Five Years
I never thought I’d be in San Francisco for five years. When I moved to the City by the Bay in July of 2009, I honestly thought I wouldn’t “make it.”
It’s not goodbye…it’s see you around the office!
Four years ago, I made the best decision of my life. I packed up my apartment in Colorado and moved to San Francisco – a city I had fallen in love with the year before. Little did I know, it wasn’t just the city I’d continue to fall in love with.
Getting back to community
I’ve been thinking a lot about social media lately. I know, you’re probably thinking, “Well, that’s good because it’s your job.” But social digs much deeper for me than just my job.
New Facebook Pages for Brands: What does it mean for Community Managers?
Facebook has gone and done it again! They’ve made some changes that will affect brand pages by March 30th. I’ve taken a little time (an hour or so) to try and digest some of the changes and interpret them through the Community Engagement lens.
Change: A Love/Hate Relationship
There must be a new year coming up because change is in the air.
3 Tactics to Not Get Hidden in the News Feed
Facebook has already made it easy to hide other members’ status updates if you no longer wish to read them in your news feed. Now, you can keep others from reading your updates as well. The New York Times recently published an article detailing “How to Hide From Friends You Don’t Like,” further instilling the fear we all have when engaging in social media. While this may be a plus in the personal sphere, it’s a little frightening for brands that also appear within the same pages of Facebook.
On friendship, social media, and the beauty that exists when these two worlds collide
This morning, I woke up to a Tweet. It wasn’t just the typical @reply or RT I usually wake up to. This Tweet lead me to a completely unexpected, unsolicited, but not at all unrequited #blogcrush post written by Elisa of Ophelia’s Webb.
Social and Mobile Collide at WOMMA Wine Wednesday
Context Optional partnered with WOMMA to host our first Wine Wednesday event yesterday. We’re big supporters of WOMMA and their mission to further the practice of word of mouth marketing. The non-profit represents marketers, researchers, service providers and agencies and is helping to pave the way for our industry. We were excited to join forces with them last night.
