Brad Rourke

Category: social networks

  • New eBook: How To Promote Your Blog On Twitter And Facebook

    I’ve written a new Twitter eBook that describes step-by-step how to promote your blog on Twitter and Facebook.

  • How I Use Different Social Media Services

    A number of people have asked me lately to help them “figure out” social media. One problem with that is that there is no one-size-fits-all answer. Social media is really a dynamic ecosystem that contains many, many disparate parts. Some are interconnected and others are more standalone. The key, I think, is to figure out…

  • Reviewing How I'm Doing With Twitter

    I was just reviewing things as 2009 draws to a close. One thing I was curious about was my Twitter usage. Like many of my friends, 2009 marked a year of significant ramp-up with all forms of social media and especially Twitter, which I first started using in March 2007. So, how do things stack…

  • 11 Things To Help You On Twitter

    I have been working on some simple tools for nonprofits and other organizations to use to get set up with social media. (You’ll see more on that later.) As I do that, I’ve been making lists — checklists, resource lists, and more. Some of those seem like they might be useful to share on their…

  • We Should Share More In Our e-Newsletters

    As many of my readers know, each week I have an email newsletter that I use to update folks about my latest posts. (You can to sign up at this form.) But today it struck me that, while many of us are very active in social media, our newsletters are often not very social at all.…

  • Facebook Analyzes User Diversity Data

    The Facebook data analysis team recently finished taking a hard look at the diversity statistics for the more than 94 million users who live in the United States. (Fun fact: There are more than 350 million users worldwide, making Facebook a larger “country” than the U.S.) Ethnic Makeup Of Facebook Users The data team dove…

  • The Emerging Market In Virtual Goods: Public Leaders Take Note

    My latest piece is posted at Public Square Today, my blog at Washington Times Communities: The Emerging Market In Virtual Goods: Public Leaders Take Note If you listen to the people who are at the cutting edge of online popular culture, the future of the Web is being written in tiny micropayments, some amounting to…

  • Social Media And Philanthropy: Interview With Larry Blumenthal

    How social media can make philanthropy better. An interview with Larry Blumenthal, director of social media strategy for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

  • Announcing Washington Times Communities

    I am proud to announce the launch of a major new initiative that I have been working on with a few partners. The formal announcement will come later this week, but I wanted to give a preview to my readers because I am so excited about it. Today, we are soft-launching the new Washington Times…