Posts filed under “social networks”
Rethinking Facebook as a more standard social network
As Facebook has evolved from a college-only network into a broader social network, so have my uses for it and my views on it. Traditionally, I used Facebook to connect with some of my closest college and high school friends. We’d exchange inappropriate wall posts, send news over direct messages, post photos of each other [...]
Journalism students need to know marketing
Maybe you’ve heard the news by now about how traditional journalism — especially the print side — is having a tough time. This is not the time to despair. This is the time to create new ventures and take journalism to a new — better — level. (This post is a follow-up to Journalism students [...]
Twitter can drive traffic, part 2
The No. 4 source of traffic to the JI is Twitter. And yet, I’ve only been a serious user of Twitter for a few months. The traffic this blog gets from Traffic seems to grow by the week. Anyone in the content business needs to realize what a traffic boon Twitter can be. But, as [...]
Tweet with me on Twitter
Twitter is unlike any other social network I belong to. It’s not about sharing photos with friends or writing on someone’s wall or about resumes or news. Twitter is a very organic social networking experience, where people microblog their thoughts and lives. Virtually every other social network I belong to revolves around connecting with people [...]