Judi Sohn

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If Google+ was a comfy couch at a conferenceā€¦

Judi Sohn

Is it a Facebook killer? One difference is apparent to me: On Facebook, your posts are shared as widely as possible by default and you can take an extra step to exclude people. One difference is apparent to me: On Facebook, your posts are shared as widely as possible by default and you can take an extra step to exclude people.

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Thoughts on Chatter while the Kool-Aid flows at Dreamforce

Judi Sohn

If you're interested in Salesforce stuff and you just landed from your planet, Chatter is like Facebook in your corporate CRM/database. You can post status updates, leave comments on other people's profile (think: wall). I posted on-topic comments in Groups and posted to profiles. No one uses it. I followed people.

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Nonprofits: Have we had enough of "vote for me" fundraising yet?

Judi Sohn

Chase gives $5 million to nonprofits based solely on the votes of regular folk on Facebook. Each Facebook user, after authorizing the Chase application, got 20 votes to distribute among their favorite charities. Allegations of fake profiles being created to drum up votes. On paper, it seemed simple enough. Nice dream.

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Nonprofits: Have we had enough of "vote for me" fundraising yet?

Judi Sohn

Chase gives $5 million to nonprofits based solely on the votes of regular folk on Facebook. Each Facebook user, after authorizing the Chase application, got 20 votes to distribute among their favorite charities. Allegations of fake profiles being created to drum up votes. On paper, it seemed simple enough. Nice dream.

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Apple, itā€™s time to move parental controls to the cloud

Judi Sohn

Since the high profile hacking incident last summer , Apple has made it very difficult to reset an account. Apple should know which iCloud accounts belong to minors, the way Facebook and Google do. Trouble is, she never set security questions. I could log in to her ID online, but there was no way to reset the security questions.

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Fight Colorectal Cancer: A Rebranding Tale

Judi Sohn

I reached out to Farra through her LinkedIn profile. I did it in order of least traffic to most, making the Twitter and Facebook changes last. Facebook was another matter entirely. Unfortunately, my practice sessions revealed a sad fact: Facebook does not allow organizations to change their name. Let's Raise a Brand!

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Lovinā€™ on Ravelry

Judi Sohn

If you have a blog you can easily connect it to Ravelry so your posts appear on your profile in real time. If you have a Twitter account you can easily connect it to Ravelry so you can target tweets for your Ravelry profile. Ravelry appears to be funding itself through in-site advertising, similar to Facebook. Guess what?

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