Pinterest And Napster
Pinterest and Napster – two words I absolutely do not want to hear in the same breath! I was introduced to Pinterest last summer and promptly got sucked in. But there have been plenty of issues with...
View ArticleTimeline: Ready Or Not, Here It Comes
Every time I think “a monkey could do this” I go to a meeting and am astonished by what people don’t know about social media. Okay, maybe it’s more like a reality check in how we’re not all wired, and...
View ArticleIf I Knew Then What I Know Now – Preparing For What I Do Today
How do you prepare for a job in social media? That was the question I got from a high school senior. I’ve yet to meet Noelle Royer, who emailed me the following: Image from Splash Media University I...
View ArticleMy Posts On Razoo
"If you build it, he will come." If you don't recognize that line, you need to watch Field of Dreams. NOW. I’m flattered and delighted to tell you that I’ve been published – twice! – on Razoo’s blog....
View ArticleDigital Profiling : We Are More Than The Sum Of An Algorithm
Just read this thought-provoking, somewhat queasy-feeling-making but required piece of reading from Jerry Owyang. For those of you have no idea who the man is, Owyang is a highly regarded digital...
View ArticleYou Klouchebag!
You gotta love it! And I found it somewhat amusing that note of Klouchebag – a parody of Klout – showed up scant seconds after my last post, where I beat up on it. What is Klouchebag? Why, it is the...
View ArticleWhy I Hate The Automate
This post from Aaron Lee pretty much drives home something I’ve come to believe – automation is to be used very carefully, if at all – especially if you’re a smallish company that can still manage all...
View ArticleOf Cookies and Kings
Two great stories that I think every communications professional needs to read this week: The Superbowl Orea Insta-Ad You didn’t have to be in the US or a sportsfan to see and smile at this one. But...
View ArticleGoogle Reader, Which I Never Did Use
Good Reader’s going away, to much sadness on the interwebs. I’m going to out myself here….I never used Google reader, or any reader for that matter. I’m sure it says tons about me that I never could...
View ArticleChipotle’s Fake Twitter Hack
Image by Mashable So, Chipotle hacked their own twitter account. Really? Really. And why would they do such a thing? For attention. Apparently they wanted people to talk about them, and in that, they...
View ArticleFacebook Launches Donate Button For Non-Profits
Facebook just rolled out a new donate feature for non-profits. It’s not a small thing when the social media behemoth finally makes it possible for your donor to have fewer distractions between...
View ArticleThe Latest Facebook Tweak – A Marketing Reality Check
image via Birger King So is the party on Facebook over? That is the question. If you’re not a communications professional and are therefore wondering what the question is about, here’s the short...
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