Category: Trends

Moving your Infrastructure to the Cloud: How to Maximize Benefits and Avoid Pitfalls

Posted on by Todd Lohenry in Infographics, Technology, Trends

Image via Wikipedia Cloud computing offers a lot of benefits to small-medium business and other cost conscious organizations. Here's how you can avoid some of the risks...With Cloud Computing becoming more widely utilized, it is important for organizations to understand ways to maximize benefits and minimize risks of a move to the cloud. This paper … Continue reading Moving your Infrastructure to the Cloud: How to Maximize Benefits and Avoid Pitfalls →

RSS readers in decline?

Posted on by Todd Lohenry in Social Media, Technology, Thoughts, Trends

Image via CrunchBaseThis one really has me scratching my head..."One of the interesting trends of 2009 has been the gradual decline of RSS Readers as a way for people to keep up with news and niche topics. Many of us still use them, but less than we used to. I for one still maintain a … Continue reading RSS readers in decline? →

5 Tips for Improving Your Social Customer Service

Posted on by Todd Lohenry in Social Media, Trends

Image via CrunchBase Back in the day, if you wanted support from a business, you had to go to where the business’s reps were. Be it via an 800 number, support forums, e-mail or chat, the business would set the rules about how quickly your inquiry was addressed. But with social media growing as a … Continue reading 5 Tips for Improving Your Social Customer Service →

Why should companies blog?

Posted on by Todd Lohenry in Blogging, Social Media, Technology, Trends

Isn't blogging for 40 year old political malcontents living in their parent's basement? Not at all. Smart companies are using blogging as the glue to bring their internet content together and drive their social media outposts. Late last year, I wrote... "Here’s the real payback, however, and the real reason why these corporations do it: … Continue reading Why should companies blog? →

Consume, create, connect!

Posted on by Todd Lohenry in Facebook, Featured, Social Media, Technology, Thoughts, Trends

John Jantsch recently wrote on the topic of "Profiting from other people's content". He says... "Don't be alarmed by that title -- I'm not talking about stealing content for gain, I'm talking about adding the filtering and aggregating of content to your content consumption, creation and sharing routine. Pretty much everyone has bought into the … Continue reading Consume, create, connect! →

2011 Trends Driving Rural Small Business

Posted on by Todd Lohenry in Facebook, Trends

  Two of my favorite points from the author? "Small town people are carrying smartphones, playing location based games, and using Facebook even while out of the house. Visitors and travelers are using Google Local to find businesses in even the smallest of towns. Travelers and locals review small town businesses on sites like Yelp … Continue reading 2011 Trends Driving Rural Small Business →

Stuff I saved in ‘Reader’ on December 27, 2010

Posted on by Todd Lohenry in Facebook, Trends

10 Ways to Get More SEO ClientsNovember 29, 2010 More Products DownsizedDecember 26, 2010 THE TRUTH ABOUT TWITTER: Half Of Twitter Users Never Listen To A Word Anyone Else SaysDecember 12, 2010 Customer service is the new marketingDecember 13, 2010 The Top 40 iPhone Apps of 2010December 26, 2010 Congress Will Allow the Use of … Continue reading Stuff I saved in ‘Reader’ on December 27, 2010 →

Stuff I saved in ‘Reader’ on December 14, 2010

Posted on by Todd Lohenry in Trends

So You Got an iPad This Holiday Season: Now What?December 13, 2010 How Much Is a Tweet Worth? $500, Says ToyotaDecember 13, 2010 YouTube Launches Trends Page to Highlight Popular VideosDecember 13, 2010 Download Our Latest Free Report: Engaging Online Communities http ...December 14, 2010 Shocker! Internet use now ties TV in time spent avoiding … Continue reading Stuff I saved in ‘Reader’ on December 14, 2010 →