by Roxanne Darling on October 7, 2009
The social web has made it so easy for people to connect with each other and have a voice at the table like never before. Last night at a tweetup here in Honolulu, I met Larry Heim, CEO of HonBlue. This was a Tweetup Treat, as Larry and I do not normally travel in the [...]
by Roxanne Darling on July 8, 2009
This Friday, our local chapter of the Social Media Club (founded by yours truly) is having a panel discussion on Ethics in Social Media. It’s a hot topic all around, as social media lends itself to some highly unethical practices and characters! The good news though, is that the conversational nature of the social web [...]
by Roxanne Darling on May 27, 2009
Brian Solis, a truly forward thinking PR professional and co-founder of the Social Media Club, took the time and captured a lot of the same thoughts I had, yet was reluctant to post in detail when I discussed Google, the FTC, and paid links. I too am influenced by my friends and business colleagues, and [...]
by Roxanne Darling on May 19, 2009
I read today in Business Week that Google is getting increasingly sophisticated about tracking blog content that is somehow linked to compensation, alongside a discussion of pending rules from the Federal Trade Commission to cover paid product/service reviews in blog posts. A couple of years ago this really hit the fan with one of the [...]
by Roxanne Darling on December 29, 2008
This post is a promised follow-up to my recent post Why are Advertisers Embarrassed by Advertising?. Recently KGMB9 implemented the WOMF service. To me, an outside observer, they have treated it as a sales platform though positioned it as a community forum. I actually think it has the potential to be quite useful as both, [...]
by Roxanne Darling on May 20, 2008
I came across this article in AdWeek on Coca-Cola Hunts for Social-Net Formula: The company’s online marketing highs and lows show an old brand learning new tricks. On the one hand, they have spent millions and millions trying to “get” a new media/social strategy that feels like a win. OTOH, they haven’t hit the proverbial [...]