ReadWriteWeb is one of the Internet’s leading tech news sites. As a reporter at ReadWriteWeb, I cover the intersection of social networks, culture and communication. Most recently, I have been covering Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram, the future of photo-sharing apps on the Web, the implications of posting photos of kids to Facebook, and video-sharing mobile apps. [...]
From January–September 2011, Alicia served as the Associate Editor of MoveOn.org. Here is a list of her complete duties: • Discovering and curating top viral content daily • Writing irresistibly clicky headlines and ledes for viral content posts • Tracking memes and viral trends in the progressive politics niche • Managing contributing editors and online [...]
Social Media Consultant Services For Nicole Hollander Project: BadGirlChats.com Dates: April 2010–May 2011 Every newspaper reader knows the Sylvia comic strip, written by long-time Chicagoan Nicole Hollander. For more than 35 years, Hollander has been writing the smart, political, feminist comic strip, Sylvia, which is distributed by the Tribune Media Services Syndicate. So why would this [...]
The good guys over at digital strategy firm MA Interactive hired me to blog about social media and other web tech news for their company blog. Here are the posts I wrote for them. Social Media For Super Busy People You’re a busy person. I’m a busy person. We’re all pretty busy. So how on [...]
CASE STUDY: One Sister Inc. Iliana Regan owns One Sister Inc., a natural food company that hosts events and sells prepared foods. Through word-of-mouth and local press such as Daily Candy, Regan has gained a steady following for her pierogi, which she sells at local farmers’ markets, and her underground dining. Regan is interested in [...]
How did Sylvia Cartoonist Nicole Hollander become a BadGirlChats blogger with a bustling online community? Social Media Consultant & Writer Alicia Eler discuss Hollander’s entrance into the blogosphere on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight. The original broadcast aired on Monday, December 20 at 7:00 Central Time. And here’s an additional shout-out from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Art Critic, [...]
Two weeks ago, when Nicole Hollander started a blog, she immediately notified the people who protested when the Chicago Tribune dropped her comic strip, “Sylvia.” She wanted her loyal readers to know that there was a new spot to find Sylvia’s feminist wisecracks and cranky deep thoughts, even though the strip had vanished from Chicago [...]
Alicia and Sylvia are two good friends of cartoonist Nicole Hollander, and together they have her back in the game. Sylvia is someone Hollander’s known and drawn for 35 years, and they’ve been through plenty together. In 1990 the Sun-Times dropped Sylvia. But Hollander and Sylvia are hometown gals with a lot of friends, and [...]
Hey friends! At the Hyde Park Art Center on October 19 at 6pm, Chicago Gallery News’ Ginny Berg and I are co-moderating a panel called Chicago Artists and Social Media: How are artists in Chicago using social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Gowalla, to connect with the local art community, including fellow [...]
ChicagoNow.com, the site that I helped launch in 2009, is in yet another Mashable article about monetizing the news. Congrats to Editorial Director, Tracy Samantha Schmidt.
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