Posts Tagged ‘Social Media Strategy’

Folders May Be the Answer to Human Clutter in Google Plus Circles

After about six months of playing around, my Google Plus Circles have become a terrible mess. And, what you see below only scratches the surface of my disorganization. Starting out, I felt like I had a good framework that let me organize contacts by geographic area, industry, special interests and even periods of time in my life. But today, the challenge lies in that I’ve had time to connect with enough people that the clutter is nearly overwhelming. Solution, you ask? I have a full reorganization is on my to do list for this weekend. That’s going be a fun Saturday project. (Hopefully you were able to catch the dose of sarcasm). Why Don’t We Have Google Plus Folders? Look at some of the other Google Products. For instance, here’s a shot of my Google Reader. See how clean this is? I literally track hundreds of blogs and alerts in my Google reader account. It’s not shiny and new, but it sure does work well for cutting through lots of clutter and information. In fact, I really don’t subscribe to blogs via email any more. My Google Reader folders will squash my inbox any day as an easy and sustainable fix to information clutter. What About Human Clutter? Wouldn’t it be great if Google Plus included this same type of feature for our Circles? I know not everyone thinks in terms of organization in folders, but that said, there’s a lot of people (like yours truly) that have been reared in the age of Microsoft Outlook. We’ve become accustomed to thinking in folders, as opposed to tags and other froms of information management. I would love to see Google give Plusers the ability to categorize Google Plus Circles in the same way they allow us to manage strams of information in Google Reader and [...]

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The Karcher Group Acquires Social Business Strategies to Expand into Columbus

Today’s post is pretty long. If you happen to be a member of the press and you’d like to get to the facts quickly, you can download the PRESS RELEASE and also find images available to use on the TKG flickr account. If you’d like commentary for an article, please reach out to Geoff Karcher via email at geoff [at] tkg.com or by phone at 1-888-485-4932, or myself at nriggs [at] tkg.com or by phone at 614-348-2646. As always, thanks so much for your attention :) nate You might be wondering about what I’ve been up to for the last month. I’ll admit — following my sudden reemergence in the online social circles has been a bit confusing. Back in September of last year, I announced that I would be leaving the entrepreneurial space and joining up with the good folks at Bob Evans to lead their digital marketing efforts on the restaurant side of the business. Since early on in my career I had always loved working in the restaurant industry, and with the birth of Max a month earlier, the opportunity to join a stable public company seemed like a no brainer. About 30 days in, an old friend by the name of Geoff Karcher called me and asked if we could have dinner in Columbus. Over the years, I’ve learned that you never turn down dinners with old friends … especially friends like Geoff. When we met at Lindy’s in German Village, Geoff introduced me to Todd Whetstone, his director of strategic initiatives at The Karcher Group. Todd’s a literal juggernaut in his own right, chalking a background of experience that includes a laundry list of Fortune 500 companies. We shook hands, were seated and soon began picking through calamari, sipping beers and chatting about our families. The conversation soon turned to the Columbus agency environment and how so many businesses are struggling to simply be [...]

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Chuck Hemann Shares More on Making Social Media Insights Work in the Enterprise

The first day at SocialFresh was a blast! Good content. Good questions from a very savvy and energized crowd and some of the nicest people you’ll meet in the social business industry. About Chuck Hemann One of my favorite talks yesterday was given by the illustrious and very accomplished Chuck Hemann. Chuck is the Director of Analytics for WCG in Austin, Texas and a regular speaker on the conference circuit. He continues to drive the social business industry to new levels through his involvement in organizations like the Society for New Communications Research and the Social Media Business Summit Track at the BlogWorld Expo. Best of all, Chuck is a fellow North East Ohio boy, born and raised North Ridgeville which is not far from Cleveland. It’s good to see talent coming out of the heart of the Midwest Check out our discussion from yesterday. I apologize in advance for the crooners music bed in the background. Chuck is so smart that he sometimes gets a classy music bed when he talks. nateriggsLike what you just read and want to get my posts delivered to your inbox? SUBSCRIBE HEREMore Posts Follow Me:

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