News and research in the social media industry.

19 AprRecap: Tips from the Copyblogger CEO Interview in Dallas

In a living-room-style interview, Brian Clark, the CEO of Copyblogger, was grilled with meaty questions by his own CFO, Sean Jackson, in a joint event hosted by the Social Media Club of Dallas and DFW Search Engine Marketing Association. I’ve compiled a recap of their most-tweeted comments and concepts.

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18 MarGuide to SXSW Without a Badge

This year I went to South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive festival without a badge, and it was awesome. I met a lot of people and did more fun things that I didn’t have time to do when I was running around last year trying to see every panel with my badge

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13 MarBest Quotes from “No Reservations” Crew with Anthony Bourdain at SXSW

They spoke about how they got their show started in social media, how they’ve integrated social media and TV, affects social media has had on their show, and how local foodies can get on their shows.

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03 MarHow Publicists Can Do Better PR with Social Media Influencers

I (Dallas Foodie) recently received the slightly offensive email, below, from a publicist. This email is similar to others I’ve received from publicists who seem to hope social media influencers will share their press releases. Instead of replying to this one PR agent, I am posting my response as a blog in hopes that other public relations agents will understand what they are asking and how they can write more effective PR emails for social media influencers.

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27 JanHow to Go Viral: Insights from a Most Liked Facebook Status

Have you ever seen a Facebook status with more Likes, Comments, and Shares than this photo posted by Earthian on Oct 11, 2011?

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