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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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Why Doesn’t Facebook Embrace Social Media?

October 14, 2008

Facebook is the 900 pound gorilla in the room when it comes to consumer’s ideas about “social media” and “social networking”, So why doesn’t Facebook embrace that fact and have a conversation with their own community?
Sure, they’re want to be a public company, they’ve got thousands of employees, millions of dollars worth of bills, and [...]

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Hurricane Ike Media Review: Judging Criteria

September 15, 2008

As I mentioned yesterday, I’m going to be writing reviews of the local and national media’s response to Hurricane Ike this past weekend.
What I’ll focus on:

Update frequency
Web site usability
User generated content solicitation and usage
Multi-media coverage
Distribution of content outside the “walled garden”
Innovation, or lack thereof in coverage

Where I’m coming from:

I have family who lives in a [...]

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Why I’d Make A Good Social Media Club Board Member

July 14, 2008

—Please Vote For Me, Jonathan Coffman for Social Media Club Board Member by clicking here (voting is open until Thursday —
I’ll try to keep this post short and sweet, but I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and my ideas for the SMC.
If you weren’t already aware, I am a candidate for the [...]

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Twitter, A Journalist’s Best Friend

April 25, 2008

Here’s a little nugget and inspiration I’d love to get some feedback from the masses on:

I wasn’t actually able to take in any of this live last week, but the amazing power of Twitter can do a reporter’s work for them. Take a look at the first-hand accounts of people who felt the earthquake last [...]

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Mollom – Spam Control and More

April 24, 2008

I came across this service a little earlier in the week and can’t wait to give it a try! It is quite possibly the first real competitor to Akismet for community spam filtering and control. The Drupal community is all up in arms with praise for the beta-service.
Sometime next week I think I’ll toss it [...]

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A Personal Update

April 19, 2008

Today’s post has two different themes, 1) a change in blog format and 2) my job search.
I wanted to start out by saying that I’ve changed the way things work on here a little. After getting several emails, I re-evaluated having my Twitter updates archive to my blog. I’ve decided that there isn’t very much [...]

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The Twitter Song by Alana Taylor

April 15, 2008

I was sent a link to this YouTube video earlier this week and just the opportunity to watch it. It’s a great example of how a fanatical user base can benefit your company and your content. The video is reporting over 1,200 views, and it didn’t cost Twitter anything.
When you engage your community and provide [...]

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When A Podcast Isn’t Just A Podcast

April 10, 2008

I had a great IM conversation last night with a podcast author regarding my post from a few days ago about the death of podcasting. He seemed to agree on many levels and was hoping for some advice because he’s feeling trapped in his current podcast network and not sure how to venture out on [...]

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