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Monthly Archives: May 2009

Guest Blogging: May 18-30th

May 17, 2009 – 11:07 pm

I’ll be taking a brief hiatus from tomorrow through May 30th, as I’ll be participating in a blog-off competition over at Community Marketing Blog!
Over the next two weeks, I’ll be blogging about social media marketing strategies as a guest blogger alongside several other marketing professionals.
I’m looking forward to having the opportunity to be on the [...]

By Megan McQ | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (1)

Social Media Isn’t for Everyone.

May 13, 2009 – 3:48 pm

Okay, Okay, the title of this post seems contradictory with the entire purpose of this blog. But just hear me out.
On Monday, The San Diego Business Journal wrote an article after an interview with Michael Olguin, who heads Formula PR. Formula PR was ranked No. 1 on the Business Journal’s 2008 Public Relations Agencies List.
The [...]

By Megan McQ | Posted in Monitoring, social media | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Wordle

May 12, 2009 – 12:15 pm

A couple of months ago, I came across Wordle, a word cloud generator. Word clouds create images using words (profound, I know). The larger the word indicates the more times it has been used throughout a particular area of text.
Wordle has a variety of options that allow for the creation of beautiful, unique word clouds. [...]

By Megan McQ | Posted in Blog, URL, personal | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

10 URL Shortners on the 10th

May 10, 2009 – 10:50 pm

Last Wednesday, ReadWriteWeb posted that bit.ly was the most used URL shortening service used on Twitter.
What does this mean? Heck, what’s the purpose of a URL shortening service?
The advent of Twitter gave rise to new services to make the platform more usable. For example, Twitter’s 140 character updates leave little room to communicate long messages.
Thus, [...]

By Megan McQ | Posted in Twitter, URL | Tagged , | Comments (3)

Your Company vs. Government 2.0

May 5, 2009 – 4:48 pm

Notice: This blog is not politically affiliated. This blog post does not support nor condone the political initiatives of any political party. This post is using the Web 2.0 features of the present administration as a positive case study of new media use.
Now that stakeholders have the opportunity to engage with one another on [...]

By Megan McQ | Posted in Blog, WOM | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Asking Questions = Good.

May 4, 2009 – 2:30 pm

Uncle Bob: Hey Meg.
Me: What’s up?
Uncle Bob: What’s Twitter?
Companies all over are asking themselves this very question. And that’s a good thing.

With millions of people on the Web every day, there’s no doubt that people are talking about your company; their experiences, their praises, their critiques, their general opinion about your awesomeness, etc.
In sum, the [...]

By Megan McQ | Posted in Twitter, WOM | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Debunking ‘Viral Marketing’

May 3, 2009 – 12:34 pm

This past February, The NYT wrote an article that covered a ‘viral’ communication trend on Facebook. Millions of users wrote notes in their pages that told their friends ‘25 Random Things you Didn’t know About me.’
While I am finally going to attempt to uncover ‘25 Random Things you Didn’t know About me,’ I think it’s [...]

By Megan McQ | Posted in Facebook, personal | Tagged , , | Comments (3)