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Analog to Digital
From audio to print via stenography.
A fun one – “Hold the Mayo!”
I exist to drive traffic to this blog.
Whoa!!!!!!!!
This is getting way out of hand.
I encourage our players to be interactive and to be transparent. I want them to be on Facebook or to Tweet away. To respond to emails; to be out and about; to sign all autographs; and to be approachable.
Thirteen years ago, I gave all of our players’ laptops and email addresses to jump start the effort. It was the first time in professional sports that happened.
Just so you know, I blog every day and I am on Facebook and Twitter. All of our players are as well. It is generational.What I did say in an interview was that while most people like interactivity, some fans have told me they don’t like seeing some players’ Tweets or posting personal photos and that seeing behind the curtain sometimes makes a fan lose some respect for the player.
Interactivity can cut both ways.
I hope this provides some perspective and context here as this is the third article I have read that makes it sound like I don’t encourage our players to be online and in social networks. Thank you.
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Thank you for your help here.
I Remember Fondly
I still use AIM. Do you? See this article.
I have some fun once in a while on AIM Fight.
I sure wish AIM Pages had worked.
Twitter feels like AIM status messaging to me introduced in 1996.
AIM was the first online product to dazzle and delight people.
AIM was fun. Light. Easy to use.
It worked. It scaled.
At its height, 14 million people around the world were using it at the same time!
It was an inspiration to many.
The first social network.
The first virally marketed product.
Kudos to the pioneers behind this great product and service from AOL. The good ole days!
Nostalgia is good but I still use AIM. I am proud to say that, too.
Blurring the Lines
What is a blog vs. a tweet vs. a website vs. a Facebook newsfeed or a Facebook wall posting?
It is all starting to blur, isn’t it?
This is a terrific article on NYTimes.com. Read this one.
It augers well for people who use a service such as TweetDeck where for example my blog posts also get turned into tweets and into Facebook newsfeeds to reach a wide audience of friends and interested parties.
It also hints that blogs that are a part of a great network of other like-minded sites will do well and morph into major media properties and that singular blog sites will struggle as islands with no where to go and servicing a shrinking audience.
“Twitter is Dangerous”
THAT was an understatement. As someone who blogs and has to talk to the press all of the time, I understand about gaffes. And saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. It happens. Mea culpa.
But still. This was just mean-spirited and not necessary and not nice. And he paid a price. Lesson here: Think before you hit send! Read this one on Gawker.com.
Intersections
New hot stuff. “New rules and new media.”
Take identity and location.
Add high speed wireless connectivity.
Think real time data.
Add cool new devices like the iPad and smart phones.
Mix in new revenue streams from tens of millions of local merchants. And local advertisers.
Add 2 billion consumers as an audience and let them act as sellers and buyers. Around the globe.
Create easy and cheap currency and payments options.
Mix together. With video which is standing side by side now with communications as killer app. Think utility. Make it fun and viral too.
Create a new economy.
Build value.
Grow new businesses.
Zynga. Twitter. Facebook. Groupon.
Who is next? Are you?
“Twitter Will Get to a Billion Members”
I agree, it will.
The Internet remains the fastest growing medium ever. More than 2.2 billion people are on the Internet now and the growth is just off the chart outside of the United States. And most of the growth is in handhelds and mobile devices where the screen size is small. Twitter owns this concept of self-publishing and small burst text format that is very relevant to young adults and students. Google will get to a billion users. Facebook will get to a billion users. And Twitter will get to a billion users.
I used to forecast that “who ever gets to a billion users first wins.”
I think these three companies win.
Go Social
Be relevant.
Be friendly.
Be nice.
It is good for business, too.
Check this one out please on my blog. 