Angela Connor

After three years as Managing Editor of User-Generated Content at WRAL.com where Angela aunched the first online community, and grew it to more than 15,000 members, she moved on to a bigger, more challenging opportunity. Today, she is the Vice President, Director of Social Media at Capstrat, identifying opportunities and developing strategies for top-notch clients. Angela is also author of the book “18 Rules of Community Engagement: A Guide for Building Relationships and Connecting with Customers Online.”

Latest from Angela Connor

If anonymity is no longer needed, let’s ditch the witness protection program…

I asked a question of the Social Media: Engage panel at Internet Summit ‘09 about 30 minutes ago and since that moment I’ve been thinking about online anonymity. People seem to hate it. When I blogged about the upside and relevance of anonymous comments as they relate to news stories, some people balked. Jason Falls ...

Introducing, the "Sister Twitter Account"

I came across a press release today issued by Duke Energy, announcing it’s brand new twitter account. This new account, according to the release is the sister account for @DukeEnergyStorm which provides breaking news and updates during storm events, as well as weather preparedness information and safety tips. I’m thinking that a sister account is ...

Kill The Conformity: Social Media Panelists Should Give More

I’ve participated in quite a few social media panels in the last month or so and have enjoyed the process a great deal. But what has been most enjoyable for me is expressing different opinions than the other panelists. I think that people are showing up at these events anticipating a cohesive message from the ...

Compensation: The real divide in social media

Community Manager positions like most jobs in the social media space are evolving. There is no real consensus on what the job should pay and it seemingly varies from one company to the next. On a recent conference call for community managers, one of my peers from the Online Community Research Network who is looking ...