Thinks I find along the way
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Believe me, if you’re a blogger, you want to follow the ‘via’ link and read the rest of the article…
If you’re a ‘destination’, you’ll want to follow the ‘via’ link above to go to the source and read the rest of the article if you’re interested in learning more…
Guess what I’m getting ready to do. The rest of the flock meets their maker today…
Personally, I prefer HootSuite — although sometimes my interactions with their support team combined with their new freemium program make me wonder why. Seesmic.com meets all my criteria for a good social media monitoring tool; “good, fast, and cheap” and completely cross platform [including mobile]. Unfortunately, it’s lacking a couple of tools I need from HootSuite, namly autoposting of two rss feeds [free] and team tweeting [which is not]. You could overcome the first shortcoming by using dlvr.it and perhaps the second by using CoTweet, but that would violate one of my essential maxims: “Never use two tools when only one will do”. You can follow the ‘via’ link above to go to the source and read the rest of the article if you’re interested in learning more…
As commented on YouTube “Perhaps he should have had a brain implanted in his head instead”…
“Really, I have no problem saying this: It’s hard being married to me sometimes because I’m so obsessed,” Nagler said.
Now, obsession is a relative term in Green Bay, where a quick scan of the Lambeau Field parking lot on any given Sunday can mean deer antlers sticking out of one fan’s noggin and full-on Packers-centric papal regalia from the guy next to him grilling brats.
So when Nagler talks about his particular Packers fixation, he’s referring to a unique level of fan devotion that extends to the Internet and beyond. The kind where being connected with the team on an emotional level also means being plugged in via phone, Facebook, Twitter, RSS feed – pretty much every form of technology available so that the latest update on cornerback Tramon Williams’ new contract doesn’t slip past him during a busy workday.
“Even when I go out to dinner or a movie, anything, out in the park with my (three) kids, I’m always on. I’m always checking. I’m always ready,” Nagler said.
Such is life for one of the biggest cheeses in the burgeoning Packers blogosphere, a fan-generated pocket of the Internet that delivers the kind of up-to-the-minute commentary and rapid-fire banter you’d expect of traditional media outlets – only without the bonus of being able to shove a microphone in Coach Mike McCarthy’s face or collecting the requisite paycheck that comes with being credentialed.
With anywhere between 100,000 to 150,000 visitors a month, Nagler’s New York City-based CheeseheadTV.com is one of the most popular fan–driven platforms available for voracious consumers of Packers news. It’s why even as a full-time employee in the public affairs office at The Blackstone Group, the Appleton native is engaged 24/7 with the Packers news cycle by trading e-mails with Cheesehead co-creator Corey Behnke and site contributor Brian Carriveau, avidly Tweeting exchanges with beat writers or devoting entire Tuesday evenings to his site’s “Packer Transplants” live webcast.
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I had the honor yesterday of team teaching a social media ‘bootcamp’ with super smart social media guy Dana VanDen Heuvel [I know! Why was I team teaching with him?!]. Apparently Dana finds some value in my ‘practical, tactical’ approach to social media implementation so he asked me to share it with the class…
Me? I think people who believe that social media marketing could be valuable for their business are immediately faced with the question of ‘how do I add social media to my overflowing plate and still get home for supper?’. If that’s true then we need a simple toolbox to help us go from being overwhelmed by data to effectively managing and producing it. This is my current thinking about the ‘7+ Tools for Turning the Tide’ [the plus is for retail destinations that would also benefit from location-based social media]…
Before you tweet back that this is way oversimplified, remember where most aspiring thought leaders are at! That’s why I use three maxims to guide my choice of tools:
This mindmap is a revision of my now ‘world famous’ series ‘The Top 10 Tools for Tightening your Tribe‘ — the missing technology toolkit for Seth Godin’s book ‘Tribes‘. You’ll see that some of the tools have changed [I’ve moved to Chrome from Firefox, for example] but the principles are enduring and many tools have stood the test of time over the past year — a lifetime in the social media space…
Questions? Feedback? Comment, call or use the contact form to connect so we can talk about how this applies to your business…
November 30, 2010
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Playing for the Chicago Cubs from 1960 to 1973, then for a final season with the Chicago White Sox, Santo hit 342 career home runs, won five Gold Glove awards for fielding and was named an All-Star nine times.
He was a key figure on the 1969 Cubs team that was leading the Mets by 13 games in August before collapsing. That team gained a particularly agonizing niche in the star-crossed history of the Cubs, who have not won a pennant since 1945. But Santo endeared himself to the Bleacher Bums in their hard hats at Wrigley Field that summer by clicking his heels with joy after victories.
That Santo was on a major league field, let alone starring alongside the future Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Billy Williams and Ferguson Jenkins, seemed remarkable.
When he took a routine physical in 1959, on the brink of making his Cubs debut, Santo was found to have juvenile diabetes. He began taking insulin within two years, but kept his diabetes a secret from the Cubs until being named to his first All-Star team in 1963, fearing that management’s knowledge of his illness might have damaged his career. He did not allow the public to know of his diabetes until his final years with the Cubs.
I’ll never forget watching Santo run to the left field dugout after wins in ’69, jumping in the air and clicking his heels. Thanks, Ron — for everything you did for Cubs fans…
Bright, shiny objects! 
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