One College’s Exercises in Taming Social Media (2)

So, back to my college in Greece. After the group incident, it took me while to get my head wrapped around all the implications social media has on how people (and organizations and brands) communicate. In my mind, it all came down to this (and it still does): social media works because it promotes conversations. [...]

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One College’s Exercises in Taming Social Media (1)

At my last job as a Marketing Coordinator at a US school in Greece, I had all kinds of workdays. Some made me go home thinking I might have a stroke at the ripe age of 26. This was one of them.

It was November 2007. Facebook had been all the rage for a while. [...]

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My 2009 gift to myself: Elena’s Red Marker Stopping Point

I thought I had 4 days to write this – my first blog post. But knowing my track record, I better do it now. You see, I really really want to start blogging before 2009 officially hunts me down. I decided to do so because I know around this time last year I promised myself [...]

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