I have neglected to excerpt and link to some of my posts from the Duo Consulting blog. I’ve taken a break from writing for them for a few months while finalizing my book, but looking back at these posts, I wanted to share them with my readers! So here goes.
It Ain’t All Business: Using Social Networks for Good
When the social media groundswell turns altruistic, the results can be amazing. Here are two examples of both large and small differences made with a few simple connections. Connections made all the more quickly and with a higher rate of trust with the use of social media tools like social networks and Twitter.
Wanted: Good Home for Good Dog
Photo credit: Jim Sneddon on Flickr found using Flickr-Storm. More…
Web Content Mistakes and Worst Social Media Campaigns
We’re becoming more accustomed to correcting small-ish errors on wiki web pages when we come across them. I catch myself looking for an “Edit” link on other people’s pages, but of course not all web pages are editable. But that habitual reaction has me wondering about web content mistakes and how best to correct them.
What’s the biggest web content mistake you’ve seen (or done?)
Michael Silverman told us about the six-year-old news article that went out due to inaccurate automation techniques, causing a 75% drop in a company’s stock price before it could be corrected, in Save $1 Billion with Web Content Management! Now that is a big web content mistake. More…
Terms of Contention: Who Owns Uploaded Content?
Terms of use and privacy policies, how often do you read these terms before agreeing to them? Most of us would admit we don’t read the fine print even when it’s prominent large type. But when a community member does pay attention to a change in the terms of service and gets 100,000 other people to pay attention also, you’d better believe that the originator of the terms and policies are going to take notice. That scenario happened just last week for members of Facebook, one of the largest social media sites with 175 million active users and the most visited site in January 2009 with 1.2 billion visits according to Compete.com. More…