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What Makes Social Media Producers Tick?

Walter — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:39:00 +0000

We are weird creatures! (source) One of the advantages/disadvantages of being an obsessive-compulsive blogger is that I not only dig the various theories of Influence 2.0, but live them on a daily basis too. While not all bloggers are alike – just as not all mothers, students, pastors or criminals are – there are certain […]

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Death of Blogging?

Walter — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:35:00 +0000

Are blogs destined for the grave? (courtesy of Greg Ortega) Are blogs heading the way of the Dodo? Or would they be here for the long haul? Here is an extension of Steve Rubel’s thoughts on whether our obsession with newer and more summarised all-in-one platforms may lead to the demise of the beloved blog. […]

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Are We Chasing Bright Shiny Objects?

Walter — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:54:00 +0000

Read this brilliant post by Steve Rubel of Micro Persuasion fame. The main thrust of his post is that it still all boils down to understanding good old human behaviour as opposed to simply chasing the latest, greatest and coolest out there in the planet. Quoting from him: “…Every day it seems there’s a hot […]

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The Exciting World of Social Media

Walter — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:50:00 +0000

Podtech.net’s Jeremiah Owyang with The Digital Movement’s founder Steve Ng At the recent iX-TDM New Media Forum, I had the privilege of meeting and hearing from Jeremiah Owyang. The director of corporate media strategy at Podtech.net, Jeremiah is a social media consultant to big guns like HP, Cisco and Hitachi. In his session, he spoke […]

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One More Day To Go – iX-TDM New Media Forum

Walter — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:59:00 +0000

OK folks, for those who are in the know (and even those who aren’t), there are a couple of huge geek fests hitting town this week. One of them is iX Conference 2007 which is happening over the next couple of days at Suntec. Part of it is the iX-TDM New Media Forum happening at […]

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Social Media Relations

Walter — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:30:00 +0000

Came across this excellent piece from the net savvy executive on how one should manage and deal with bloggers, podcasters, you-tubers and other digital denizens. They have coined a new term for it called Social Media Relations. This could be an interesting offshoot from traditional public relations which is usually more concerned with Main Stream […]

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Weapons of Mass Distraction

Walter — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:27:00 +0000

Was emailing to both Ivan Chew and Siva, when the idea for this blog post struck me. After all, in the age of digital democratization, time is probably the most scarce resource. We only have 24 hours a day, and there is only this much you can do. Here are some modern day Weapons of […]

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