http://www.jeneane.net Jeneane Sessum Puts the "So" in Social Media Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:13:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en allied turns 8. and that's really really hard to believe. http://www.jeneane.net/?p=129 Jeaneane Sessum, Chris Locke – Kat Herding Media – a great parody site by up-and-coming PR consultant Kat Herding and her buff assistant Jeremy. http://www.jeneane.net/?p=118 http://www.jeneane.net/?p=110 I think everyone has gotten the memo by now: TechCrunch stopped honoring embargoes from PR people a long while back. And today, TC has still stopped honoring embargoes. Elvis also remains out of the building. It's understandable Mike doesn't want to deal with embargoes because he spends time writing stories that ... http://www.jeneane.net/?p=104 In news flying about today, you may see mention of bTrendie. That'd be a GOOD thing. (Why you might not see this news is another post, coming soon to a snarky social media blog near you.)  Several of my esteemed blogosphere cohorts, plus yours truly, are helping bTrendie bring a ... http://www.jeneane.net/?p=90 [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="Coltrane Speaks"][/caption] 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. ... http://www.jeneane.net/?p=74 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 ... http://www.jeneane.net/?p=67 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 ... http://www.jeneane.net/?p=62 also posted over at allied... ------------ 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 ... http://www.jeneane.net/?p=57 Thanks to Toby at Diva Marketing for including me in the who's who of Atlanta-based social media consultants. Toby got to wondering where the women were and decided to answer the question herself. Of course, if I had made the list, she'd be at the top! It's been 2,033,911 Internet years ... http://www.jeneane.net/?p=53