Twitter Stats from LatAm
Subtitle: Laitnos in social media kicking butt in LatAm. Latinos from both sides of the American hemisphere are devouring social media. Check out the latest bullish graphs and read on… Mas: You can find them on Twitter by following #latism #latam #latino #hispanic AKPC_IDS += "1903,";Popularity: 14% [?] Read More
Latinas in Social Media
Save the Date: August 6, 2010 – 1:15pm – 2:30pm Conference Day: Day 1 Conference: BlogHer ’10 Latinas are one of the fastest growing segments of bloggers, and it’s easy to understand why: They promote themselves in English, Spanish and Spanglish. They use social media to develop relationships and promote their brands with flavor. Their identities... Read More
NSHMBA’s Social Media Night Out
I’ll be at NSHMBA’s social media panel June 30th, in New Rochelle, NY. Drop me a note if you can be there. Click below for more details: AKPC_IDS += "1892,";Popularity: 19% [?] Read More
Brushing Off The Dust
Subtitle: Avoiding Burnout. Since I’ve been very active and consistent in social media, I think I should supply an explanation of my absence – this blog, Twitter and Facebook. So here it goes… What I want to believe is that I’ve been busy with multiple projects, and would like to jot that down and be done with this post. But for those who know me,... Read More
Latinos Online to AZ: We are Latino 2
LATISM embraces how Latinos are using social media in response to recent Arizona laws. Check out the LATISM site for details on how you can get your ribbon and the Twitter party tonight. AKPC_IDS += "1883,";Popularity: 11% [?] Read More
Simpleton Language Scores High on Facebook
Subtitle: Use simple language in your posts on Facebook to get shared more. I’m being cynic with my post title here, but it is true that Facebook is not a specialized site, and the simpler and clearer your language is the better your chances are that your content will be shared. The below picture shows what happens to shareability as the reading difficulty level rises in... Read More
Measure not Social Media by your Success
Subtitle: Social Media is not about you. Many people, especially those in business pretentiously consider only what they do in social media as the sole criteria to deem what others do as worthwhile or successful. Marketers consider only marketing, advertisers consider only advertising, public relations consider only public relations…thus the list goes on…as the only... Read More
NYC Latinos in Social Media
I’ve decided to take back the reigns and resurrect the NYC Latino social media group that was originally started on Meetup about a year ago. It was a tough decision, as I’m well aware of the dedication, disappointments, effort and challenges that come with the territory (let’s not forget the awards), which translates into many sacrifices inherent to maintaining... Read More
Copies of Copies
Subtitle RE-RE-RE-RE-RE-Tweet Social media can get monotonous when everyone is doing the same thing. There are certain principles and techniques that do work, and caution to the brave? soul who dares to diverge. What I’m not talking about is quite different – be original, be yourself because there will never be another person like yourself. EVER! I wrote this... Read More
Not all Social Media is Social
(Please note: this piece is an observation with no judgements made, and only serves as an observation and not a criticism.) Generally, social media is understood as a conversation between people on the web…as opposed to old media, which is a conversation of a few to the many. That being said, there are people who use social media as if it were old media, meaning they are using... Read More
Hispanic Social Media Link Snips
Subtitle: How some Hispanics are screwing up the social media sphere What’s a ‘Link Haze’ or ‘Link Snip?’ Basically, it’s a collection of links about recent news around the web, usually with a quick bit of commentary, sometimes a bit of satire. Telemundo talks about how their going take over social media. What you don’t know about... Read More
My Social Media Map
Below is a social media map (click on pic for bigger version), of where I have a presence in one form or another – active and passive. The next version (soon) may have information on how I use these networks and the relationships they have to one another, as well as additional networks that are not included here. AKPC_IDS += "1633,";Popularity: 6% [?] Read More
When not to Fish where the Fish are
Subtitle: “Give me back that Filet O’ Fish, give me that fish.” There’s a common piece of advice to “fish where the fish are.” While no doubt this is a great short term strategy, but eventually the resource will dry up. Why? Because, soon enough everyone will start fishing in the same spot! There’s some recent data released by... Read More
Why more Visits on Facebook is not Important
Subtitle: Levels of Truth in Data Representation of Social Networking Sites The recent data by HitWise that rated social networking sites, ranks Facebook as #1 with 50% traffic, and Twitter as #5 with a mere 1% is a perfect example of a data presented at a certain level of truth, leaving questions at all other levels. 1. Facebook 50.15% 2. YouTube 15.21% 3. MySpace 15.08% 4. Tagged 1.16% 5. Twitter 1.14% Here... Read More
My Blog, My Word…My World
Subtitle: My commitment to blogging. Blogs are an interesting format, for readers inadvertently discover that they at the whim (mercy?) of blog owners. Happily, sometimes sadistically readers follow their chosen blog not blindly, but faithful that great content will reward their loyalty. If unfulfilled, they dutifully leave in droves. This weekend, I was reminded that I... Read More
