Does your executive team refuse to allow your organization to explore the potential of social media because they’re afraid all y’all will quit? Yes? So… you’re saying that your top management team perceives itself to have such a tenuous claim to employees’ loyalty that mere exposure to the outside world will be enough to convince [...]
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The Bad Social Media Business Model
November 8, 2011
Facebook Dating
October 28, 2011
“What has Facebook done to the ‘dating’ scene?” “Completely destroyed it. It’s wrecked.” I was recently in Boston with a young cousin of mine who attends Tufts. When it comes to “dating”—and I use that term in the loosest way possible—he was unequivocal in his views on Facebook: Facebook has destroyed it, has made it [...]
Your Name Is What You Have People Call You
October 25, 2011
Are you Bill or William? Mike or Michael? Beth or Liz? Or Elizabeth? It may seem like nothing to you—after all, it’s your name, you’re used to correcting people who get it wrong—but to someone else, knowing what to call you can be the difference between calling you today and calling you… never. I’ve worked [...]
5 Obvious LinkedIn Mistakes
October 18, 2011
It’s 4:54am in Las Vegas, and I can’t sleep. Yesterday, the Ajax team helped 83 people optimize their profiles at our “Pimp My Profile” kiosk, and I’m going through the data. We had 3 consultants on site, each spending an average of 13.4 minutes with our guests and creating a sheet with notes. I played [...]
It just Doesn’t Matter
October 12, 2011
Deleted by a friend on Facebook? Someone on Twitter won’t follow you back? Can’t get a response to that Linkedin connection request? Used to be, getting snubbed required a face-to-face interaction. Not anymore! But the good news is, getting snubbed means just as little now as it ever did. Assuming that you have a strong [...]
Social Media for CEOs #8 – How Trust Works on Social Media
October 6, 2011
My series on social media for CEOs has moved to the Ajax blog (which is probably where this series belonged in the first place!), but if you didn’t catch the news about the switch, I wanted to make sure you at least got the link to the article: Social Media for CEOs on trust is [...]
Backsliding
October 5, 2011
I'm the CEO of Ajax Social Media. We're helping 1 million people shine by making their online stories better. 