http://www.girleek.com Social media, web 2.0 & online conversations Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:36:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 fr Maybe I'm a little bit oldschool, because I still update my Twitter status via my web browser whereas everybody seems to enjoy using tools like Tweetdeck, Twitterfeed, Twirl etc. I'm sure that's very useful, but it's not yet in my habits. Maybe I'd rather  try. But I tried! Let's try ... http://www.girleek.com/non-classe/statuzer-a-new-interesting-twitter-client/ Leading some interviews last week with my new customer in order to know him better, I realized that if most of employees use Facebook, it's mainly in a private capacity. They have no blog, no twitter account, no time, no interest for social media and yet they need to communicate ... http://www.girleek.com/social-media/can-we-oblige-our-customers-to-use-social-media/ I totally love this presentation made by Mat Zucker (Agency.com) and Bryan Fuhr (AKQA) for Miami Ad School. They explain to us how important it is to be great listeners. As we all could have noticed, it's not so easy, especially when you have to listen carefully all the protagonists ... http://www.girleek.com/management/become-better-listeners/ I read loads of blogs. Everyday in my bloglines, thousand of posts make eyes of me. I scan them quickly and pick up the information which interest me. Twitter became also a great source of information. People share links, articles, often great posts. Yesterday, Michelle Blanc, a famous french-speaking expert ... http://www.girleek.com/reflexions/women-where-are-you/ This week-end, with some friends, we had a conversation which drove us little by little to the concept of word of mouth. We spoke first about movies, and we finally come to buzz marketing. When we talk about word of mouth,  we came to the conclusion that it's not simply ... http://www.girleek.com/buzz-marketing/word-of-mouth-can-also-be-bad-for-you/ Social media belongs to my job. Everyday, I help companies to improve their online communication,  optimize their visibility, manage their digital identity. I recommend them to have a twitter account, to be present on Facebook, to engage conversations with their customers on a blog and so on, after defining a ... http://www.girleek.com/social-media/12for12k-challenge-use-social-media-for-good/ My company launch today a social network "new generation". I know what you think! What does it mean?  I will explain a little bit further. For the moment, we release a private beta test open to 500 persons. Some conditions are required: the test must be done on firefox you must belong ... http://www.girleek.com/social-media/bloxxid-a-new-social-network/ I really love this Hulu's Superbowl commercial! Isn't Alec Baldwin persuasing? :) http://www.girleek.com/video/hulu-hu/ On David Armano's blog, I discovered his Profesionnal Prism of Trust. Ironical and interesting. Personally I don't trust neither doctors, nor bankers. Social Media is what I know the best in this diagram, so it's less hard for me to understand the ins and the outs of this. We trust what ... http://www.girleek.com/social-media/trust-or-fear/ Well. I've just read a very interesting post on Sarah Tampa's blog, Twitter goes Hollywood. I'd like to begin with her conclusion : "Stars, they're just like us". Indeed! Why wouldn't they? Actors, Singers, politicians.  Having a blog, a profile on facebook even a twitter account. Why not? They're human, ... http://www.girleek.com/twitter/stop-being-a-celebrity-but-a-human-being-on-social-media/