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Josh HallettAugust 17th, 2010

F.I.R.E. Sessions Redux

Yes, I’m a bit late on this, but just wanted to post some thoughts on the F.I.R.E. Sessions 2010 held by my friends at Brains on Fire. I had been burned out on conferences….too many of the same conversations and it sounds bad to say, the same people. The F.I.R.E. Sessions were my first conference [...]

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Josh HallettJuly 7th, 2010

Maximizing Value of Old Content

We have short attention spans, and so much of what happens in social media is ‘in the moment’ – that leads to one of the long-term problems of social media; maximizing value of old content. A number of corporate blogs have been publishing for more than 3-4 years now and that is a great deal [...]

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Josh HallettJanuary 21st, 2010

Social Media as the ‘Last Mile’ – Part 3 – Scaling

It’s time for Part Three (see Parts 1 and 2 for reference): Scaling. Here’s the point I raised in Part 1: Building infrastructure to serve a large market is tough, just ask the telcos. The same goes for corporate interactions with customers. This actually goes both ways. It’s tough for social media to scale up [...]

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Josh HallettJanuary 14th, 2010

Social Media as the ‘Last Mile’ – Part 2 – The Internal War

In the first part of this thread I tried to set the stage and lay out some problems that arise with social media in organizations when it becomes that ‘last mile’. Now, let’s move on to those problems. First up is the internal war. This is what I originally said: 1. Jealousy from the existing [...]

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Josh HallettJanuary 14th, 2010

Social Media as the ‘Last Mile’ – Part 1

If you’ve ever worked in or with the telco field you’ll know what the last mile is. It’s that final connection to the customer’s home. For decades it was the crucial component in the telco business model, and it still is…it’s just that there are now more options. You can draw a number of comparisons [...]

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Josh HallettJuly 2nd, 2009

A Basic Social Media Measurement Data-Set

Earlier this week in my post about equivalencies in social media measurement I mentioned some of the core data we collect for basic tactical elements of social media programs. What does that look like? Below is an example of basic data available for the following scenario: A corporate blog post is announcing an event, in [...]

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Josh HallettJune 30th, 2009

Equivalency or Not to Equivalency

At the recent PRSA T3 conference I sat on a panel discussing social media measurement and ROI with Shonali Burke. I presented some of the core things that Voce does for measurement as well as providing some real-world examples of what some of our clients look for in determining the success of a program. One [...]

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Josh HallettJune 29th, 2009

On Domain vs Off Domain – Part 2 – Or What Jakob Nielsen Said

Last week my colleague, Mike Manuel, brought up the subject of On-Domain vs. Off Domain strategies for social media (and really for all online comms). It got me thinking of something Jakob Nielsen said back in 2000 with the release of Designing Web Usability. I’m paraphrasing, but basically the line is: Web users spend the [...]

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Josh HallettMay 13th, 2009

Voce Teams Up with Brains on Fire for Best Buy Project

When it comes to some really cool movement/evangelist work Brains on Fire has always been the agency I’ve thought of. I’ve always admired what Geno and Spike and the whole Brains on Fire crew have done. Within WOMMA they’re legends and Geno has recently rocked the NewComm Forum crowd with some great case studies. With [...]

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Josh HallettApril 1st, 2009

The Crowded April Fools Market

Ah yes, April Fools. The day that everybody tries to do something humorous online. The two key words in that sentence are ‘everybody’ and ‘tries’. It’s gotten to be a bit of an overload though. With everybody doing something how can you stand out? It’s like releasing some insignificant tech news during CES…you’ll get lost [...]

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