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Gee, Thanks, WashPo Social Reader! Now I Know My Friends Read Crap!

Gee, Thanks, WashPo Social Reader! Now I Know My Friends Read Crap!

  Apr 10, 2012

I love it when people share great stuff on social media. Thanks to friends, family, and acquaintances, I’ve stumbled across this, this, and plenty of other gems. Due to many self-introduced layers of filtering, my Facebook, Twitter, etc. feeds are filled with content from people I know I like.  That’s layer #1.  Layer #2?  I like to think that most...

The CVM Quiz: Lost Cause? Implementer? Or Strategist?

The CVM Quiz:  Lost Cause? Implementer? Or Strategist?

  Jan 5, 2011

As you might expect, we have a lot of conversations about online marketing and encounter a lot of people who have some strong opinions.  In light of that, it should come as no surprise that we’ve started to see some patterns emerge… When it comes to any individual’s or company’s feelings about websites, social media, digital content, and the like,...

Is Facebook Cooking Its Own Goose?

Is Facebook Cooking Its Own Goose?

  May 6, 2010

When it comes to Facebook, I’m generally a realist. Whatever complaints I, and many others, have about the site, for now the social network is the primary way that diffuse and extended webs of casual friends, colleagues, past classmates, and the other random people we meet (and generally like) in our daily lives have to stay connected without too much...

Earth Day At Channel V Media

Earth Day At Channel V Media

  Apr 22, 2010

We can’t exactly claim to be a bunch of raging environmentalists here at Channel V Media, but we do care about the planet, and we’re excited to be working with and talking to more and more green-focused companies.  Many of them are led by entrepreneurs who recognize that they are at the vanguard not only of changes in consumer habits and...

Triathlons and Twitter: How One Small Business Is Using Social Media to Build Its Audience One Tweet at a Time

Triathlons and Twitter: How One Small Business Is Using Social Media to Build Its Audience One Tweet at a Time

  Jul 17, 2009

Around here we find our frequent conversations about social media ending with, “Hey, it’s not rocket science.” I know many people like to make it seem as though what we do is incredibly esoteric and that only the most experienced, knowledgeable person could even begin to think about undertaking it, but when it comes to social media,...