Yesterday, community managers around the world celebrated the third annual Community Manager Appreciation Day with tweets, online gatherings and a new report outlining everything you need to know about your local community manager. Last year, we…
Lessons from a Community Manager
January 24, 2012
2012 SXSW PanelPicker: Casting Your Vote
August 31, 2011
SXSW, one of the largest community driven speaking events in the country, has opened the voting for their 2012 SXSW programming. Through their nifty SXSW PanelPicker, the public can help weigh in on which panels they’d like to see during next year’s conference. We here at Edelman, submitted ten panel ideas that are up for next year’s programming, as well as
Getting Ready for SXSW 2011
March 8, 2011
In just a few short days, more than forty Edelman team members from eight different offices will be in Austin for South by Southwest Interactive. This yearly event which hosts five days of presentations, countless networking events and an exhibit hall with the latest digital trends, is an event we surely couldn’t miss. We’ll be partaking in everything the conference has to offer and we’ll be bringing back interviews with some of the most innovative minds in the digital space.
If you are headed to SXSW this year, be sure to check out some of the panels and events below:
Celebrating Community Managers
January 24, 2011
Community Manager Appreciation Day officially began last year when Jeremiah Owyang declared the fourth Monday in January a day to celebrate community managers around the world. Community managers are problem solvers, relationship builders and the brand representatives engaging on the digital front lines daily. As a community manager myself, I’m proud to be part of this emerging field of passionate digital ambassadors.
At Edelman, we have community managers that perform activities on behalf of our clients. We thought…
Digital in Review: Top 10 Posts in 2010
December 30, 2010
Since 2010 is coming to a close, we wanted to showcase some of the top posts from our Edelman contributors this year. We’ve had over 100 Edelman employees contribute their perspectives to EdelmanDigital.com since the re-launch of the site in March 2010. Here’s to another great year and even more contributors in 2011!
5 Reasons Your Social Media Strategy Will Fail…
Keeping Up With Community
November 25, 2010
Originally posted on BlogWorld Expo Blog.
Social media is an ever-shifting industry. There are always new headlines in the news, tools that solve a problem we didn’t know existed, case studies developing everyday and new interest community platforms forming daily. As a community manager it is your job to keep up with not only your community, but all communities as a whole.
Participation in all Forms
Every good community manager should know how to engage…
A Look Inside oneforty with Laura Fitton
September 10, 2010
A few weeks ago I had the chance to catch up with Laura Fitton, CEO/Founder of oneforty. oneforty is a giant online marketplace for the best Twitter apps. From their handy Toolkits to the great reviews from real users, oneforty is the one-stop shop for everything you want to know about Twitter.
Suzanne Marlatt: Where does your Twitter name @pistachio come from?
Laura Fitton: Pistachio is a company name I’ve used off & on since 1997 (originally, Pistachio Studios). It came from hideous pistachio ice cream…
Thumbs Up for SXSW 2011
August 25, 2010
Only a few months ago we were in Austin attending panels, interviewing amazing social media entrepreneurs and hosting AllHat2 at SXSW. Once again, the time has come for us to get ready for Interactive geek week, which starts by selecting…
Friday Five: Places To Look For Platform-Specific News
July 9, 2010
We have a late-breaking Friday Five today that functions as the best kind of Ask the Experts column. When you need to know the latest and greatest on some of the most prominent social tools in the digerati arsenal, these five sources are the folks to read.
Foursquare
Foursquare’s company blog is updated only a few times a month with information about system upgrades and random musings from founder @dens, to get a more in depth look at the happenings at Foursquare I check out
Tracking Twitter Trends
June 28, 2010
On any given day there are 750 tweets per second on Twitter for a total of 65 million tweets per day. With an overload of tweets daily it can be difficult to grasp what is really trending at any given moment. Use the tools below to quickly find current Twitter trends and trending conversations.
Trendsmap
Trendsmap is an interactive map with real-time Twitter trends. It’s Twitter trends meets Google Maps and it is the fastest way to view trends at a…
