Today’s video does not feature a Facebook question of the week. Rather, I do some housekeeping. The Arment Dietrich Facebook photo contest is closed and the three finalists will be announced tomorrow. You get to choose the grand prize winner (who, BTW, will win a Flip camera, so be sure to vote!). The ninth trend for the Dec. 15 webinar has been identified and the winners ... Read More

Guest post by Jon Ivanco, a lawyer in training and entrepreneur. On Thursday, Above the Law broke the story of the Diesel underwear ads that came out showcasing the lovely Brooklyn Law School library. This story is continuing to pop up all over my Twitter feed that is cued to search “law school.” The reality of the situation is wherever there is a scandal, social media ... Read More

So many things are happening this week, it’s hard to choose just one blog topic. Facebook is taking on Google in the email space. AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile are joining forces so we no longer have to carry wallets. And Google is launching a recommendation engine. You know the old adage about not trying to catch up, but leapfrogging ahead of your competition? I feel like ... Read More

People ask me all the time what my secret sauce is for online community building and I always make some self-deprecating comment about how my mom pays people a lot of money to be nice to me. But I’ve really been thinking about what it is that creates such a strong sense of community and why they want to continue giving. And not just the Spin ... Read More

A few weeks ago, I blogged about the eight social media and marketing trends to pay attention to going into 2011. Since then, I’ve used those trends when I speak and they have created a great starting point for conversation with business leaders, marketers, and students. The blog post also created some really great conversation in the comments, with the addition of things such as crowdsourcing, ... Read More

I’m just now noticing a trend in the stories I collected this week. Sixty percent of my recommendations are hysterical. Guess I was either in a really good mood this week or needed to laugh really badly. Regardless, I think you’re really going to enjoy the stories (and one video) this week. Presenting…the top five stories for week ending Nov. 12, ... Read More

We’ve been talking about giving back to our Arment Dietrich community and, when we surpassed 1,000 Facebook fans, we decided to put a contest into place. And get this, first prize wins a Flip camera!  Yes folks, you heard right. Once the contest ends, you will get to vote on the top three you like best. I will choose the grand prinze winner and that person ... Read More

Social commerce. According to Wikipedia, “Social commerce is a subset of electronic commerce that involves using social media, online media that supports social interaction and user contributions, to assist in the online buying and selling of products and services. More succinctly, social commerce is the use of social media in the context of e-commerce.” But what does that mean to you... Read More