K Street Cafe

How to Get the Most Out of Social Networks and Not Annoy Users (AdAge)
Emma Hall discusses the fine line between social media presence and social media overload.

Microsoft Vine is Twitter for Emergencies (Mashable)
Microsoft has a new tool in public beta that, though competes with other social networking websites, could be a useful tool for emergency management situations.

I am happy to announce that K Street Café was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for the blog category in the 2009 Bronze SABRE Awards.  This is a great honor and we are delighted to be recognized.

The goal of K Street Café is to educate and equip public relations and government relations leaders to become more effective at impacting public policy through the sharing of communications advocacy best practices. The introduction of K Street Café turned many heads in the public affairs world, generating coverage in Inside the Beltway publications like The Hill, The Politico, Roll Call and National Journal.

I hope that you have enjoyed the many insightful posts that our contributors have provided since our launch in September.  We look forward to bringing you more insights in the future.

Numbers Can’t Begin To Describe Twitter’s Impact (Wired)
The recent race to one million follows by celebrates on Twitter was only part of the microblogging websites recent explosion of users.

Involver Adds Automation to Facebook Page Management (Mashable)
A new program allows Facebook Fan pages to automated and less static.  But don’t forgot, the lovel of social media is its ability to have an interaction.

WordPress.com Turns On Comment Reply-By-Email Support (ReadWriteWeb)
A new feature on WordPress, the blog hosting platform, allows for easier interaction among bloggers and readers.

Beyond #FollowFriday: 24 Daily Twitter Memes (Mashable)
#FollowFriday is a popular hashtag that takes over Twitter every Friday.  Here is a list of other hashtags for everyday of the week that are gaining in popularity as Twitter grows.

While I’ve been taking notes and learning from the social media ventures of many organizations around the District, there has been nothing but radio silence from that old Washington institution, the American Enterprise Institute.

I visited AEI’s Web site a while back, and found a dated platform with no obvious plans to engage in social media outreach.

Imagine my surprise today when I received an email that proclaimed, “AEIOnline is now following you on Twitter!”

Say what?

I checked it out, and sure enough, there was AEI tweeting away. Even AEI’s President, Arthur Brooks, is firing off tweets from his own account. He’s using hashtags and everything!

Surely if they’re on Twitter, there’s a Facebook page floating around here, I thought. (more…)

Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL? (Mashable)
Facebook has been floating the idea of paying for unique and simple URLs for organizations.

Pepsi’s RefreshEverything Campaign: By the Numbers (ClickZ News)
Pepsi recent campaign was aimed primarily at millennials – Anna Maria Virzi takes a look at its success.

Now You Can Change What Google Says About You (ReadWriteWeb)
Google now offers users the chance to create a public profile that appears when people search their name.  Marshall Kirkpatrick is a bit skeptical about whether Google is doing this to help others, or to just help themselves.

Social Networking: Is the Glass Half Empty, or Half Full? (Mashable)
Stan Schroeder of Mashable offers a quick and unique perspective on social media’s growth in recent months.

Trackle It: Offer Instant Notifications to Your Site’s Visitors (Mashable)
A new technology offered by Trackle allows organizations to set up personal notifications for users on their websites.

Domino’s: How One YouTube Video Can Ruin a Brand (ReadWriteWeb)
Domino’s is facing a serious communications crisis with the release of an inappropriate YouTube video, Frederic Lardinois takes a look at whether or not they had the correct reaction to the situation.

How Do You Convince Executives that Social Media Marketing, Blogging and SEO Are Important (HubSpot’s Inbound Internet Marketing Blog)
Pete Caputa explains a few interesting graphs that may help sell organization leaders on the benefits of social media.

Pew: More Americans Engage in Politics Online Than Don’t (techPresident)
A recent study by Pew found that not only was the internet a strong force in the last years election, but that voters tended to rely on websites that aligned with their beliefs.