released on June 1 by Inside Facebook. The analysis ponders some possible reasons why older Americans are not using new communication tools like Facebook.…
Twitter for Event Promotion, Collaboration and Community Building
By: Marijean Jaggers
06/01/2009 - "It all started on Twitter," said Steve Whitaker, kicking off the first-ever pie bake off in the community of Charlottesville, Va. The C'ville Pie Down, as the event came to be known, started with an innocent tweet. First, Jamie Schwartz of Brown Automotive, a local…
CHO Featured in Charlottesville Social Media Story on WCAV CBS-19
By: Marijean Jaggers
05/14/2009 - Charlottesville Albemarle Airport's executive director Barbara Hutchinson is featured for her use of social media tools, including Twitter and the JetBlast blog in a story that will air tonight at 6pm on WCAV CBS-19. We gained a preview, via Twitter, on YouTube before the broadcast.…
New to the Blogosphere? READ THIS FIRST
By: Marijean Jaggers
05/11/2009 - If you're new to blogging, or reading blogs, there are a few things you need to know. Dooce is the most popular single-author blog in the English language. Its author is Heather B. Armstrong. Do not call her "Dooce"; you aren't cool enough. If you…
Building Authenticity Into Your Advertising
By: Beth Minnigerode
05/04/2009 - We've all heard how social media is changing the effectiveness of traditional advertising - just watch the entertaining video below about a consumer "breaking up" with advertising. For companies that are still running ads, it's important to get the biggest bang for your buck. One…
Swine Flu and Reliable News via Twitter
By: Marijean Jaggers
04/28/2009 - Tonight on WCAV CBS-19's 5pm newscast I'll be talking about the swine flu pandemic panic being proliferated via Twitter. (Luckily I don't have to say that sentence on camera.) The story has to do with the information being shared via Twitter by sources that may…
Charlottesville Blog of the Week
By: Marijean Jaggers
04/17/2009 - The Newsplex and specifically Jim Hanchett, news director, has started an interesting segment on WCAV CBS-19 in Charlottesville. Jim's idea was to begin to connect the TV watching audience with the local blogosphere by featuring a different area blog each week. The segment, which appears…
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