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The Social Media Lawyer: A Twitter 9-1-1 Emergency Alert

September 21st, 2009

Is it lawful for individuals and municipalities to use Twitter, Facebook and other social networking mediums for emergency alert notifications? According to a recent post on Law.com and a recent report from the National Law Journal, some providers of patented emergency alert notification technology such as TechRadium (an emergency alert provider to city, county and state governments) believe its unlawful– more specifically, that it is an infringement of company owned patents. Because of this, TechRadium is suing Twitter, claiming that its 140-character blog and more »

viral videos killed the guerilla marketing star

January 16th, 2009

Remember the days when guerilla marking was all the fashion and friends getting friends just to try the newest and coolest tech gadgets would score you some cold hard cash. Those were the days, especially in this economy. With the Internet now usurping everything money and replacing it with FREE corporate executives are left scratching their heads to ponder ways to monetize. more »

7 Major Hiring Trends for 2K9

December 31st, 2008

CareerBuilder.com’s “2009 Job Forecast” survey predicts cautious hiring practices for the coming year, and also identified the following 7 key hiring trends that every manager should know: more »

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The Social Media Lawyer: A Twitter 9-1-1 Emergency Alert

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Is it lawful for individuals and municipalities to use Twitter, Facebook and other social networking mediums for emergency alert notifications? According to a recent post on Law.com and a recent report from the National Law Journal, some providers of patented emergency alert notification technology such as TechRadium (an emergency alert provider to city, county and state governments) believe its unlawful– more specifically, that it is an infringement of company owned patents. Because of this, TechRadium is suing Twitter, claiming that its 140-character blog and (more…)

Twitter Ranks #1 in List of Top 50 Social Brands

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Social Radar recently released its list of the top 50 most social brands and, not surprisingly, Twitter takes the cake (see full list after the jump). The list, which is compiled according to overall online conversation, measures the number of unique individuals or sources that posted content about each brand during May 2009. Out of the top 10, four were social media/search brands. But the results do raise the question: In light of recent events, will Michael Jackson dethrone Twitter in June? Stay tuned … (more…)

100 Twitter Tips, Tools & Resources

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

twitter logoTwitter has exploded into a must-track resource for news, rants, consumer reports, public health, shopping deals and emerging trends. But if you’re looking for something or someone specific, how can you expect to carve out a niche and listen in on just a single thread of conversation? Select Courses’ list of 100 tips, tools and resources for Twitter research (republished below) will help you keep it all together. (more…)

Resources for Monitoring, Managing & Measuring Your Brand in the Tweet-o-Sphere

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Twitter’s explosive popularity may have blindsided some business professionals, but others are already firmly entrenched in micro-blogging as a means of engaging stakeholders, increasing their brand visibility and driving traffic to their own Web sites. It’s a smart move, as Twitter is quickly becoming the linchpin of communications, customer service, media relations—you name it, and this Web platform can probably help you do it. (more…)

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