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Re: Introducing Imperia

jameskm03 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:17:32 -0000

Awesome job guys! Best of luck in the contest I just voted (from each of three different web browsers) ;)

Re: Welcome Back, Furcal

jameskm03 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:23:52 -0000

What makes people think we have to trade KJ or Yunel? We need a 3B in reserve in case Chipper gets injuried so why can't Yunel be a long term 3B or 2B? Also there has been a lot of talk about KJ going back to the outfield where he originally was planning on playing. Hey he's a better offensive player than Frankie... don't kid yourself by thinking he's not. Granted we still want to trade for a SP, but really with Hudson, Vazquez and assuming Smoltz and Glavine can partially come back we still have some really solid young pitching that could continue to grow in the backend of the rotation. It's not perfect, but it's not horrible either. Besides I'm pretty sure we still have some budget money to spend on pitching.

Re: If Smoltz Walks Out… He’s Taking My Battered and Bloody Heart With Him

jameskm03 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:38:46 -0000

Filing is just a formality. He's not going anywhere.

If anything now that Maddux has announced I'm still holding out that Tommy and Smoltzie will do the same and what a wonderful day at Cooperstown that will be in Five years!

Re: A Tribute To The Professor

jameskm03 — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:28:24 -0000

Love it. Greatest pitcher ever... PERIOD

You completely forgot the 18 Gold Glove awards.

Even though it was 17 seasons of 15 or more wins you can stretch that out to 20 seasons of 13 or more and all those 20 seasons he threw 198 or more innings. Finally an 8 time all-star, a number which just sounds to low for Maddux.

Re: Burnett Likely A Brave Sooner Than Later

jameskm03 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:08:44 -0000

What is the deal... are we only interested in former Marlin pitchers? Vazquez, Burnett and it wasn't too long ago we were discussing with Dempster.

Re: Could Furcal Make a Return?

jameskm03 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:23:04 -0000

Both. Ship KJ off in the trade and move Escobar to 2B or 3B and Chipper to 1B to save his body. Haven't we been talking about this for nine months now anyway?

Re: What A Lovely Walled Garden It Is

jameskm03 — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:26:42 -0000

This "really" is a great story! "Yes" it is.

There is just something about IT and specifically Network people that make them think they have to lock down everything. I can talk about them because I was one...

Re: Major League Halloween Costumes

jameskm03 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:01:33 -0000

JB, I think you have found the Digg/StumbleUpon happy place lately. This is hilarious!

Re: Why The Cubs Will Win the World Series

jameskm03 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:23:32 -0000

Cubs vs Rays... that's the only way to go.

Re: College news sources should be using full RSS feeds

jameskm03 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:32:02 -0000

Just be glad that your school has RSS feeds! ;)

Seriously, I couldn't agree more. Your RSS subscribers are your loyal consumers so you want to make things as easy as possible as you can for them and if they prefer to read through a reader will give them what they want. With that said, I prefer to click through to a website when I read a feed in my Netvibes account, but I'm sure I'm the exception not the norm. Of course I'm also a lot more likely to submit something to a social media outlet and it's kind of hard to do this from the reader.

So I took your challenge and just went back to check on our college feeds and looks like our News feeds show nothing but a page title... DAMN. Making me do extra work today...

Re: Social media for colleges and universities, part two

jameskm03 — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:58:50 -0000

Good follow-up. Besides, and I guess the advantage, is for those of us who understand how to use Facebook and take advantage of our markets on Facebook, well that's a competitive advantage that we can really make a difference until every catches up. There are some colleges that do an even better job than Wofford on these networks and I know some schools that even actively use Facebook Ads to target prospective students and build interest in things.

It's being done, but at this point you have to dig to find it. I'm going to also have to agree with you about Facebook not being the #1 place students learn about schools. I think U.S. News Rankings still hold a lot of clout although I know a lot of people who hate those things. AND don't forget about ESPN and sportscenter. You tell me millions of young boys and some girls don't get ALL their college information from watching sports? It's not necessarily a good thing, but it's all to common.

Re: Social media for colleges and universities

jameskm03 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:38:12 -0000

Exactly. Plus your just creating content in one location instead of spreading it out to multiple sites.

Re: Social media for colleges and universities

jameskm03 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:55:01 -0000

No problem dude. Hum... the Facebook link seems to be working for me? wierd...

I guess my biggest point wouldn't be anything new as we all know content is king, so develop great and engaging content on your main site then link to it from your social outlets.

Re: Social media for colleges and universities

jameskm03 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:53:08 -0000

Hey Andy, Of course I have examples. :) We have a Facebook and Myspace page for our college. I have student workers that help me monitor them. I guess the big takeaway that I would throw out there is that these groups/pages or whatever should be nothing beyond a glorified landing page. We don't try and develop a whole bunch of content on those sites instead direct traffic to our offerings on our own site like, video, interactive maps, blogs, and signup for emails. I've actually written pretty extensively about Social Marketing for Higher Education including everything from Facebook and Myspace to Twitter, Digg, Delicious and StumbleUpon. I really need to get back on my horse cause I've got everything together to hit up Mixx and some others.

Later bud.

Re: Social media for colleges and universities

jameskm03 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:30:26 -0000

Andy,
Good thoughts here. I've waged this unfortunately necessary war for years now. Why has it become a war, I wish I knew, but I think it stems from a combination of simple ignorance and fear of that which people don't understand. As far as colleges and universities building the presences on these sites I've found it best to hire students to lead these initiatives as they understand their peers and the landscapes the best. Even then it's a battle with admission along with administration to carve out a respected presence on these social sites that directs users back to what you want them to see on your branded .edu site.

Is there a lot to gain, yes, but we have to keep realistic enough to realize that us that understand the world of Social Media beyond Facebook and MySpace are the few not the mainstream.

Re: Baseballisms & Barkability Season Series

jameskm03 — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:30:42 -0000

I'll have to send you a picture of Skip wearing his Braves bandanna that my mom made for him last Christmas.

Re: Pee Wee Braves Slugger’s Perfect Foul Ball

jameskm03 — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:43:59 -0000

Are those real birds singing in the background? Goes so perfect with the video it's got to be fake! :)