About Susan Etlinger
Hanging at The Hangar at Altimeter Group
Shannon and I spent the evening at the Altimeter Group open house last night, where Deb, Jeremiah, Ray and Charlene debuted The Hangar, a physical space intended to bring together the ecosystem of emerging technologies, thought leaders, business and service providers to innovate and bring new ideas to life. To me,... Read full post »
After the social media frenzy...what's next?
In the movies, we know something big is about to happen when 1) an animal stops in the forest, cocks its head and listens intently; 2) a character walks into a darkened room without turning on the lights; or 3) the music swells. In real life, however, we rarely if ever... Read full post »
Web 2.0 Expo 2009: Why Social Media Marketing Fails
Time moves so quickly that it's easy to forget that social media is still incredibly new for many, many organizations. Was it only six years ago that Tim O'Reilly and a rag-tag group of media junkies developed the concept of Web 2.0? In human years, that's about the age of your... Read full post »
Social Media Jungle at CES, Part One
I spoke today at CES at the Social Media Jungle produced by Jeff Pulver. If you haven’t been following these, they’re a series of events designed for journalists, bloggers, marketers, PR people, technologists, business people—anyone, really, who’s interested in and/or already practicing social media. Jeff continues to host them in cities... Read full post »
The embargo tango
If you Google the words Arrington Embargo this morning, you'll find more than 3,300 blog results, which should dispel any lingering doubts you may have that 1) the man knows how to strike a nerve and 2) we're living in a world where search is king. Whatever you may think of... Read full post »