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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
Social Media 302: Barack Obama’s Social Media Strategy
In Social Media 301, we examined the McCain campaign’s use of the Web, and invited an associate professor to provide a similar analysis for the Obama campaign. Scott Meis, a SMUGgle from Chicago, has risen to the challenge with Analyzing Barack Obama’s Social Media Strategy. Here’s an excerpt: Visit any of Obama’s networking tools and [...]
Posted in Social Media | Also tagged campaigns, McCain, Obama, Politics, Social Media, social networking, socialmedia | Leave a comment
Social Media 301: GOP and McCain Use of Web
No campaign has used the Web as effectively as Barack Obama’s has, as his record-setting fundraising totals testify. He’s the second-most popular person on Facebook, after Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps. I have invited any SMUGgle with first-hand experience of the Obama on-line campaign (and who got the early-morning text message last Saturday about the Biden [...]
Posted in New Media, Social Media | Also tagged Biden, Facebook, Joe Biden, John McCain, McCain, Obama, Palin, Politics, Sarah Palin, Social Media, socialmedia, YouTube | 9 Comments
RAQ – What is a SMUGgle?
Even though we don’t have our own sports teams (which helps us keep tuition down!), Social Media University Global still needs a nickname for our student body. Referring to the whole bunch as “SMUG students” has an unfortunate connotation, but until a few weeks ago it was the best I could do. Then, in a [...]
Posted in Chancellor RAQs, SMUG, Social Media | Also tagged Facebook, Flickr, Obama, SMUG, Social Media, socialmedia, wordpress, wordpress.com, YouTube | 6 Comments
Personal and Professional Personas in Social Networks
In the Facebook 210 course I describe a way to use Facebook’s Friend lists to create a “work-safe” profile that is less likely to cause professional problems, when that high school classmate or college buddy tags you in a questionable photo or writes on your wall. This led to a thoughtful comment from Erik Giberti: [...]
Posted in Facebook, SMUG, Social Media | Also tagged Clinton, Facebook, Hillary Clinton, LinkedIn, MySpace, Obama, Personal, Professional, second life, transparency | Leave a comment
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