Tag Archives: social media

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  But You Seemed So Happy

  Posted on September 5, 2011 by Kat French in managing attention, relationships

  When I previously posted about depression and suicidal thoughts, a dear “real world” friend of mine sent me a message saying “But you always seemed so happy!” That’s incredibly common among people who suffer from depression and suicidal thoughts. We’re often really good at covering our disease. It’s often baffling when someone you know takes [...]

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  Please pardon this Facebook-related rant.

  Posted on February 10, 2010 by Kat French in relationships

  There’s too much actual work that needs to be done to see this world transformed into something better to pat ourselves on the back for copying and pasting a Facebook status.

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  Who are your anti-mentors?

  Posted on October 14, 2009 by Kat French in managing attention, relationships

  When it comes to personal/professional growth, spiritual disciplines, and social media, we talk a lot about the importance of finding good mentors. When you’re learning better ways of doing things, it can be fantastically helpful to have someone who has successfully navigated that territory to show you the way.  Or at least, a way that [...]

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  New Online Reputation Monitoring tool from Andy Beal of Marketing Pilgrim

  Posted on February 18, 2008 by Kat French in relationships

  This morning, I received an email update that Trackur, the new online reputation management tool from Andy Beal, had gone live. I immediately trucked on over to the site to check it out. There’s a nice video demo available that takes you through the basics, and it’s available for a free 14 day trial. If [...]

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  The Psychology of Social Media: Or “Why Twitter is so darn addictive”

  Posted on February 15, 2008 by Kat French in relationships

  When people talk about social media, you often hear it described as addictive. “I’m addicted to Twitter/Facebook/StumbleUpon.” One reason people lose track of time when posting on various social media sites, such as blogs, forums, news engines, and social networks, is because such participation actually is highly addictive. I’m not being metaphorical here. I really [...]

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  Social Media and Marketers: Learning to Play Nicely Together

  Posted on January 16, 2008 by Kat French in relationships

  Brent Csutoras wrote a great, thoughtful post this week which should probably receive “Catchiest Social Media Headline of the Week”: Silly Marketer, Mixx is for Kids. As a marketing and advertising professional who’s also a social media addict and a fairly early adopter of Mixx, I found Brent’s take on it interesting. The conversation on [...]

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