Can Brands Be Social? Shel Israel says “No.”
Wiley author Shel Israel has started an interesting conversation with Jeremiah Owyang about wither or not “brands” can be social. Jeremiah asked if brands should build their own networks, or use existing social nets. Shel says brands can not be social, only people can. I’m not so sure I completely agree - yet.
As I have [...]
Twitter is a Conversation Ecosystem
Readers of this blog know that I am part of a small group who are trying to push the edges of our company and are working on some social application experiments. Twitter is one of those experiments, and I keep a personal stream as well as one for our Wrox imprint.
An early adopter of [...]
A Facebook Ban for Dummies Man
Like many companies, we have been dipping our toe into the social applications waters with some of our brands. Our Wrox brand has a Facebook Group and a Twitter Stream, and until recently our iconic ambassador of our For Dummies series, Dummies Man, had his own Facebook profile.
Collegaue Ellen Gerstein, who had been managing [...]
DIY Marketing For Authors
This past week I connected via Twitter with publishing and social media consultants Jon Reed and Suzanne Ashley. Their Publishing Talk blog is right up my alley and I recommend it for anyone involved in publishing - authors and publishers alike.
A recent post discusses authors using socia applications to promote their books [...]
My Twitter Alter Ego, and the Question of Brand in Social Applications
I have been doing some experimenting with social applications as it pertains to publishing. I tend to think of this blog as part of a “personal brand” if you will - it’s about me and my thoughts on the industry I happen to work in. Should I ever leave book publishing I suspect [...]
