All posts tagged: Social Media

Hand holding a smartphone against a dark background, displaying a folder of social media apps including LinkedIn, Snapchat, Pinterest, Twitter, Telegram, Messenger, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

When Silence Becomes Signal

A few weeks ago, I post­ed on LinkedIn that my cur­rent role is com­ing to an end and that I’m explor­ing what’s next. The response was gen­er­ous. Mes­sages. Com­ments. Encour­age­ment. The kind of dig­i­tal warmth that makes you believe plat­forms can still be rela­tion­al spaces. And then, as always, the curve flat­tened. Which is nor­mal. Atten­tion spikes and fades. That’s how feeds work.

A hiker is standing on a trail in the mountains.

The North Face is looking for «driven athletes» for their development program

A lot of sports and out­door com­pa­nies have built up team­like communities—like Asics’ Fron­tRun­ners or On’s Run­ning Crew. Most of them sup­port their mem­bers with events or gear and excpect them to be brand ambas­sadors in return. The North Face now has set up such a pro­gramm too, which, how­ev­er, has a slight­ly dif­fer­ent focus.

Auf einem Smartphone ist die App »Snapchat« geöffnet

Die Snapchat-Falle

Uns Jour­nal­is­ten muss man ja nur oft genug sagen, irgend­was werde Trend und wenn wir nicht dabei seien, gin­gen wir unter — und schon fan­gen wir an es zu glauben und hek­tisch zu reagieren. 2016 also Snapchat. Doch ist das alles wirk­lich so ein­fach? Und wer­den 2016 wirk­lich alle Medi­en snappen?