I was invited yesterday morning to the Biz Stone press conference hosted by the College of Management in Tel Aviv, Israel. For me personally, it was very exciting to meet one of the founders of the social platform that I love [...]
I was invited yesterday morning to the Biz Stone press conference hosted by the College of Management in Tel Aviv, Israel. For me personally, it was very exciting to meet one of the founders of the social platform that I love [...]
The New Journalist in the Age of Social Media
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New Media Lab brings together nonprofits, citizen journalists, social media experts
I’m at Day 2 of a [...]
Olivia Ma on YouTube as a news channel from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
During the recent annual conference of the Online News Association in San Francisco, I had a chance to sit down (literally on the floor) with Olivia [...]
At the beginning of November I wrote an article titled Why I love public transportation and hate HP after a horrible customer service experience with HP where I had to wait two hours for technical service [...]
How to use Lists to monitor your personal & professional brands
There’s been a lot of talk about Twitter Lists. How do you use them? How can they be improved? What is Twitter hoping to do with them … down the road? Not [...]
It’s a shiny, real-time monitoring and metrics tool for social Web
Back in May, I wrote about a demo presentation I had received from Sysomos and called their new technology [...]
With the new platforms of openness, all you need is social love
These days we’re living a historian’s wet dream. We are consistently recording history through all our social tools. Our actions, feelings, [...]
After a hit presentation at The CMO [Chief Marketing Officer] Club Summit in San Francisco on how to kick ass on Twitter, I asked Guy Kawasaki if he could go over his top three “must do” tips for businesses that [...]
At The CMO [Chief Marketing Officer] Club Summit in San Francisco, I spoke with film producer Jon Landau (‘Titanic,’ ‘Dick Tracy,’ ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ and the upcoming ‘Avatar’) about keeping film bloggers, like “Ain’t It Cool News” [...]
Ford’s social media efforts from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
Scott Monty & team take integrated approach rather than focus on short-term campaignsMajor corporations have begun jumping into the social media pool. One of the biggest success stories this [...]
We all complain about public transportation. It’s slow. It’s crowded. It’s delayed. It’s boring. Public transportation can be miserable, but for me it’s not anymore. It’s not because San Francisco MUNI and BART [...]
Improving your presentation skills from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
If you give presentations or speeches in public — ranging from a workshop panel appearance to a keynote lecture — chances are that you could benefit from sharpening your presentation [...]
Joanna Lord on SEM and social media from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
This summer I had the chance to sit down, on a sun-splashed day in Santa Monica, with Joanna Lord, a colleague at Socialmedia.biz who’s a leading industry expert [...]
Aneesh Chopra, the U.S. Chief Technology Officer.
Social networks becoming more relevant to offline livesI have been to every Web 2.0 Summit since its launch except for one (when I [...]
Anthony Edwards of “ER” fame did his first tweet — to raise funds for the first children’s pediatric training hospital in Africa.
Bloggers, journalism, celebrities and what the future holdsThere was [...]
Dia de Los Muertos dancers, photo by Kwan Booth
Today, after months of planning and programming, a new community news site went live: Oakland Local. And while there are now thousands of hyperlocal, city– or region-focused citizen media sites [...]
I had the coolest interview recently. The gang from Metanomics invited me to take part in the Metanomics Community Forum yesterday “in world” in Second Life, where I spent an hour in open conversation with around 35-plus folks [...]
Top 10 Pharma Efforts In Social Media
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This slide show on Top 10 Pharma Efforts In Social Media has been getting traction on Slideshare.net (2,400 views and [...]
In today’s world where we have an option of which search engine to use, we find ourselves perplexed regarding the question: Is Google the best that search can be? Even for those of us who consider ourselves to be Web [...]
In a world in which everyone seems to be a chicken little speaking of the end of traditional journalism, PR and advertising, there are very few people who are working toward guiding [...]
How BlogHer deals with reviews and conflicts of interest from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
I’ve been struck by the varying reactions to this week’s news that the Federal Trade Commission will now begin to regulate product endorsements not just in [...]
How journalists can use social media to build community
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At first glance, the Online News Association’s annual conference this past weekend looked like a throwback to the early [...]
Photo by Zarko Drincic on Flickr
This year we’ve seen the steady succession of social media policies issued by major news organizations. The common theme that runs through these edicts is that they [...]
The Associated Press issued the following policy to its employees on June 23, 2009.
Social networking Q&AIs it OK for AP employees to have accounts on such social-networking sites as Facebook and Twitter?
Absolutely. They’ve become an integral part of everyday life for millions of people around the world, and the AP [...]
