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How is your ‘Cognitive Surplus’?

by Dan Bailey

I’ve been enjoying Clay Shirky’s thought-provoking novel Cognitive Surplus, about how social media has transformed our hobbies, our work, our economy and lives. Shirky claims that social media creates the first fundamental change in media economics since Gutenberg invented the printing press in the 15th century…

Why Web 2.0 Changes Total Business Approach

by Dan Bailey

In research and preparation for my GSU Social Media Marketing course, I find traits of commonality are easy to see across platforms, genres and generations in business today, easily leading us to chicken-and-egg arguments. For example, are Millennials and Gen Ys egalitarian and team-based in approach because that is the way they were raised? Or is it because the groundswell Web 2.0 technologies they have embraced (and exploded in consumption and growth) empowered them to approach life this way…

So… exactly what is Web 2.0 again?

by Dan Bailey

I feel we’ve become so wrapped up in “social media” that we forget the vital, driving philosophical and technological strategies behind them. As I plan my syllabus for my Georgia State University Spring 2011 course on Social Media Marketing, I want to ensure the undercurrents are acknowledged. So, here goes…

Are you a Prosumer?

by Dan Bailey

Well the last several weeks in Atlanta, for social media advocacy, have been truly landmark, with many events. One of those events was an inaugural Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association Social Media SIG lunch-n-learn which I moderated. During that panel discussion, I discussed the role of the “prosumer” in Web 2.0 today…