Finding Some Value in Klout

One of the craziest arguments I’ve ever had about social media was a conversation in which someone tried to convince me that someday, my Klout score would be more important than my credit rating. The day a Klout score prevents me from getting approved for a mortgage or car loan, I’ll be inclined to agree….

Putting the #FAIL in F-Commerce

I’ve heard a lot of vendor pitches over the last three years, and many of them came from companies who promised to monetize our Facebook audience via a native storefront on a tab in our fan page. And every time I was pitched by such vendors, I told them I wasn’t interested. I told them…

Q&A on Sports and Social Media

The following Q&A was conducted by Paul M. Banks (@Paul_M_BanksTSB) for ChicagoNow.com and was published on October 26, 2011. Congrats on keeping the Celtics site within the top 5 most trafficked (among NBA sites), what’s the key to that success? Stringer: When I first joined the Celtics in 2005, our team was not a championship…

What Is the Value of a Facebook Fan?

I’ve done a bunch of social media panels, and a favorite query at these events goes something like this: “How much is a Facebook fan worth?” Depending on which study you read, you’ll see estimates ranging from a few dollars each to $120 dollars a head. And I always tell people, if the answer is…

“I’ll Write It…And We’ll Do it Live!”

Broadcasting is probably not my strong suit, but I had the chance to try a little something different on Friday, filling in as a guest co-host on the weekly live webcast for Hubspot, an inbound marketing company in Cambridge, MA. Joining Hubspot CMO Mike Volpe for their live streaming “Marketing Update,” I took a crack…