Entries by Tara Coomans

Tool Tuesday: Twitter curation tools

Its true we’re on information overload. We use multiple social networking platforms, which have different audiences and expectations. If you’re considering your audience, you’re wondering how you can add value. And if your considerting your schedule, your wondering how you can possibly catch everything? Enter: Twitter curation. There are several services that curate or organize […]

What we can learn from blog firestorms.

Interesting, isn’t it? Social media can be such a fantastic place – full of thoughtful, intelligent people.  Fun people. So thoughtful, fun and intelligent that its easy to imagine the whole world is cheering you on. Its easy to imagine that the social sphere or your blog are simply just an adult playground of cool […]

Who we are…not what we are in social media

If you grew up in a traditional marketing or pr or design field, you probably had the implications and research of demographics beat into your head. You probably studied trends and learned all about how to market to and and communicate with particular generations. Maybe you even sought to discover emerging trends. Social media really […]

5 metrics to track on Twitter

It happened again this weekend. Over mimosas and a lovely chat. Laser focused and sincere the question came: “How many followers should I have on Twitter?” Ahh, yes. It’s still a common question, mostly I believe, because its the easiest to measure, its a number you can view at a glance.  I get this question […]