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Top Ten Social Media Turkeys in 2009

November 23, 2009 – 7:44 am

by Geoff Livingston
What better way to role into the Thanksgiving holiday than to poke a little fun at some turkeys? We can all use a laugh.  The following list represents some of 2009’s biggest Turkeys in social media.
1) Ashton Kutcher: Really? Really?  Did we really make this guy into the Twitter icon of the [...]

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Nice Guys Finish Last Online

May 10, 2009 – 7:11 am

Copyblogger Brian Clark Presents at SOBCon
One of the more controversial sessions at SOBCon was the nice guys finish last [online] conversation, inspired by Brian Clark’s discussion of classic positioning theory. The point: It’s better to be hated and known for a strong minority opinion than to be liked. One gets you discussed, read and [...]

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2009: Hot or Not

January 9, 2009 – 12:01 am

Here’s a slightly different take on the customary predictions post on 2009 social media trends… A campy Hot and Not list. Here we go:
Smartphone of the Digerati
Hot: Blackberry Storm (image from cellfanatic)
Not: iPhone (thank you, Walmart!)
Marketing Blogger
Hot: Amber Naslund
Not: Seth Godin
Corporate Social Media Tool
Hot: Radian6
Not: Blog
PR Blogger
Hot: Technosailor (Ha, ha!)
Not: Ike Pigott [...]

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