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Why a Final BlogPotomac: Social Media Really Is Dead

With more than 3600 Tweets (3300 day of) and most blog posts written about last Friday’s BlogPotomac singing its praises (here’s one negative review and an unhappy happy hour attendee), many have been asking me why hold a final modified unconference? I cited two reasons, one of which was a desire to recapture some of [...]

Attending to BlogPotomac 2009

For the next few days, I will be absent on the Buzz Bin as I attend to and recover from my unconference, BlogPotomac. Expect to see me return to the Buzz Bin during the middle of next week. The schedule of events for BlogPotomac has been posted. Check it out! While the event is sold [...]

The Women of BlogPotomac

Ticket Update: Approximately 30% of the 150 paid-for BlogPotomac seats have already been sold since tickets officially went on sale two weeks ago. At the current pace, BlogPotomac (June 12 at the State Theatre in Falls Church) will be sold out by April 1.  Don’t miss out, register today!  Any profits from BlogPotomac 2009 will [...]

Using Our Social Networks to Affect Change

In the past two years I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with great minds like Brian Solis on my book, and later folks like Toby Bloomberg, Jason Falls, Amber Naslund and Beth Harte on blog posts. This week I collaborated with Joseph Jaffe for one of his Jaffe Juice podcasts; a fantastic discussion about how [...]

2009: Hot or Not

Here’s a slightly different take on the customary predictions post on 2009 social media trends… A campy Hot and Not list. Here we go: Smartphone of the Digerati Hot: Blackberry Storm (image from cellfanatic) Not: iPhone (thank you, Walmart!) Marketing Blogger Hot: Amber Naslund Not: Seth Godin Corporate Social Media Tool Hot: Radian6 Not: Blog [...]

BlogPotomac 2009 Features Great Minds

It’s a new year, and now more than ever it seems we still need great, affordable events to learn about social media best practices.  BlogPotomac 2009 will be held on the second Friday of June this year (June 12) at the State Theatre again.  Like last year, 2009’s line-up features seven sessions from some of [...]

The French Mob Storms Twitterville Again

The recent herd mentality on Twitter reminds me of the French mob screaming for aristocrats’ blood. Break out the guillotine! First it was Motrin, then it was the Matt Bacak smeering (I did think he crossed a line, but still the response was excessive), and most recently the portrayal of Chris Brogan — of all [...]