Social Media

Me Seeing You Seeing Me: What Flavor of Blog Do You Prefer?

Posted on July 17, 2009. Filed under: Social Media | Tags: , , , , , , , , |

I have a huge favor to ask.
My regulars know that I tend to jump around between different topics and sometimes even different styles of writing. There is a kind of logic to it (I swear) but it may not always be obvious to all and even my now dominant theme — theatre — is handled [...]

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The Great Favorite Theatre Blog Twitter Survey: Results and Analysis

Posted on June 2, 2009. Filed under: Business of Arts, Social Media | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

There are a lot of theatre and theatre-related blogs out there and the sheer volume of choice is daunting, especially for people who are new to the on-line community or who are not intimately involved with a theatre community in a particular region. As previously discussed, choice overload often leads to no choice at all. [...]

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Why Blog? For The Community, Of Course.

Posted on May 25, 2009. Filed under: Social Media | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

A writer might be reluctant to start or maintain a blog because it may seem like she is providing a service for free. She creates content and her readers consume it, giving nothing in return. Why should she provide a free lunch when she has better things to do?
While it is fair for a writer [...]

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How To Use Twitter: A Primer For New Users

Posted on May 21, 2009. Filed under: Social Media | Tags: , , , , , , , |

In a previous post, I explained why Twitter works. Essentially, Twitter is a tool that can be used to create new and unexpected community and to share valuable content with that community. In this post, I want to provide a few nuts and bolts suggestions on how to use Twitter to accomplish these aims.
Like many [...]

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Why Twitter Works: A Primer For New Users

Posted on May 19, 2009. Filed under: Social Media | Tags: , , , , , , , |

Recently, a number of my friends grudgingly jumped on the Twitter bandwagon and, so far, seem to be mostly underwhelmed. Because the power of Twitter is not immediately obvious, I thought I’d explain why I think Twitter is a powerful tool. In my next post, I will explain how I use it to pretty good [...]

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