The following memo was issued to editors and reporters of the Wall Street Journal on May 14, 2009:
Online Activities
The use of social and business networking sites by reporters and editors of the Journal, Newswires and MarketWatch is becoming more commonplace. These ground rules should guide all news employees’ actions online, [...]
Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk is for sure written by a motivational speaker; however, it was also written by a phenomenally-successful self-made businessman and social media maven. Rare is the motivational business book with an [...]
SimilarWeb — the Firefox add-on that enables users to discover related websites similar to ones they are currently visiting — has now made it simpler than ever to find similar content that relates to the user’s interests. The three new features include Similar [...]
In the years that I’ve been involved in social media, I have heard so many misconceptions and myths about social media that I am certain this article is long overdue. Here is [...]
Paul Colligan, CEO of Premiumcast.com
This interview is part of my series “Making Money from Podcasting” (read summary “9 Successful Techniques for Making Money from Podcasting”) where I interview podcasters who are actually generating revenue from their podcasts. [...]
John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing
This interview is part of my series “Making Money from Podcasting” (read summary “9 Successful Techniques for Making Money from Podcasting”) where I interview podcasters who are actually generating revenue from [...]
Linden Lab CEO Mark Kingdon and me chatting
At the end of this past June, I wrote a simple blog post for DigitalNext addressing why I [...]
When I started my social media marketing firm three years ago I had an advantage. By autumn, 2006, I had passed through New Media Strategies as Technology Strategist and Edelman’s elite Public Affairs Online Advocacy team. Even so, my business partner, [...]
Brilliant inventions are usually both simple and elegant. Creating and maintaining a daily sponsored email newsletter that reaches influential movers and shakers is nothing new — it has comfortably existed since the early 90s. What Peter Shankman did, in creating Help a Reporter Out [...]
Here is part 5 of the series I will post over the next few months based on chapters from my new book, A Survival Guide to [...]
Royce Hidreth, producer of the Pregtastic podcast
This interview is part of a series “Making Money from Podcasting” where I interview podcasters who are actually generating revenue from their podcasts. There are many techniques, and here’s one [...]
Social journalism: Community building through social networks
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Here’s the slide presentation I gave yesterday at the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association Summit of newspaper publishers and ad managers. My talk turned out to [...]
More details about Associated Press’s move to protect its content unveiled at Seattle summit
I left the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association Summit of newspaper publishers and ad managers yesterday just as two executives from the Associated Press were winding up their [...]
The magic behind Mint.com from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
The breakout success story in the online personal finance sector during 2009 has been Mint.com. The site allows you to track your spending and saving habits by automatically uploading statements from your banks [...]
Tools to Build an Engaged Online Community
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Here’s the Social Media Bootcamp presentation I gave at Seizing the Moment, the workshop for ethnic media publishers at San Francisco State [...]
Couldn’t be at TechCrunch 50, one of the biggest tech conferences of the year, the past two days? Here’s a 70-photo Flickr set to make you feel as if you were there (almost). [...]
Or, why your company should tell its own story before letting others cut it up
My company, Spark Media Solutions, is based on the premise that every business has the capability of being its own media network. Given the endless tools for [...]
Chris Brogan and Julien Smith, co-authors of “Trust Agents,” at SOBcon in May. (Photo by JD Lasica)
It’s always cool to see one of your [...]
Save an Alien, previously a successful Facebook application with over 250,000 users despite no marketing, is an app that lets you adopt and save virtual aliens from destruction. Similar to the virtual pet fad of the 1990s but for the Web 2.0 age, SaveAnAlien lets [...]
It might sound odd but one of the biggest perks of having my own company is that I get to attend all sorts of cool conferences and meet all sorts of cool people. Ever since someone mistook me for Chris Anderson at a Mashable [...]
OK, Twitter For Dummies should be called Twitter for Everyone. I may be considered a pretty heavy Twitter user and was #herebeforeoprah but even I really enjoyed getting into the heads of Laura @pistachio Fitton, Michael @gruen [...]
If you’re smart and savvy but have not yet been wooed to the world of Twitter, All a Twitter is for you: All a Twitter: A Personal and Professional Guide to Social Networking with Twitter.
Author Tee Morris writes [...]
Spent Friday at Seizing the Moment, the sold-out, end-of-summer Garage/Summer Institute at San Francisco State University featuring a rich array of speakers who provided training in multimedia, new media, social media and more. [...]
New study doesn’t distinguish between flaws and healthy behavior
I‘ve long believed that the Internet exists solely because of our ego. Everything we do publicly online is an effort to be acknowledged. This week, two stories pointed out the frighteningly obvious: That students who use [...]
