{"id":216,"date":"2010-02-15T10:50:11","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T14:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2010\/02\/15\/blog-on-stitches%e2%80%99-social-media-site-scores-major-recognition\/"},"modified":"2010-02-15T10:50:11","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T14:50:11","slug":"blog-on-stitches%e2%80%99-social-media-site-scores-major-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2010\/02\/15\/blog-on-stitches%e2%80%99-social-media-site-scores-major-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog On! Stitches\u2019 Social Media Site Scores Major Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"

These days, just about anyone can blog – but it’s pretty hard to create a social media site that serves a real purpose and actually gets people communicating.<\/p>\n

For these reasons – and many more – Stitches<\/em> magazine’s social media site was recently nominated for a 2010 Jesse H. Neal Award. The magazine’s editor and social media master is Nicole Rollender, who created the site in 2008.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Neal Awards, established in 1955 to recognize and reward editorial excellence in business media publications, are considered the “Pulitzer Prize of the business media.”\u00a0 Stitches<\/em> is nominated in the category of “Best editorial use of social media.”<\/p>\n

I’m sure the Stitches<\/em> entry stood out because it’s clear Nicole is a hands-on editor, posting blog entries, videos and other content that helps readers and routinely sending email blasts alerting them to new features and chat times. She’s a familiar presence on the site, chatting with readers at all hours.<\/p>\n

Celebrating its 23rd year, Stitches<\/em> magazine is the voice and vision of the embroidery industry.\u00a0 The site Nicole created for readers has a growing audience of 1,500 members, including embroiderers, screen printers, machine technicians, distributors, suppliers, digitizers and apparel designers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The ultimate goal, she says, is an online hub where Stitches<\/em> readers can connect in real time and feel like they’re part of a community.\u00a0 Members can reach out, network, post questions and photos and discover new trends and fresh ideas that can help them grow their business.<\/p>\n

To check it out, sign in at www.stitchesmagsocialsite.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And let me know how social networking is helping your business by posting a comment or emailing me here<\/a>.\u00a0 Of course, I’m also on Twitter<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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