Some thoughts on blogs and enewsletters

A recent seminar participant emailed me today asking my recommendations on enewsletters and I'm responding via blog post as I often do... The biggest challenge with enewsletters from my perspective is that you have to actually do them. At some point in time you realize it's time to do the newsletter and if you haven't … Continue reading Some thoughts on blogs and enewsletters

Blood in the social media waters

It would appear that Chuck Shumer smells blood in the water and sees a way to boost his flagging political career by shining a spotlight on Facebook..."Facebook is feeling some political heat for its moves last week, after launching a program that “instantly personalizes” websites for visitors by automatically sharing user data with the site … Continue reading Blood in the social media waters

Having ‘fixed’ healthcare…

...the geniuses in Congress now want to 'fix' the internet..."Calls to regulate social networks in the US are growing louder as Sen Charles Schumer (D-NY) has called on the Federal Trade Commission to set guidelines for how companies including Facebook and Twitter handle user data.In a letter to the FTC, Sen Schumer said he was … Continue reading Having ‘fixed’ healthcare…

The Top 8 Social Media and Tech Stories This Week

Facebook and the purloined next generation iPhone were undoubtedly the topics on everyone’s quivering lips this week, but some other stuff went down as well: Google got called out on privacy issues, people remained stranded due to volcanic ash, some new 3D currency went into circulation, the Hitler Downfall meme went down and the Earth … Continue reading The Top 8 Social Media and Tech Stories This Week

Is Facebook instantly sharing your data with third parties?

For years at my old job, every single time we added a new sweepstakes, contest or any new data capture form, all of the corporate parties would sit around a table and discuss the various elements of what data we were capturing. The area that we always had debate centered around whether we would default the … Continue reading Is Facebook instantly sharing your data with third parties?