Tag Archives: Social Media

We need you! Outside of the usual crop of early adopters, my larger circle of friends and colleagues (not a literal G+ circle) seems a little skeptical of Google+. Why do we have to learn another social network? Why now? … Read More


How can our business ‘get social’? How do we organize the right team around this and what do they do? And, most of all, how do we know if it’s successful? These are the social media questions that organizations large … Read More


In the film Up in the Air, George Clooney advises his protégée to utilize profiling to get through the airport security line quicker. He defends his move, quipping, “I’m like my mother, I stereotype. It’s faster.” Sometimes, when things are … Read More


Last week Twitter was all a-twitter with the launch of Google’s latest foray into social media — Google+. Would it be a ‘Facebook killer’ or a flop like Google Wave and Google Buzz? Like all things Google, early access to … Read More


Rules help us make sense of the world. Go out and be productive during the day when the sun is up and rest your body when it’s dark out. Rules keep us safe. Stay on the right side of the … Read More


Recently I had one of those ah-ha moments where insight forever changes the way you look at something. In this case it was how I viewed LinkedIn. Many are perplexed by LinkedIn. What does it do? It’s not as fun … Read More


Recently I shared how everything I know about blogging I learned from advertising. As a companion piece, I think its equally worth noting the engagement lessons for Facebook and Twitter that you can learn from email marketing. Often forgotten as … Read More


As you may already know, Facebook recently rolled out an update of its Pages for brands with a new interface and new features. Amidst all of the hullabaloo, many are simply asking — what’s so great about the new Pages … Read More


Do you have a Facebook page for your brand? (You should.) Do you have a Twitter account for your brand? (You should.) Facebook and Twitter just quietly made it easier for you to manage your messaging on both simultaneously. The … Read More


Table Scraps

June 15, 2009

Our Facebook movement is just a weekend old and already there is news in the form of this post from Mashable. The executive summary is that Facebook has responded — no doubt spurred to action by our incredibly small, er … Read More


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