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Author Archives: Gary R Schirr
Would you trust your daughter’s beach pics to Zuck?
If you rely primarily on your Facebook page for your organization a good question for you might be: Would you trust your business to Zuck? Continue reading
Posted in Social Media Marketing
Tagged ethics, Facebook, Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg, pictures, privacy, social media
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Top 11 Social Media Sites
It is interesting to browse through the top websites as assessed by Alexa here: TOP Sites Eleven of the top 100 websites are social media sites. (I have also included an estimate of recent total monthly visitors, when I found … Continue reading
Social Learning and Online #HigherEd
The key to effective online education will be learning to utilize social media to bring peer-to-peer and social learning online. Continue reading
Posted in Higher education
Tagged HigherEd, Kahn academy, MOOC, MOOCs, online education, peer-to-peer, social learning, social media
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Can One Billion Facebook Users be wrong?
Based on strictly anecdotal evidence I believe that there are a LOT of fake and duplicate FB accounts… Does LinkedIn have both a more professional group and honest count? Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged duplicate accounts?, Facebook, Linkedin, number of users, Twitter
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What is your Klout score today?
Even after carefully reading Mark Schaefer’s excellent book Return on Influence, I am still one of those unrepentant Klout-bashers that Mark has referred to in several of his recent posts. I believe that a Klout score has little value and … Continue reading
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Tagged Influence, Klout, Mark Schaefer, Return on Influence, ROI, SM, SMM
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Professor Klout
A class project in which the final grade earned is solely determined by a student’s Klout score! Klout becomes harmful to social media as participants game their scores under pressure from imbecile employers who screen with Klout… Continue reading
Posted in Social influence
Tagged FSU, Grading by Klout score, Klout, Kred, Mark Schaefer, PeerIndex, Todd Bacile
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Wicked Commentary on Social Media
This “ad” for the iPhone 5 is also a wicked commentary on social media!
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Social Media used to Crowdsource a New Course!
A recording of a presentation at Social Slam 2012.
(Also posted at servicecocreation.com and youtube.)
The Social Network: The IPO
Mobile IS the new platform. Facebook was dominant in the Web 2.0 world – it is having problems in mobile. To summarize: Facebook mobile is clunky and boring and currently has no ads! Continue reading
SoSlam: The BIG picture
Social Slam was exhilarating for me! Being with 550 people excited about social media, meeting a score of twitter friends for the first time, and listening to superb talks: how could it get much better? The Social Media Club of … Continue reading
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Social Media Marketing 4 Business 