Michelle D'Attilio (@identify_urself) is the President of Corporate Identity Solutions, LLC, a branding and website development company. She is half of the TweetUp Girls (@tweetupgirls) with Jeanette Pham (@identifyourself) which helps businesses take their social media investment to the next level through social media based events. She is a self-described techy and gadget geek who is crazy about tennis. Identify-Yourself.com
There has been a lot of talk and maybe a little drama surrounding the Fast Company Influence Project and I wanted to write a little something about why I wanted to be a part of the project and why I continue to ask for the support of my friends and colleagues by the way of [...]
Lately my company has been asked to write a lot of proposals for social media management. I’m not talking about doing some occasional tweeting for people. I’m talking about setting them up from ground zero. I am also talking Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and sometimes setting up blogs. After everything is setup we start the management [...]
Amazon dropped the price of the Kindle to $189 from $249. Ok, really? While I understand that some people have a previously purchased Kindle, why would anyone buy just a Kindle for themselves at this point when we now have the iPad? Yes, the iPad is a lot more money but for most people it [...]
When my business partner Jeanette and I were asked to attend a Harley Davidson luncheon to kick off the Women Riders weekend we said yes faster than you can say Women Riders! Having never been on a Harley, I was more the excited to go check it all out and learn about the culture. Harley [...]
Well, the new TweetDeck came out this morning and I have to say …color me impressed! I am not going to argue with anyone over what is the best software to use to Tweet, I like TweetDeck. I’ve tried others but I keep coming back. So I was pleasantly surprised this morning when I woke [...]
I have had my iPad for about six weeks now and I have to say that for the most part I love it. The screen is amazing, the apps are great and it is extremely convenient for taking to meetings. Here is my one hang up. The accessories are less than stellar. While I think [...]
April 7th 2009 was the date that my company hosted our first TweetUp. It ended up being well attended and well received. We had news coverage from multiple local stations as well as local papers. It was that night that prompted the birth of the TweetUp Girls concept. Flash forward a year to April 22, [...]
So today I made it to the apple store (got my Jobs badge on Foursquare) and picked up Apple’s case for the iPad. I have to say that this does make typing a lot easier, not that it was hard but I do believe we are going to see increasing cases of carpal tunnel. I [...]
Happy Foursquare Day – and in the words of one of my clients that is new to Twitter… what the f#@k is Foursquare? Since he is still trying to wrap his head around Twitter I left the explanation at this “ Foursquare is a location based social media platform that is great for service based [...]
It’s is 6:15AM I’m in the limo riding to O’Hare to catch a flight to Mexico. Today will be the ultimate test of the battery of my new iPad. Can we actually get ten hours off life out of this thing? We will see. Between wifi on the airplane, the kids watching movies, and me [...]
Okay so here is my first blog from the iPad using the WordPress app. I have to say it is all pretty seamless so far. I am looking forward to the docks and other accessories to make life easier but overall I am very impressed. The screen is amazing, and typing is pretty simple. I [...]
When email first became widely available, businesses people were skeptical. Why would anyone need email when you can pick up the phone or send a fax? Around that same time, websites started popping up and we met with a similar resistance. Many could understand how large companies might want a website but what good is [...]
As the release date for the iPad nears I find myself talking myself out of buying one. I really want one, I can afford one, but I can’t quite justify the price. That leaves me wondering how others feel about the iPad? Do we think we are going to see the lines outside of the [...]
Ok so hear me out….last week our new couch was delivered for the upstairs playroom. This is no ordinary couch, this is a king size relaxation station. I’m serious. I am an extremely active individual. I work out 6 days a week and am always on the go. That being said, since the couch arrived, [...]
Hey everyone, stop what you are doing and listen….Twitter is going to announce how it plans to handle its new advertising platform! Wait, what? Not advertising but @anywhere? Who messed that up and how? Ok fine, so all the excitement about advertising on Twitter has now overshadowed their big announcement about @anywhere. One quick thing…..@ev, [...]
With Mashable reporting that we could see upwards of 50 different Tablets being released this year I thought it might be good to tell these companies what the “perfect” Tablet would be, in my eyes. I think that Apple missed the target a bit, which could be blamed on too much hype or just high [...]
After seeing Avatar my husband predicted that 3-D televisions would be the wave of the future. He is usually pretty accurate with these predications as his job requires him to be, I however, said no way. Because I didn’t actually believe people would sit in their living rooms with the required 3-D glasses to watch [...]
As I mentioned in an earlier post, when I was at JobCamp there were all sorts of questions on how to use Twitter for a job search. Unfortunately, I had lost my voice and it was difficult for me to talk but this gave my business partner, Jeanette and opportunity to perfect her “Twitter Advanced [...]
Last week I had the opportunity to work with the fine people over at Milwaukee JobCamp, if you don’t know who they are you should check them out at www.milwaukeejobcamp.org and follow them on Twitter @JobCamp. Basically, what they do is host free daylong events that focus on helping people with their job search and/or [...]
Internet stalking is so easy to do these days. I have to admit, I truly enjoy researching people and finding out pieces of information before I meet them face to face. I feel that I get to understand them a little better ahead of time and then I can use that information while we meet. [...]
Picture yourself walking through Manhattan when your phone beeps at you, you have just received a text message from one of your favorite stores alerting you that not only are they having a sale but you are within a couple of blocks of one of their locations. Cool? I think so. More and more retailers [...]
I want to start this by saying that I am very fond of the people over at Mashable and have nothing but respect for them. Not to mention that it is always a treat to see Pete Cashmore’s adorable face flowing through my Twitter stream, but I’m not impressed with the Mashable Iphone app. Now, [...]
I went out on Saturday night, seriously…way out, in fact I’m still feeling it today. If you follow me on Twitter you might know this because I checked in on Foursquare repeatedly and sent the notification to Twitter. I do this for two reasons; one, to support local business by letting others know where I [...]
About 9 months ago I stayed up late, all geeked out about the launch of the new search engine that was more than just a search engine, it was going to change the way we search and in doing so change the world!!!! Well, of course, it hasn’t and most people have never even heard [...]
For the most part, I am a good mom. I make a special lunch for my kids to take to school every day, I am there to tuck them in at night, I do endless hours of crafts with my daughter and I know EVERYTHING about Star Wars for my son. That being said, I [...]
If you know me at all you know that I am a big fan of Twiiter. Over the past year I have use Twitter mostly for business and have a great return on my investment (that investment is in the form of time + a small amount of money). I am aware that people use [...]
I see all these articles on the new Iphone apps and they are for the most part, very great. But there is one app that doesn’t seem to get much attention and every time I mention it to Iphone users or potential Iphone users they are shocked to hear about it. The Kindle software from [...]
I have spent the last few days playing around with Google Buzz, on and off, in between work and Twitter. I have watched the videos, read the reviews and conferred with others who are using that service as well as Twitter, Facebook, Yelp, Foursquare and any other social media avenue. Now I am prepared to [...]
This is blog I wrote about a year ago but I find it to be even more important today with the way social media has become so important to business, especially small business. Word of mouth marketing has taken a hyper leap in the past 18 months and now it’s even more important to manage [...]
It’s amazing what you find on Twitter if you stay up late or maybe it’s just that the stream quiets down a bit and you get a chance to see more detailed content. Either way, last night when I was suffering from a bit of insomnia I found a post on the topic of the [...]
In a recent article titled Stop the World Posted by George Packer of The New Yoker the author goes on a rather long winded rant about his fear of Twitter, going as far as comparing it to crack and stating that he won’t even considering using the service for fear that he’ll let his child [...]
