Edit 9:10am Sept. 30 : Regardless of being played the fool (along with a lot of other people) I stick by my last edit – that it opened up a larger discussion on authenticity and social media. There have been many interesting conversations regarding authenticity in social media, ghost writers, automated posts, personal branding and [...]
Silicon Valley is all about creating the next big thing. The trio that helped turn Twitter into an Internet sensation has joined forces for another go-around at internet glory. But, how this affect Twitter? Biz Stone said Tuesday he’s leaving his full-time gig at Twitter to resurrect the Internet incubator Obvious Corp. with Evan Williams [...]
Seriously. This will be awesome.
With the goal of bringing you the content you need to know, we are gonna start recapping some of the top news that makes us think. How to Survive the Social Buying Bubble Have your heard of the new bubble in the connected marketing world? Depending on who you ask, social buying is worth nothing, [...]
So, unless you have been under a rock for the last few months, you have probably heard the name, Justin Bieber. I have heard it, but I had not one clue as to WHY he was famous. As far as I knew, Justin Bieber was a young actor or singer or something. I knew he [...]
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 [...]
“ Quit counting fans, followers and blog subscribers like bottle caps. Think, instead, about what you’re hoping to achieve with and through the community that actually cares about what you’re doing.” – Amber Naslund, Social Media Today I came across this quote today and it really struck home . . . it’s about the QUALITY [...]
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 [...]
As the neighborhood friendly Brazilian at MobLoSo, I thought it’s only be appropriate to clear up the CALA BOCA GALVÃO trending topic mystery here for you guys. And to my fellow Brazilians, I apologize for ruining the biggest inside joke we’ve ever had. First of all, a little on Twitter use in Brazil. Brazilians are the [...]
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 [...]
After a rough week surrounding my first Mother’s Day without Mom, a look back at how we grieve and how social media can help us in those times of loneliness
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, [...]
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 [...]
Twitter’s dynamic new ad service is … the same as pretty much every search engine’s. And then it might work a bit like Digg’s? This is all very boring. Here are five better ideas. SaleWhale Every time Twitter goes down, the whale goes up. Why not sell the whale as ad space for limited-time online [...]
Twitter start having ads called “Promoted Tweets”
The best and only social media tool for nano blogging is here. That is until “Shttr” releases. Via ISTE Connects.
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, [...]
Just a few minutes ago as I was surfing between Facebook and Twitter – I saw a simple post “8.2 Quake in Venezuela” WTF?! Yeah. I had the same reaction . . . This article about how Chile’s earthquake knocked Mother Earth three inches off her axis quickly came to mind – swiftly followed by [...]
Twitter reaches 10 billion tweets. And there was much rejoicing.
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 [...]
Great news for Ow.ly fans! I just downloaded Hootsuite for my Droid, and so far, it’s amazing! Thanks Hootsuite!
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 [...]
I like Twitter. Ok maybe that’s not accurate. I really like Twitter. I constantly update and I’ve connected with some really awesome people so I guess I shouldn’t complain. There are some things about Twitter, however, that annoy me a little. I go on Twitter to connect with like minded individuals that like some of [...]
I used Foursquare less than 20 times before the kind folks at forthehack who created Please Rob Me helped me see the potential danger of not only stalkers (you know who you are) but the new breed of tech savvy burglar who are using Location-based social networking. Social sites like Localtweeps make it easy for [...]
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. [...]
Kevin Smith put a face on what we already knew – that the airlines have learned nothing from their near-collapse and abuse the dickens out of their customers.
Actress Andrea Fay Friedman who has portrayed numerous characters with Down Syndrome (and herself has Down Syndrome) weighs in on Sarah Palin’s alleged outrage over the word “retard”.
Here me out. I believe that education and how we learn as a society has reached an awesomely creative apex due to the use and implementation of social media in course and curriculum design as well as in just overall communication between individuals. People who never had access to learning before, now have an abundance [...]
Back in the old days of stalking and burglary, criminals had to stake out people and locations to find out optimal times to be criminalish. Social Media has made it easy.
The unofficial response by Yahoo! to Google’s announcement of Google Buzz. But no – that’s not snarky.
Does the 800 lb. gorilla of search have what it takes to win against the Twin Titans of Social Networking? Buzz vs. Twitter and Facebook.
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 [...]
JD Salinger, the legendary novelist, reluctant voice of a generation, and notorious recluse, died yesterday. As is the norm nowadays, Salinger became a Trending Topic on Twitter. There are currently 243 Facebook groups and 25 pages devoted to him. The NYTimes comment section connected to the article on his death has over 200 comments. Personally, [...]
