Chip McComb
At the beginning of the year I came across a new social giving platform. Taking a cue from the success of Groupon and Living Social, Philanthroper has taken the idea of daily deals to the nonprofit world.
Philanthroper sends subscribers an email every day simply asking them [...]
I was at lunch today and I noticed a cop positioned across the street pulling cars over. One after another he kept getting people. He not only knew what to look for, speeders, but how to look for them.
Did you know Xbox even monitors the social mediasphere for strings of profanities as this helps [...]
If you aren’t being stretched or if you find yourself completely comfortable, you probably aren’t growing.
Everyone seems to want to be on the bleeding edge. It doesn’t matter if it’s technology, design, thought leadership, marketing or public relations we all want to be the best at what we do. Here’s the interesting thing though. I’m noticing that people are beginning to equate being good at doing new things with [...]
After an amazing day at the Children’s Miracle Network Social Media Summit with @cmnhospitals and thought leader Brian Solis (@briansolis) the stark reality that not all friends, followers and fans are created equal is unfolding as a living metaphor before my eyes.
I’m writing this post from my iPhone at 2:20am while in line [...]
I often find myself sitting in front of my computer with a few spare moments twiddling my thumbs trying to think of a good blog post. The thing is, I can never think of a good idea when I have to. I don’t know if it’s the pressure or what, but i can’t turn on [...]
I’m sure a lot of people heard about this the other day. I was driving home from work and heard on NPR that New York is dealing with a pest it hasn’t heard from in awhile. Bedbugs!
Now these critters are nasty, so the New York city public health department is waging a public war [...]
I’m learning something. A good blog post generally starts or ends with a good cup of coffee.
One year ago I didn’t drink coffee. It was almost a matter of principle, I was even prideful in my coffee aversion. Then something changed. My wife and I had our first child and I came face to [...]
If you’re not a disciplined person, blogging is for you. Why? Well, if you’re interested in growing personally or professionally it’s no mystery that being able to set goals and achieve them is one trait that many successful people share. In addition to that though, discipline is even more often associated with those who have [...]
It takes a team to do great things.
Over the past 45 days I’ve been working long hours as part of a team to put together some major events and I’ve been amazed by what our group has done. Even though at Kiwanis, one of our core competencies as an organization is putting together meetings [...]
When it comes to figuring out whether or not your efforts on Facebook are paying off what metrics do you turn to? Is it the number of “fans” your page has? More often or not this is what I hear. From non-profit organizations to for profit companies this is what people rattle off when I [...]
Not many people strive towards greatness. Most people don’t strive to be regular either. So what do you strive for – do you strive towards anything?
I’m convinced that if you don’t aim for something, you’ll end up hitting whatever’s easiest. That’s how the world works. I bet I didn’t have to tell you [...]
I’ve fallen into a trap.
I actually believe that people are going to read my blog. And it scares me. Scares me enough to not blog much. Why is it that wondering what others will think of my scrappy posts are keeping me from writing? The truth is I can’t stop comparing myself to [...]
This is by far not an exhaustive list, but a quick perusal of my Google Reader revealed Q4 of 2009 had a lot to offer. Here are my favorite blog posts relating to social media, community development and digital strategy for September – December of 2009. Add your own in the comments below.
There have been two notable release by Google this week.
1. Google released their own dictionary today. Will Google start to carry the same weight as Webster? You can reach it via http://google.com/dictionary
2. Google is now integrating Twitter into Google Friend Connect. Although [...]
With a few clicks of my mouse and couple of keystrokes I can reach hundreds of thousands of people with any type of marketing message I want to send. However, in an age where mass communication is easier than it’s ever been, marketers are relying too heavily upon tactics that allow them to broadcast their [...]
It all started at 11:41pm EDT October 28th on Jimmy John’s Facebook page.
This was followed up by another comment on their wall last the 28th at 7:01pm.
“Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches Indy-Metro $1 SUBS Thursday, Oct. 29th 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Buck subs at 16 locations in Brownsburg, Carmel, [...]
I was amazed to learn this, so I thought I’d pass this along.
One of my colleagues coaches a the cheerleading team at a local school. Evidently cheerleaders, just like football players, runners and other athletes need performance shoes for their sport. Here’s the cool part. Apparently cheerleading shoes are made for stacking humans! These [...]
Are you excited to get to work on Monday? I love to get to the office on Monday morning and fire up my laptop. It’s almost like starting the coffee maker in the morning. When I see the warm blue glow of my “on button” I feel awake, alive and alert. I say all this [...]
You can’t build a community of people using a template. Then again, you can’t always build a perpetuating community of from a 100% organic movement. So how then do niche social communities, brands, and large scale sites like Facebook and LinkedIn build online community?
Let’s explore the question from the perspective of a mayor [...]
