Knowing how to use social media in your professional and personal life has become more of a requirement than an option these days, and luckily, there’s a local Social Media Club to help you find your way. You’ve taken some chances and learned some lessons. You’ve hit some pot holes and rejoiced in some exciting [...]
Archive for January, 2010
11 Jan
Seven Tips for Businesses Engaging with Social Media
By Jessica Cook Woodrum, Director of New Media, ADCO Let’s focus on how businesses right here in the Midlands can engage with social media. The reality is—social media is here to stay. It’s a part of our lives. It’s changing the way we do business and the way we communicate. In short, social media is [...]
11 Jan
What is a Tweet, Anyway?
By Jessica Cook Woodrum, Director of New Media, ADCO I’ve heard Twitter described in many ways. Many users call it micro-blogging—sharing brief, blog-like messages (text and multimedia) with an online community. Others think of it as a kind of online cocktail party that allows users to drop in and out of conversations freely. Still more [...]
11 Jan
Are You Linked Out?
By Jessica Cook Woodrum, Director of New Media, ADCO LinkedIn does not have the huge user base or the interactive features of Facebook and MySpace. It does not provide users with the feeling that they are a part of the next wave of social media like Twitter or Tumblr. It does not offer the targeted [...]
11 Jan
Do You facebook? Should I?
By Jessica Cook Woodrum, Director of New Media, ADCO It’s happened. My parents (ages 61 and 53) are on Facebook. They’re writing on my wall, posting photographs of their last vacation, and calling to ask me why my status says that I’m drinking a nice Pinot Grigio on a work night. It’s clear that the [...]
11 Jan
An Introduction to Social Networking
By Jessica Cook Woodrum, Director of New Media, ADCO I keep getting calls. They’re from clients or people who know that I “deal” in the Web, and they’re all asking me some form of the same question. Some ask, “What the heck is a Tweet?” Others cry out in frustrated exasperation, “Everyone keeps talking about [...]
