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Tag: Social Media

  • Gaza Bromide: “Tweet, Tweet” Is Better Than “War, War”

    (Welcome, readers of TheDonovan.com, a.k.a. Castle Argghhh. If you’re a fan of “Jonah’s military guys,” you might be interested in my October post about that site, “In Praise of Milbloggers, and of the Iraqi Air Force”. And a warm welcome as well to Wired and Mudville Gazette readers.) In an earlier post (“Israel Turns to […]

  • Israel Turns to Social Media in Fight against Hamas

    Nick O’Neill has a good post at Social Media Today describing Israel’s use of social media in the current conflict in Gaza. Among other things, the Israeli Consulate in New York is engaging with supporters and critics alike, on Twitter. It’s reminiscent of Scott Monty’s efforts on behalf of Ford. Update: Also see this, at […]

  • Ford CEO Alan Mulally Enters the Twitterstream

    To be precise, Mulally was Tweeting by proxy yesterday, via Scott Monty. It only lasted a few minutes, but it’s still fairly cool. No great revelations on weighty policy matters, but I learned that Mulally makes a point of driving a different auto every day, including competitor models, to stay close to the public experience […]

  • Autoworkers: “I’m Sticking to the Union… Till the Day I Die”

    (Welcome, Corner readers, and thanks to Cornerite Iain Murray for his continuing support. Thanks also to Mickey Kaus for linking, with a permalink no less — sorry about the crack below about the Kausfiles template!) In an article on Slate, Mickey Kaus explains why the Detroit automakers are in trouble: There are some obvious culprits: […]

  • More Eavesdropping on Ford’s Social Media Guy

    (Saturday morning update at the bottom.) Whatever Ford is paying Scott Monty, they oughta pay him more. He’s been Tweeting all day. Earlier today I described how Scott, the head of social media for Ford Motor Company, had his feet held to the fire by a recently formed virtual organization called Top Conservatives on Twitter. […]

  • Lobbying in Plain Sight: The Auto Bailout on Twitter

    Welcome, Twitterers, Diggers, Cornerites, readers from Social Media Today, Dalton’s Briefs, Northwest Indiana Politics, Kicking Over My Traces and others. If you enjoy this post, I hope you’ll take a look around the site. In addition to the auto bailout, I post a lot about the adventures of a red voter in a blue state, […]

  • The Perils of Participatory Democracy

    Over at change.gov, the President-elect’s transition website, the incoming administration is continuing its efforts to tap the power of social media. Yesterday this took the form of an “Open for Questions” tool that encouraged readers to submit questions and issues they believe the new president should address. Participation in Open for Questions outpaced our expectations, […]

  • Using Social Media for a Small Business

    In the category of, “Best Use of a Blog for Marketing a Small Business,” the winner is… [sound of envelope being ripped open]… the Lincoln Sign Company. The blog is a fantastic example of using social media concepts like transparency in support of a small business. (Hat tip: John Jantsch at Duct Tape Marketing.) JD […]

  • Whoo Hoo! A Cross-Posting Opportunity!

    Here’s my latest contribution to the Social Media Today community.