Shel Israel discusses the impact of the real-time Web on society & business
Shel Israel’s new book, Twitterville, is due to hit hit bookstores next week. (See Twitterville site, the Global Neighbourhoods blog or Amazon page.) [...]
The Society for New Communications Research solicited capsule summaries of corporate blogging best practices offered by some of its members, who are among the top social media consultants in the country.
Shel Israel
Author, Twitterville, co-author, Naked Conversations
Humanize: Remember that one fundamental reason for [...]
Your Brand, Their World: Brand Relationships in a Social Media World
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This week I attended one of the more interesting discussions around brands’ use of social media [...]
Social networks: 8 ways to engage users with news
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Here’s a slightly revised version of the Social Networks: Engaging Users With News webinar I gave to a few hundred virtual [...]
Experience Project treats its members as individuals, not conditions
Feeling alone during a moment of crisis can compound the gravity of a situation. While it may not be possible for people to be physically by your side, social networks allow people to find you and communicate [...]
This morning at 8:42 AM Eastern, Beth Brody sent out an email titled, “[Digitalbrand] New Social Media Marketing for Small Business e-book.”
Don’t get me wrong, I receive — and send — so many of these email pitches [...]
Amanda in Second Life, by Cosmic Kitty
“As long as the roots of relationship are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the community’s garden. There will be growth in the spring!”
— [...]
I‘m spending this week putting together a Social Media Bootcamp presentation as part of Seize the Moment, a terrific end-of-summer event that takes place in 10 days at San Francisco State.
I’ll be presenting a Social Media Bootcamp with [...]
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Most of us have passed the exploratory stage of social media. We are all signed up for the micro-blogging sites, the [...]
This past weekend, Qype expanded its European presence and launched its Italian site. For anyone who hasn’t heard of Qype before, the site originally launched in 2005 in Germany. Qype now boasts over 350,000 active users, who have contributed over 1 [...]
Cali Lewis of GeekBrief.tv from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
The host of GeekBrief.TV also offers 7 secrets to podcasting success
If you travel in technology circles, chances are you’ve heard of Cali Lewis, the extraordinarily gifted, personaable and successful Web show pioneer who hosts [...]
MyHeritage is a social network and software for genealogists. Launched in 2005, MyHeritage has since accumulated 33 million users worldwide. The company helps people build family trees, share them with their relatives and stay in touch with their loved ones. They are [...]
During the Traveling Geeks’ trip to the United Kingdom last month, I spent some time polling the Geeks about the productivity and must-have tools that they use during the course of a typical [...]
Hashtags are becoming a useful way to organize information in today’s information age, when data is spread over a multitude of platforms. It is incredibly time consuming to log into Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and every other niche network that you have an account on and update [...]
A chat with the co-founder of FriendFeed from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
Today came word that Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site, is buying the microblogging service FriendFeed.
This is interesting on a couple of levels. First, it provides further proof [...]
Britannica, the end of an era and the evolution of authority
My family lives on Lake Shore Drive, just east of Lakeview, a Chicago neighborhood that is known for mobility in every dimension. Consequently, one is accustomed to seeing all manner [...]
Scott Rosenberg sketches his vision of blogosphere’s impact on our culture
Scott Rosenberg, co-founder and longtime managing editor of Salon — and a longtime friend — has a new book out, following Dreaming in Code, called Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What [...]
It has been one month since the Traveling Geeks kicked off our trip to London and Cambridge with a Tweetup at JuJu in Chelsea. (I was the chief organizer of trip.) [...]
Here is part 4 of the series I will post over the next few months based on chapters from my new book, A Survival Guide to [...]
Building Your Industry Voice with Social Media
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Above is an edited version of a presentation I led in Toronto as part of a social media road show sponsored by Intertainment [...]
Last week, I brought The Facebook Era book by Clara Shih to the gym. The publisher had sent me the book eons ago but it wasn’t until last week that I finally had some time to read it. I finished [...]
Ethics of cultural collaboration from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
Rita J. King, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Council and CEO of Dancing Ink Productions, talks about the ethics of cultural collaboration in this 10-minute video interview immediately after her appearance at [...]
During the Traveling Geeks trip to the UK I had the good fortune of having a Flip Ultra HD recorder in my pocket when I bumped into Jim Sterne. Jim runs the Emetrics Marketing Optimization Summit and is also chairman of the [...]
Back in the earlier days of 3rd party Twitter apps (just a few months ago, actually), a few very effective web-based services got my attention: SocialToo, TweetLater, and HootSuite. Sad thing was, while they were all very powerful [...]
