Category Archives: freaky_deaky

happy birthday, blog sister…

Written by jeneane on November 3, 2009 — 3 Comments

allied turns 8.
and that’s really really hard to believe.

Those were the days my friends, I kinda thought they’d end.

Written by jeneane on September 26, 2009 — Leave a Comment

Jeaneane Sessum, Chris Locke – Kat Herding Media – a great parody site by up-and-coming PR consultant Kat Herding and her buff assistant Jeremy.

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The Jazz of Social Media

Written by jeneane on June 7, 2009 — 5 Comments

I came across a good article in AdWeek about how and why social media differs from the broadcast mindset. In the article, Paul Gunning explains that while companies are rushing ahead into social media as the next-best-shiny-new-way-to-build-their-brand strategy, they haven’t yet crossed the reality chasm. Gunning describes this headlong blind rush into social media as [...]

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More Flawed Research: “Turn To” vs “The Because Effect”

Written by jeneane on June 1, 2009 — 2 Comments

The problem with the research discussed here, which posits that social media doesn’t drive sales, even though companies using social sites (i.e. participating on the Internet’s many social intranets) say that activity DOES drive revenue, is that they’re asking the wrong question: “What proportion of social media users TURN TO social media when making purchasing [...]

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News Flash: Men Follow Men (oh and so do women) on Twitter

Written by jeneane on June 1, 2009 — Leave a Comment

New Harvard Research suggests a Man of Twitter (MOT) is almost twice as likely to follow another MOT than a Woman of Twitter (WOT).
And in other news, Hell is still HOT.
The NEWS to me is that Harvard finds this trend stunning:
These results are stunning given what previous research has found in the context of online [...]

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the WB and mommy blogging and also Detroit

Written by jeneane on May 31, 2009 — 7 Comments

also posted over at allied…
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Kelly at Kdidddy has a great recap of her recent trip to the (former) motor city, the glory, the tragedy, the vinyl, the husband, the house music, the to be continued, and the pictures.
OH and the writing. I’ve been reading way more ‘mommybloggers/parenting bloggers’ than usual recently because of a project [...]

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Everyone Using The Google

Written by jeneane on May 18, 2009 — 1 Comment

I’ve had three experiences in the past week where normal people have talked to me about my online writing. By normal, I mean people that use the Internet, not people who write the Internet. In other words, not you people. Not the twittersphere or blogsphere regulars, but rather regular people who googled me.
OH I forgot [...]

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Menopause Poster Woman

Written by jeneane on May 18, 2009 — 1 Comment

Listen up. You all knew me across the blogs back in 01. I was 39. Now I’m approaching 50 – I’ll be 47 in June. Sure, it may be 8 years of blogging to you, but it’s two decades in brain-hormone-wtf-happened-to-me time. I think it’s menopause, and I’ll know for sure exactly how much or [...]

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Delete Me

Written by admin on May 17, 2009 — 5 Comments

So hey, this is Chris tellin ya about a few things. Nuke this post after reading.
First, this is the WP Framework theme. Check your “Appearance” tab for more info. It’s dirt simple, but customizable to give you anything you may need. It’s one possibility.
Second, I made a new header graphic, and more important, actually got it [...]

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