Today, on seeing an email from Social Media Examiner (@smexaminer) that carried the link to Technorati's recently published 2013 Digital Influence Report, I rushed over to their site and read up on this replacement for "State of the Blogsphere" from past…
Daniel Edelman, one of the giants of corporate public relations, passed away this week. The Wall Street Journal had a nice remembrance in Wednesday's issue. He was 92 and had only recently stopped going to the Chicago office of Edelman Public Relations,…
A new report by Gartner called “The Consequences of Fake Fans, ‘Likes’ and Reviews on Social Networks predicts that, by 2014, one in ten reviews, likes or fans of your social media presence will be fake. Mashable covered the report…
Klout just has pushed out a major update to its online influencer scoring system. (UPDATE: Klout Closed.) Here's what they have to say: More Actions Measured There are more variables in the algorithm, including Facebook subscribers, +K received, and more.…
The Wall Street Journal reflected on Klout.com last week in John Bussey's column "The Business." He was referencing a couple of books recently published including Mark Schaefer's "Return on Influence: The Revolutionary Power of Klout, Social Scoring, and Influence Marketing." …
Chief Marketing Officer. Chief Client Service Officer. Chief Cook and Bottle Washer. "What's in a name?" asked the bard. "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."Where's the love of this chiefdom coming from? My friend Heather Milligan…
As my current work is within law firms, I have had a number of years to observe the peculiar culture of these entities. This really proceeds from the nature of their organization and governance. Aside from the psychology (possibly aberrant)…