Social Media Accelerates Age-Old Journalism Realities
17 April 2009Old Media Versus New Media Last night, we attended the Austin Social Media Club panel on Old Media vs. New Media and to be honest, it was a great panel that probably ended in the nick of time. As the night went on, tensions were becoming palpable in the room- people's passions on the Institution of journalism ran high as did the passions of the journalists themselves. Although time constraints abruptly ended the panel (which may have been a disservice to old media), it did end civilly despite the conversation quickly turning to the thoughts and feelings from the audience on ...
Using the Recession as Marketing Fodder
02 February 2009RecessISon! I recently learned from Brains on Fire that the ultra fancy Morgan Hotel Group has sponsored the blog that plays on the current recession, called recessISon. Above is a letter from Morgan Hotel Group that takes advantage of down times instead of letting it get them down. Taking advantage of bad news: How exactly does your business take advantage of bad news? Do you go as far as the Morgan Hotel Group and sponsor an entire site that says "f**k the recession" or do you find your own creative way? The main ingredient in an ...
Social Media and Originality
28 January 2009No original thought is possible? Social media is the land of collaboration and never before has the saying "there is no such thing as an original thought" been more true. The Hidden Persuader shared the above image and it couldn't be more timely for us because we are exiting the early adoption phase of social media and entering a new era where everyone is an "expert" even though they just got their first email address last month. New Media case study: In the new media space, those of us that create content are often imitated and while it can rub you the ...
Austin Social Media in Non-Profits
27 January 2009The Live Social Media Capital of the World is more than just a bunch of awesome people that use social media, Austin is a city of people that dialogue online and work hard to advocate for each other. Non profits are increasingly utilizing the new media space to get their message out and reach as many people as possible and Austin is a great template for other non profits. We have many great leaders in the field and below are just ten of them. Feel free to add more non-profit people in Austin ...
Austin Social Media in Real Estate
27 January 2009There are a great deal of licensed real estate professionals in the city of Austin that have embraced and are using social media in their businesses. We've compiled a list of ten Austin Realtors that you should check out as you study ways to get started in or improve upon your own new media efforts. Because this is just a snapshot of a few agents, feel free to add more real estate social medians in Austin in the comments. Tammy Young (@austincentric) Steve & Sylvia Crossland (@scrossland) Jason Crouch (@jasoncrouch) Gus Rojo (@mr_monopoly)
Did You Know?
26 January 2009Because New Media Labs is part of the Austin Social Media Scene, we're really into photo community, Flickr where people can upload, host and comment on digital photos. You can see tons of pictures of the Austin Social Media Scene on our flickr page where all of the pictures at the bottom of this page are hosted. Be sure to comment on pictures of the people you know (or would like to know).
Austin Social Media- Live Social Media Capital of the World
26 January 2009Austin Social Media's Top 100 If you're living in a cave and didn't yet know it, Austin is the Live Social Media Capital of the World and has been looked to by others as the pioneers of the new media space. Below, we've listed 100 innovators in Austin and encourage you to look into them all. If you'd like to connect with us (and we totally want you to), click here. Austin Marketing & PR Social Media: Connie Reece, Sheila Scarborough, & Jennifer Navarette- Every Dot Connects Social Media: Jackie Huba- Church ...
2008 Social Media Statistics Report
26 January 2009We've combed the land of statistics high and low as 2008 closes and companies go public with their data and we've discovered that 2008 was a year of explosive social networking growth. We learned that Twitter grew 752%, Facebook has 150 million users, YouTube now hosts 44% of all online video, LinkedIn users have awesome household incomes, Flickr has over 3 billion images and that one million blog posts are written every day across the globe. Check out our FULL REPORT which covers 2008 statistics for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Flickr, Digg, Wikipedia and blogs.
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