Posts Tagged "community-building"

Last week, I wrote a blog post about RelayRides. The short version is that their customer support seemed non-existent, and I was too concerned about insurance to be their customer. The longer version is a good read. After that blog post, RelayRides tweeted me that they wanted to “clarify” things I wrote in my blog […]

I had high hopes for the new Facebook Groups. They made it sound like they were going to rebuild Friends Lists so that you could more easily organize info you only wanted seen by certain people. They didn’t do that. They just turned Old Groups into New Groups. So let’s say I have 300 Facebook […]

Facebook announced yesterday the coming of “Groups.” The idea jumps off of their “Friends List” feature. Facebook said only 5% of people are using Friends Lists; they want to create something everybody will use because they find it so easy to use. I use Friends Lists. For those who don’t know, you can create lists […]

Social. Pertaining to friendly relations. Seeking the enjoyment of the companionship of others. Connecting to others in a community rather than being in isolation. Networking. An association of individuals having a common interest, formed to provide mutual assistance, helpful information, or the like. Cultivate people who can be helpful to one professionally. So why do […]

I see a lot of Carls Jr commercials (Hardees for you east coast people). The end of the commercial used to show www.carlsjr.com. But lately (as of when I’m writing this), I noticed something that struck me. They wanted you to go to www.Facebook.com/CarlsJr If you can control your web traffic, why send them to […]

I’m that early adopter… I started on Twitter in April 2008. As of around spring 2010, I’m pretty much off Twitter. I still have accounts. Some still have feeds going to them. But I haven’t posted anything. I check maybe once a week to see if anybody has @ me. I’ll respond to a direct […]