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About Jonathan Coffman

by 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 [...]

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My Email Process

by Jonathan Coffman 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 [...]

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Top 3 Twitter Tips

by Jonathan Coffman 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 [...]

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Advances In Widget Distribution

by Jonathan Coffman 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 [...]

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

by Jonathan Coffman 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 [...]

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99% Of Incoming Students Connect on Facebook Prior to Class

by Jonathan Coffman October 13, 2008

Yesterday I ran across a fascinating article saying that 99% of Amherst College freshman had already connected on Facebook via an “Amherst College Class of 2012” Group. Out of the 438 registered freshman, 432 had joined that specific FB Group the week before classes even started. Lately I’ve been hearing more and more about how [...]

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Hurricane Ike Media Review: KHOU.com

by Jonathan Coffman September 15, 2008

Among the Houston based local media scene, KHOU is a solid contender and very popular station. Like the other local network affiliates they had “wall to wall” coverage on-air and online. Their broadcast transmission was also being streamed live online. I do want to preface each of these reviews with the web technology or content [...]

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Hurricane Ike Media Review: Judging Criteria

by Jonathan Coffman 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 [...]

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Time For A Comeback (I'm renewed, refreshed, and ready to blog)

by Jonathan Coffman September 1, 2008

It’s been way too long since I last posted to my blog here. For that, I apollogize. It seems (and I plan to analyze this a little more later this week) that the more I Twitter and micro-blog, the more my full blog suffers. I’ve effectually decided to put my site and blog on hold, [...]

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