by Rob Cottingham | Jan 20, 2011 | Social Media, Social Signal
Ever feel like you’re working for a firm called Weneda Communications?
You know what I mean. You have an endless stream of people knocking on your office door and saying, “Hey, Weneda Facebook Page.” Or “Weneda blog.” Or “Weneda YouTube channel.”
(At l…
by Rob Cottingham | Jan 15, 2011 | Social Media, Social Signal
Two back-to-back stories on Wired’s Danger Room may well presage a change in the way organizations approach social media.
Unfollowed: Pentagon Deletes Social Media Office:
At a time when Facebook has 500 million users and Twitter is closing in on 20…
by Rob Cottingham | Jan 10, 2011 | Social Media, Social Signal, Vancouver
Heads up, Vancouverites: next week, my workshop The Art of Social Media begins its six-week run Monday evenings at Emily Carr University of Art and Design:
An introduction to social media for people who want to use social media as a platform for creat…
by Rob Cottingham | Jan 3, 2011 | Social Media, Social Signal
The year that started with Angry Birds and wrapped up with Angry Delicious Users is finally over.
I’ve spent the past week (between meals of turkey leftovers) doodling my cartoon retrospective of the year in social media – and I think I showed tremendo…
by Rob Cottingham | Dec 14, 2010 | Social Signal, Vancouver
Last week, the Vancouver Police Department launched their Twitter presence with a day-long marathon of tweeting the calls that came into the force. It was a success, rocketing them from zero to well over 1,800 followers that afternoon.
I got to commen…
by Rob Cottingham | Dec 5, 2010 | How to..., Social Signal
It’s come up three or four times at workshops I’ve conducted in the past few weeks: people who work for organizations with an entry in Wikipedia, wondering whether and how they can edit it – if, for instance, misinformation creeps in. (I’m assuming you…