At the Fortune Brainstorm:Tech conference in Pasadena, Calif., on July 22, 2009, one of the lighter moments came when Internet pioneer Marc Andreessen spoke on stage about “one of the defining experiences of my career” when he spent 9 months as an intern at [...]
The Emo Girl Talk podcast from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
Here’s a 4 1/2-minute video interview I did with Martina Butler after her appearance on a panel at the Teens in Tech conference in San Francisco this past spring. (Now that my [...]
Disclaimer: Donanza is a client of my firm, Blonde 2.0, a one-stop-shop for all your social media needs.
People don’t look for jobs in the newspaper classifieds anymore. Instead, job postings are dispersed through a variety of niche networks, from groups on LinkedIn, tweets on Twitter, [...]
While the majority of traffic still comes through search engines, that’s all poised to change with these three trends:
1. Connect your content to existing social networksAlmost every Web 2.0 application and community requires users to sign up and register. [...]
Here are 32 Flickr photos of participants in the Fortune Brainstorm:Tech conference late last week in Pasadena, Calif., with images of actor Ashton Kutcher (3 million Twitter followers), Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, Bill Gross, John Chen, CEO of [...]
Howard Dean on Internet disrupting politics from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
One highlight of the three-day Fortune Brainstorm:Tech conference, which just wrapped up in Pasadena, came when Howard Dean, former presidential candidate and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, began [...]
Here is part 3 of the series I will post over the next few months based on chapters from my new book, A Survival Guide to [...]
Getting Over Fear of Failure to Make Rapid Decisions
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For the past 10 weeks I’ve been a faculty member of the Knight Digital Media Center Leadership Conference, helping editors [...]
On day three of my Toronto social media road show for Intertainment Media (owners of the branded softphone, itiBiti), I visited two different ad agencies, PHD and OMD.
During my discussions, both agencies had made [...]
One highlight of the Traveling Geeks‘ trip to London came during the Econsultancy Roundtable that took place on our last day in London, in the storied Globe Theatre overlooking the Thames.
Patricio Robles of Econsultancy conducted a Q&A with me about [...]
Here are 117 Flickr photos of the Traveling Geeks’ visit to Cambridge, UK, last weekend, from meeting local business leaders to local architecture to punting on the Cam.
We [...]
Digital PR rockstars Kevin Dugan and Richard Laermer are increasing their Bad Pitch Blog efforts and having a tele-seminar for anyone who needs to improve their approach to media relations — and by default social media. They obviously don’t see me, Maestro [...]
If you listen to Google (and these days who doesn’t?), speed is everything on the Web. “Page load times are the critical metric,” says Marissa Mayer, Google’s SVP for search.
She says the entire basis for Google’s success was their emphasis on extremely fast page [...]
21st century media literacies from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
A week ago, as we were wrapping up the Traveling Geeks‘ two-day visit to Cambridge, I was walking down the main drag with author Howard Rheingold when we stopped for a moment [...]
Skimlinks: Revenue through recommendations from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
During the Traveling Geeks‘ visit to Seedcamp in London last week, I sat down for a short interview with Alicia Navarro, founder and CEO of Skimlinks, an affiliate marketing service aimed [...]
Europe’s hottest online game site from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
At the offices of Accel Partners a week ago today during the Traveling Geeks trip to London, several of us came away especially impressed by Michael Acton Smith, founder [...]
Here is part 2 of the series I will post over the next few months based on chapters from my book, A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization.
This book is meant to be a guide to building an optimized foundation [...]
One of the real highlights of the Traveling Geeks trip to the United Kingdom last week came when we were treated to “speed dating” session with the top start-ups of Seedcamp.
This, [...]
BT’s CEO greets the Traveling Geeks from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
Here’s a 3-minute video of BT (British Telecom) CEO Ian Livingston I took prior to the gala dinner party BT held for the Traveling Geeks atop the BT Tower in central [...]
On the flight back from London on Sunday I finally had a chance to answer a Q&A email interview with Terry Heaton, a longtime friend who, as co-founder of AR&D, is one of the most forward-thinking people in the world of broadcast media.
For the full [...]
A couple of months ago I attended a discussion at the National Press Club titled “What Will We Tell Peoria?” during which a panel of journalists complained that people have become too stupid to realize how essential traditional methods of reporting [...]
Behind closed doors in offices from the media centers of New York to the entertainment capital of Hollywood, content programmers and code jockeys are no doubt trying to figure out how to marry traditional [...]
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