Weekly “Must-Read” List – Volume 4

In my normal holiday frenzy to finish all shopping, baking and cheer-spreading in a 48-hour period, I negelected my duties to provide you with another great list of reading.  So here you go and I’ll try for a second list by week’s end as well!

15 Blogs You may have Missed by Amber Naslund at Altitude [...]

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Me? A “Social Media Expert”? Definitely. Maybe.

social media expert, relationship building, PR, media, learning social media

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Weekly “Must Read” List – Volume 3 (a little EARLY!)

Given the late delivery with Volume 2, I hope to earn your forgiveness with an early post this week.  What do you say?  BFFs again?
There’s some great stuff from this week but I mixed it up a little with a few posts slightly outside of the social media world but still “digitally relevant”.   Clearly as [...]

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ASG’s Weekly Top 10 – Volume 2 (a little late…)

Well, things got a bit busy out on the East Coast where we’re working to set-up a New Jersey office, so I’m a little delayed on my weekly top 10.  Enjoy!

MUST READ:  Social Media Predictions 2009 by Peter Kim at BeingPeterKim.com
Followed by some insightful commentary on that post… 2009 Social Media Predictions by David Polinchock [...]

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ASG’s Weekly Top 10 – Volume 1

I read a lot.  No, I mean A LOT. 
I got to thinking it might be useful to share some of my favorites in the form of a ”Top 10″ list each week of the articles I found useful, interesting and maybe a few that are just entertaining (we all need a break once in awhile, right?).  So, starting this [...]

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Social Media: Stop. Watch. Listen.

Social Media is by far the hottest trend in marketing and many are starting to prove how effective it can be to building relationships and trust with consumer groups, but there are a few things to think about before you dive in:
It’s about ENGAGEMENT.  It’s about two way CONVERSATION.
It’s NOT about mass messaging.  It’s NOT about blast emails.
And, [...]

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Fess Up…Were You a Cheater in High School?

I was reading yesterday’s article in the OC Register about the rampant cheating among high school students…
Nearly two in three U.S. high school students have admitted cheating on an exam in the past year, and nearly one in three have acknowledged stealing from a store in the past year, according to the findings of an [...]

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Land Rover Resource Found in an Unusual Place

Given our vested interest in Land Rover, wemonitor all online conversations for mentions and came across a really cool service that I knew nothing about in a highly unlikely place – an Audi Information Center.  Check out their story about RoverLand Parts here. 
The RoverLand Parts website will tell you more about the company, but it’s the first I’ve heard being [...]

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More from Inside the US Auto Industry

Adding onto my post from yesterday, if you’re interested in learning more from GM and Chrysler, they’ve each also created websites that speak to the “bailout” situation.  For GM information, visit GMFactsandFiction.com.  For Chrysler information, visit GrabDemocracybytheHorns.com.
Both of these sites are fairly simple in terms of technology, but efficiently convey information and give people the [...]

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From Inside the US Auto Industry

If you work in auto industry marketing or communications and you haven’t heard of Scott Monty, then I suggest you run, not walk, to his blog:  The Social Media Marketing Blog because he’s single handedly breaking all kinds of new ground in the effective use of social media within this industry.  Be sure to link to his Twitter [...]

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