search expand
Skip to content

As in guillotine…

Sometimes loud, formerly poet, always opinionated.

  • Home
  • Resume
  • Consulting
  • Newsletter
  • Blogroll
  • About / Contact
    • Discography
    • Presentations
    • The Panaroma Project | An Abridged Archive
    • Digital Book World?
    • Disclosures

Tag: Community

Hitting the Reset Button on emedia

Posted on March 30, 2009June 24, 2026 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Ultimately, publishers’ primary focus should be to curate great content that people are willing to pay for, and to organize and nurture a community around that content and the authors who create it.

Posted in MediaTagged Advertising, Community, Marketing, New Media, Platform, PublishingLeave a Comment on Hitting the Reset Button on emedia

Building and Curating Your Community, Part I

Posted on March 16, 2009June 24, 2026 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

With all of the negative news of late about the collapse of the publishing industry and the “death of print”,…

Posted in MediaTagged Community, Marketing, Platform, Self-PublishingLeave a Comment on Building and Curating Your Community, Part I

Your Entitlement Slip is Showing

Posted on March 3, 2009December 22, 2024 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Among the most tiresome memes dominating the publishing world right now — memes that I’ve admittedly contributed to at times —…

Posted in MediaTagged Community, Marketing, Meme, Rant, Self-Publishing, Seth Godin4 Comments on Your Entitlement Slip is Showing

On Twitter: Always Add Value

Posted on February 27, 2009December 22, 2024 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

I find it hard to believe that as recently as six months ago, I was dismissing Twitter as a pointless…

Posted in MediaTagged Community, Culture, Marketing6 Comments on On Twitter: Always Add Value

Peter Shankman on the Future of Social Media

Posted on February 19, 2009December 22, 2024 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

When my CEO sent me a friend request on Facebook last year, I had to rethink how I was using…

Posted in MediaTagged Community, Marketing, Platform1 Comment on Peter Shankman on the Future of Social Media

Three Tips for Curating the Community #TOC

Posted on February 12, 2009December 22, 2024 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

This week’s Tools of Change Conference ended yesterday and even though I wasn’t in attendance, thanks to the laudable efforts…

Posted in MediaTagged Community, Marketing, Poetry SlamLeave a Comment on Three Tips for Curating the Community #TOC

Building Communities Around Content #TOC

Posted on February 9, 2009December 22, 2024 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Today kicked off the Tools of Change for Publishing Conference here in NY, and while I wasn’t able to attend,…

Posted in MediaTagged Community, Marketing, PlatformLeave a Comment on Building Communities Around Content #TOC

Posts pagination

Previous 1 … 24 25 26 … 28 Next

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

“A slant fit.” | Data-informed, never data-driven. Systems thinker. Problem solver. Pro-craft.

This is my personal website reflecting my personal thoughts and opinions, some of which may have evolved over time. YMMV.

Latest Posts

  • Media Notes: July 2026
  • “A slant fit” in a specialist job market
  • Five Things: July 23, 2026
  • Five Things: July 9, 2026
  • Media Notes: June 2026
  • Five Things: June 25, 2026
  • ALA 2026 and the “Occasional Journalist”
  • Five Things: June 11, 2026
  • Publishing Career Advice at the US Book Show
  • Media Notes: May 2026

The Topics

  • Five Things
  • Media
  • Pop Culture
  • Reviews
  • Personal

The Socials

  • LinkedIn
  • Mastodon
  • BlackSky
  • Tumblr
  • YouTube
  • RSS Feed
  • Email
The Fine Print

All content © Guy LeCharles Gonzalez. By copying or scraping my site without my enthusiastic consent, you consent to me beating you and your AI's anthropomorphic ass. (Hat tip to jenn schiffer!)

Verified accounts on gardenstate.social (previously on zirk.us and mastodon.social) and BlackSky.

Powered by Miniva WordPress Theme