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Nine (or ten) ways to stumble in social media

6 February, 2008
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by Rob Cottingham

Last week's presentation at the Vancouver High-Tech Communicators' Exchange was a great time: a really engaged audience, provocative and challenging questions, and a razor-sharp co-presenter – mi amigo Kris Krüg. (Catch Dave Olson's amazingly thorough account here.) We took a look at marketing with social media, through the lens of some very successful efforts.

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Cartoon: Survival in the workplace

24 June, 2007
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by Rob Cottingham

(two people at a water cooler) I knew a kid like you once. Arrogant. Cocksure. Thought he didn't need to join a social network. Then one day he just... stopped existing.

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Lijit: a social web search widget

27 February, 2007
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by Rob Cottingham

I've just installed a nifty new widget on my personal blog. Called the Lijit, it uses Google to allow users to search my blog. Not a huge deal, you say? True enough.

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Looking at the Liberal leadership web sites

2006 Political campaigns engage with social web, but fall short in building vibrant online communities

4 October, 2006
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by Rob Cottingham

Political campaigns are supposed to be innovators when it comes to the online world; witness the breakout success of the Howard Dean campaign and the increasing significance of blogs in U.S. politics.

So whenever an election is underway, it's worth having a look at how campaigns are using the web and the power of online community – and in Canada, the big electoral news right now is the Liberal Party's leadership campaign.

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