A report released by Altimeter shows an astonishing number of social media accounts managed by 140 large (over 1000 employees) companies. Can you imagine the brand and risk management needed for 40 corporate Twitter accounts? No wonder Jeremiah Owyang is worried about SM folks becoming “help desk” staff. (via Number of Corporate Social Media Accounts On Rise: Risk of “Social Media Help Desk” « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing)
A simply stunning collection of minimalist posters of well-known fairy tales. (via Super Punch: Fairy tale posters)
One of many articles out there right now offering rather provocative titles on Google+’s potential prowess as a social networking platform. The author makes some sound arguments, but I think it’s too early to make calls on whether Twitter, Facebook, or other networks go the way of the digital dodo.
Very clear and helpful advice from Amber Naslund (@AmberCadabra) on setting up both social media policies (more formalized rules) and guidelines (to guide employee involvement).
Gorgeous and informative infographic that shows statistics on when to post to Twitter and Facebook.
This article describes another in a series of destructive “flash mobs” occurring in Philadelphia. The author spends most of the text defining how these incidents are far different in intent and character from more “standard” flash mobs and how journalists are using the term incorrectly. Some alternate names given by the commenters include “smash mob” and “flash riot,” both of which I think are more accurate.
A clear and helpful article that explains what “MT” means in a tweet and how it’s used. I’ve been seeing more instances of its use and think it’s a nice community-created addition.
Good read on “ethical tweeting” that describes how a political organization on Twitter created fake retweets to promote a politically-slanted website. The tweets posed as the President and several prominent US politicians. To be honest, I’m surprised this type of incident hasn’t happened at such a visible level before now.
Very interesting article by Business Insider on the stumbling blocks “high achievers” end up facing as their careers, market forces, and the world around them shifts and changes. I can completely identify with the part about admitting vulnerability and asking for help … that can be a hard pill to swallow.
