social networks

Selected Lisacast podcasts

Rebroadcasting a few podcasts:

AirCongress
Alan Levy, BlogTalkRadio
David Fox, Biomimicry Institute
Department of Defense
Don Pierce
Dr. Wang
Elad Yoran
ExpoTV
Claire Ulrich and Thierry Bezier
Gina Bianchini, (Ning)
Jan Sandred (video)
Jeff Robbins, Lullabot
John Battell, Federated Media
Jon Hammond, Musician
Rafael Martinez Alequin, Journalist
Korea to LA to NY
Lee Dryburg, Ecomm
Lemenshtrich Latar Ofer School of Communication, Israel
Liad Agmon, Delver.com
Jeff Crigler, Voxant
Marcien Jenckes, Voxant
Marla Cilly, The Fly Lady
Sean Wise, Mentor Capital
Steve Gal, ProQuo.com
Sun Microsystems
Thomas Frostberg, SF Chronicle Journalist
Thomas J. Buckholtz
Vipul Vias , Skewz
Rafe Needleman, Webware

How Are People Really Using LinkedIn?

How Are People Really Using LinkedIn? INFOGRAPHIC http://ht.ly/5AxCk 61% of LinkedIn users use LinkedIn as their primary social network

Ready to Spend Timeless Hours Creating Another Social Profile?

Ready to spend timeless hours creating another social profile with groups and learn a new interface? i.e. anyone looking for a google+ invite? #googleplus #google+ #ihatehashtags

Save Face, careful what you fan

This afternoon I received a message from a Facebook friend (not a ‘real’ friend, I’ve never met this person.) It was an invite to become a fan of a Facebook page for Target (or a Target affiliate.) I’m not against fanning, but some fan pages on Facebook are misleading and in fact, can quickly and easily damage your reputation with the social network you’ve built up.

Here is the invite, it sounds pretty good, right?

The invite generated by Facebook.

Of course it does. I can’t leave Target without spending over $80.00, so this would come in handy for me. I am the target demographic. Mother, with little time need an all-in-one stop, bargain shopping consumer. So far, so good. Clicking through, with faith, I see deeper.

Step 1 is shown...

I am trusting. Too trusting. I click the button that says “Become a Fan”, thinking already about how I will be spending the $500.00. Then, ….the gotcha!

They made me a fan, and gave me nothing in return

Now the stipulation is revealed. “IMPORTANT: If you do not invite all of your friends you may not be eligible.”  With several hundred friends (I respect) on Facebook, I would be weary of sending them this invite. How horrible to have them feel the same feeling I just did, and associate that feeling with my name, my company, my brand, my product and so on. Clicking Step 1 made me a fan, so I will have to go unfan the page now.

Careful what you click. As far as I’m concerned, whoever started that Fan page owes me $80.00 for my help in pointing out poor business practices surrounding them.

Careful what you click.