Posts Tagged ‘Twitter;’
Software Developers: The New Rock Stars of Marketing
September 18th, 2009 - 1:48 pm § in Observations | | 1 Comment
I smiled at this the other day -"Software Developers: The New Rock Stars of Marketing" - it comes from the article 'Out of the Box' published a few weeks ago in the UK Financial Times, that talks about the role of technology in marketing in the new media age. The smile is because this is pinned up on the kitchen noticeboard in our Bristol office and that phrase is highlighted (can someone explain why developers always sit nearest the kitchen?). So has the geek inherited the earth? Well, marketing anyway...
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Techrigy and Persuasive Content
A couple of weeks ago Alterian aquired Techrigy who specialize in Social Media Monitoring and whilst its obviously exciting to be part of an organisation that is confidently aquiring and growing - it's even better when it's an absolutely gem that has everyone talking.
So, I thought I'd better jot down a few thought on this - what does Social Media Monitoring mean for Web Content Management? [ read more ]
Personal Brand or Not Wanting to Looking Like a Total Cock
July 22nd, 2009 - 6:39 pm § in Observations | | 2 Comments
When reading and talking about Social Media I see a lot of conversations about Personal Brand. Discussion about strategies, building and maintaining your 'PB', of who you should try to be, who defines your PB (is it you, your audience, your company?), when, in real life, whisper it quietly, the aspiration for most people I talk to is, "Not wanting to looking like a total c**k".
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Blog Comments and Engagement
Had a few interesting experiences with commenting on blogs recently that got me thinking about blog comments and its still pretty patchy how we are approaching it. They are the essential lifeblood of audience engagement, especially for bloggers as they take the experience from a click statistic to a conversation.
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Engagement – the new CMS buzzword bus?
Suddenly, everyone in the content management world has jumped off the Web 2.0 buzzword bus and jumped on the one marked ‘Engagement’. What does this mean? Where are we really going? Folks seem to have merely scribbled out yesterday’s out of favour term ‘Web 2.0’ and inked in ‘Engagement’ and are using it as a label for community building; social media web tools – like blogs, wikis and comments. [ read more ]
About Me
Hi, I'm Ian Truscott, VP Products, North America - SDL Tridion - passionate about web content management and how we engage with folks on-line.
Yes, my work defines me - or does it? Read more about me here or get in touch.
