Community Management

January 4, 2009

Key Social Philosophies:

Doing social media takes a lot of work, understand what you’re getting into.
Putting a personal voice on official communications is always important.
The technology is always changing, know what you’re getting into before diving in.
Take risks, those companies and individuals who aren’t afraid to innovate are the ones who will succeed.

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About Jonathan Coffman

January 4, 2009

From Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Myspace and beyond – social media is here to stay. You need a guide through the landscape who has developed proven strategies and tools to enhance communication and conversation.
With a background in journalism and product development Jonathan can help you build transparency, trustworthiness, and most of all, conversation with your clients [...]

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Find and Follow Jonathan

January 4, 2009

You can find Jonathan on the following social networking sites:

Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
Flickr
Delicious
StumbleUpon

Or do a Google Search for his name or his online identity.

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My Email Process

December 1, 2008

I find it fascinating to learn about how others use technology in their lives so today, I present: how retrieve and process email.

First off, I’m not a GTD person, that sounds all fine and dandy but really doesn’t work so well for me. I DO try to stay organized but let’s be honest, I work [...]

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How I Use Twitter

November 21, 2008

I spend a lot of time each day with Twitter, both as a user and as a trainer of the tool to others. What’s amazing is that it’s a tool that’s not easy to explain, and yet when people get it, they GET it.
Before we move forward, take a look at some of my posts [...]

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Top 3 Twitter Tips

November 18, 2008

Top 3 Twitter Tips
Whenever I tell someone that I work in social media (and explain to them that social media is things like blogs, wikis, Twitter, Facebook, etc) they almost always come back and ask me what Twitter is and why someone would use it.
I’ll save that post for another day (although I’ve written about [...]

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Top 4 tips from Twitter Users to News Organizations

November 13, 2008

A long while back I asked my Twitter following to tell me what advice they would give to a news organization (or any company really) thinking about getting started on this platform. Here’s what they had to say:

@ddmcd – “Don’t Twitter anonymously — identify real people with specific addresses.”
@shawnr – “Tell them to NOT add [...]

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Advances In Widget Distribution

October 21, 2008

I’ve been working pretty hard recently on developing a local/national widget strategy and in doing so I’ve seen a lot of really cool widgets out and about the world. We all know by now that distributing your content widely is key to reaching eyeballs and advancing your message.
What is so cool now is that widgets [...]

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Notice Anything Different? My Site Has A New Color Scheme!

October 16, 2008

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been working with a talented young person to revise and revamp the look and feel of my blog. The new design went live sometime last week but in case you only get my posts via Email or RSS – visit the site and take a look.
I’ve brightened things [...]

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