Archive for October, 2008

Preparing for WebGuild Social Media Strategies Conference

This morning I will be holding a working session on developing a social media strategy at WebGuild’s Social Media Strategies Conference. The presentation will be a accumulation of many posts that I have not had time to write, it is a good chance to help me accelerate the process and get the ideas out of [...]

The Speakers’ Corner Analogy

I started my career in the great city of London where I would spend my Sunday mornings at Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park.  For someone with little money, it was great, free entertainment to listen to the array of speakers stand on their soapboxes, some with great skill and [...]

New Social Media Agency Listings

Over the past week several great organizations have been added to the Constructing Social Builders listing of social media agencies and consultants.  The organizations that joined the Constructing Social Builders list this week include:

The New Group:  Integrated Digital Marketing Agency in Portland, Oregon
Live Path: Customer Experience Consultancy specializing in Social Media, Web and Channel Optimization
Social Target: Research and [...]

Pics from The New Marketing Summit

rkI was able to drop in on The New Marketing Summit for a day and took a few pictures of the many great conversations and fun people there.  Enjoy!
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Constructing Social for Change

Today is Blog Action Day and the focus is on poverty.  I wanted to share a story from my past.
Coralee Whitcomb founded Boston’s Virtually Wired, a non-profit dedicated to connecting everyone to computers and the internet.  Virtually Wired was a tremendous resource to anyone that could not afford a computer or internet connection.  This was [...]

Social Media’s Allegory of the Cave

The following is another re-post from my Prospero blog. A fitting post for surreal times. 
Every good philosophy student, and even the really bad ones like me, remember Plato’s allegory of the cave. Man is chained, looking at a wall where shadows from a puppet are the only reality they know. One man (the [...]

New Social Media Consultant and Agency Listings

A warm welcome to the latest social media agencies and consultants on the Constructing Social Builders listing added over the past week, including:
Social Media Consultants:

Liquid Wireless: An emerging media consulting company
Digital Response Marketing Group: A consulting, blogger relations and consulting group.
Uptown Uncorked: Bringing People and Business Together with New Media 
Digital Voodoo: Digital Voodoo is a social media [...]

Social Media and Maslow’s Hierarchy

The following is a re-post from my Prospero blog:
Each morning I bound out of bed eager to start the day talking with customers, prospects, partners, analysts and fellow employees about what’s new in social media and how we can use it. While I have always enjoyed both creative and technical projects, there is something different [...]

Planning Page update

A new resource has been added to Constructing Social’s Planning page. Last month MarketTools released its September 2008 InSight report that provides a range of wonderful information.  A brief overview of the data can be found on the MarketingCharts site.  
Download the full report from MarketTools here.
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Social Media Agency Listing

I am thrilled to officially announce the Constructing Social Builders guide!  A listing resource for agencies and consultants with social media experience.  I am hoping that this will eventually be a comprehensive listing of all the brilliant organizations and constulants that I have been talking to (and many I have yet to meet).  
Please spread [...]