Tag: Social Media
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NetApp United 2017 — A Numerical Breakdown
As you likely saw, earlier this week, NetApp announced the official kick-off of their 2017 NetApp United influencer program, welcoming 111 members. While 111 members gives us a little idea of what the 2017 NetApp United looks like, I thought it was worth taking a closer look. So, as I’ve done in the past for…
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NetApp Names Members of 2017 NetApp United Program
NetApp has announced the first members of their new community recognition program, called NetApp United. I’m proud to announce that I’m one of those 111 people. What makes a good candidate for the NetApp United program? According to the application announcement, NetApp was looking for technology enthusiasts who: Have a social media presence Have overall…
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Report on GeekFluent’s Predictions for 2016 — How’d I Do?
Last year I did my first “Predictions for Next Year” post. I see a lot of these kinds of posts near the end of the year. I wanted to take things a step further and look back to see how well I did. It is, of course, difficult for any of us to be completely…
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For Vendors: Handling Negative Social Media Feedback — Three Case Studies and Some Tips
If you’re a right-thinking individual, you’ll find it hard to believe that sometimes not everyone agrees with everything I write. In fact, sometimes people have taken exception to things I write. On the rare event when it has happened, it’s usually the vendors I write about who disagree with me. In this post, I’ll present…
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EMC Elect 2016 – Just the Facts
Yesterday, EMC announced the list of those who had been awarded the EMC Elect designation for 2016. The EMC Elect is EMC’s community recognition program. Now in its fourth year, the Elect program seeks to recognize those who exhibit engagement with the EMC community, commitment to be “part of the EMC conversation day in and…
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Cisco Announces Champions for 2016
On Friday last week, Cisco started sending out email welcoming those people who have been selected to receive the Cisco Champion designation for 2016. For those of you not familiar with it, Cisco Champion is Cisco’s community recognition program. Its main goal is to encourage and recognize knowledge-sharing efforts. To quote from the welcome email:…
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Tech Bloggers’ Support Group – Beta Test
This is an idea I’ve been kicking around for a while. I’ve been thinking about how I’d like to be doing more with this blog: posting more often, creating series of posts, improving my writing skills, increasing my readership, etc. Obviously, the easiest of these for me to affect is the “posting more often”. I’m…