Feld Thoughts

MAY 14, 2011

Fred Wilson had an excellent post up this morning titled Social Media’s Secret Weapon – Email. I completely agree that email is the key communications channel for social media and have written about this before in posts like 100% Click Through Rate , Email – The Original Social Graph and Email Is Still The Best Login.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 8, 2013

But I was really surprised by the number of people that used my birthday as a way to “get something” without “giving something” other than a few words in a social media message. Oh – and the best thing I got electronically for my birthday was from Andrei Soroker via a different channel – Kato.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 26, 2021

Last week I participated in a virtual tour of the Media Archaeology Lab. I believe the Media Archaeology Lab is now one of the largest collections of working vintage computers. If this is interesting to you, please consider making a cash donation to support the Media Archaeology Lab ‘s operations.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 24, 2017

I’m not looking at social media (although I am still broadcasting.) I’m not looking at news (I figure anything I really need to know will find its way to me) other than my continuous stream of tech news in my a Slack channel. In addition to turning off the TV, I’ve turned off all the continuous interrupts.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 26, 2017

To do this, I withdrew on several dimensions, especially via social media and online channels, which diminished my experience, but allowed me time and space to think. I’ve continued to do what felt important and right to me while listening and learning. I worked hard to eliminate the noise and concentrate on the signal.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Reset Social Media : While I’ve always been a broadcaster on social media (primarily Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn), my consumption and engagement patterns ebb and flow. Email remains the best way to get me, although I will continue 1:1 interaction via whatever channels find their way to me (SMS, txt, FBM, LI, DM).

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

And phrases like “social media marketing&# and “marketing spend&# rarely surface in discussions, and when they do I vomit a little in my mouth. Fred Wilson has a phenomenal blog post up this morning titled Marketing. Of course marketing is a key part of the success of these companies.

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