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I'm an analytics and data leader with a marketing and product mindset. I hold an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a computer science degree from MIT. (More.) The views expressed on this site are my own.
Category Archives: Social Media
Kicking off your crowdsourced fundraising with dynamite
Ever caused sales of $14,000 $18,000 in a day [ETA as of 10/6 1am: $50,000 in two days] for a product you off-handedly mentioned you were buying? If you’re a fan of good design and of Apple products in particular, … Continue reading
Posted in Business models, Marketing, Social Media
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The New News – Real-time and Overwhelming
What happens now when there’s breaking news? This happens: I’ve gotten my news mostly in real time since 1997, thanks to MIT’s zephyr instant message system, and one of the wonderful things about Twitter is expanding that to more people … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Social Media
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Social media confidence is about hiring
So many executives are scared of stepping into social media – they’ll lose control of their company’s image, they need to route all comments through Legal, they’ll see a giant drop in productivity if they stop blocking Facebook on the … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Social Media
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The Ten Best Ideas from BlogPotomac
My recap from BlogPotomac is now up on the company blog. The short version: Shel Holtz: I don’t know how you establish a long-term community around a movie. Shireen Mitchell: Watching on TV is different from being there in person, … Continue reading
Posted in Conference, Marketing, Social Media
Tagged ambercadabra, blogpotomac, digitalsista, dougmeacham, geoffliving, lizstrauss, scottmonty, shashib, shel, Social Media
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Politics Online Conference writeups
I was lucky enough this year to be able to attend parts of the Politics Online Conference, run by the Institute for Politics, Democracy, and the Internet at George Washington University. It was a great event, with interesting topics/speakers and … Continue reading