by Christopher S Penn | Sep 28, 2010 | Awakening, Blogging, New media, Social media
How long does it take to scan a tweet? To read a blog post? To listen to a podcast? To watch a video? Perhaps seconds. Perhaps minutes. Depending on what your content is and how much of it you create, you could be asking your friends, followers, and fans to give up...
by Christopher S Penn | Sep 10, 2010 | New media, Social media, Social networks, Strategy, Twitter
A longtime tradition on Twitter is a weekly meme called Follow Friday, where on Fridays you recommend people to follow to your existing followers. Follow Friday is normally done by cramming as many usernames into a tweet as possible and somehow managing to shoehorn a...
by Christopher S Penn | Jul 8, 2010 | Blogging, New media, Social media, Social networks, Strategy, Twitter
When was the last time you heard a really great speaker? When was the last time you read a really insightful blog post?When was the last time you acted on a follow recommendation on Twitter or a LinkedIn connection? I’d bet recently. The beauty of social media...
by Christopher S Penn | Jul 5, 2010 | Awakening, New media, Social networks, Strategy
A funny thing occurred to me recently as I was redesigning this blog. (by the way, if you haven’t stopped by the actual site lately, it’s got a whole new look) There’s a very specific reason why it’s named Awaken Your Superhero –...
by Christopher S Penn | Jun 25, 2010 | New media, Podcasting, Video
I was going through my archives the other day, sifting out stuff that I didn’t need to hold onto any more, and found some pretty amazing content collecting dust. I have hours and hours of video, text, and all kinds of media, some of which has never seen the...
by Christopher S Penn | Jun 16, 2010 | New media, Twitter
UPDATED: Twitpocalypse postponed to August 31, 2010 Original: Are you ready for the Twitpocalypse? On June 30, 2010, Twitter will change forever. For many of you, your favorite widgets, sites, clients, and applications will shatter. Twitter will simply stop working...