new media
On monetizing the March 2010 Second Saturday
Here are some video comments I recorded in response the the reaction to this month’s New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday being monetized.
Building Community – A Tale of Two Approaches
Image by 365bunnies via Flickr The past week has shown me a lot about building community in person and online. I thought I’d share some thoughts here. A multi-viewed, transparent approach I am wired in a way that I’m able to see things from many perspectives in order better understand motivations. I’m okay with being [...]
Basic ROI of Social Media
For the longest time, people keep asking about the ROI (Return on Investment) of social media. I remember in a Community Chat on Friendfeed a few months ago, Olivier Blanchard mentioned he needed to put together a Basics of Social Media ROI presentation to share. While browsing the Marketing Over Coffee website, I noticed they [...]
Identifying promotional opportunities with Twitter Search analysis
My friend and independent musician Drew LaPlante likes to use the phrase, “It’s a beautiful thing.” I could say that about Twitter and Twitter search. Using Twitter Search to track trends One way I use Twitter is to track the presence of certain phrases over time. I subscribe to the RSS feeds for searches in [...]
I have questions – do you have answers?
Last Saturday, as well as back in June, we did Questions from a Hat at New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday. I told the group to ask any questions they wanted, whether related to social media or technology or not. The questions were as varied as the group. You can find some answers the group came [...]
New Media Cincinnati August 2009 Second Saturday Recap
(Cross-posted to newmediacincinnati.com) Chances are, if you were following Twitter on Saturday, August 8, 2009, between 4 and 7 PM Cincinnati time, you saw updates from this month’s New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday. The format once again was Questions from a Hat, similar to the “Scenes from a Hat” party game on Drew Carey‘s “Whose [...]
How I Use Social Media
My primary goal in using social media is to connect with as many people as possible in the Cincinnati, Dayton, and Northern Kentucky areas in order to find work much closer to home in Cincinnati. Your use of social media will vary from mine and others, and that’s okay. Really. Let that sink in because [...]
Blogging on the Go
Image by danieljohnsonjr via Flickr I have had my iPod touch for about nine months now, and I have been really loving mobile computing. One of the first applications I downloaded from the App Store was the WordPress tool. I’m actually composing this post via that tool right now! I can’t count how many times [...]
New Media Cincinnati – Podcamp Ohio Meetup This Saturday
Image by danieljohnsonjr via Flickr Earlier today I sent this message out to those who signed up to attend this Saturday’s meetup: Unbelievable. We started this group in October 2007 with only about a dozen or so folks who were interested in blogging, podcasting, and other social media. I set out at the beginning of [...]
New Media Cincinnati/Podcamp Ohio 2 – February 2009
I have updated the New Media Cincinnati page on this blog with the February 2009 meetup information: http://danieljohnsonjr.com/main/new-media-cincinnati/
