How do I get more business using social media?

Image via Wikipedia It’s always easier to just buy an ad.  There are people that will take your money and use it to produce a commercial, tv spot or print ad.  People will see your ad and a few of them may even come into your store if your ad has a good call to … Continue reading How do I get more business using social media?

Tactic #2: ‘Listen’ to the internet…

In case it's not obvious by now, I'm very passionate about 'enabling' technology – technology that enables people to go beyond themselves and accomplish great things. My favorites sites are sites like Lifehacker, Mashable, Stepcase Lifehack, etc. – you get the point! I read the geeky stuff looking for good, fast and cheap tools so … Continue reading Tactic #2: ‘Listen’ to the internet…

My 14 top tools for thought leaders

It's always interesting to go back and see where you were a year or so ago thoughtwise and what you may have learned since then. My 'old post promoter' randomly brings up old posts and this one, looking back on 2009 is very interesting to me. In it we find the genesis of what I … Continue reading My 14 top tools for thought leaders

Sharing…

Image via CrunchBase Sharing is a foundational part of the social media process. Here's an interesting perspective on the topic of sharing on the internet... "The parts of the report that caught my eye included the following: People still share via email and instant messenger more than via social networks. An astounding 59% of all … Continue reading Sharing…

Are You A Slave to Your Email?

Image by adria.richards via Flickr When did you last check your email? I'd bet it was within the last hour. Quite possibly within the last ten minutes. You might well have your inbox open right now, with message alerts jumping up at you. Almost everyone I talk to feels that email takes up too much … Continue reading Are You A Slave to Your Email?

Free online webinar: ‘How to be a Google Reader Rockstar!’

  This is not an old post promotion! I will be doing a 'brown bag' lunch and learn at noon CST Friday, March 18, 2011 on how to use Google Reader like a Rockstar...  Despite what you may have heard, RSS is not dead. In fact, I remain convinced that knowing how to proactively manage RSS feeds … Continue reading Free online webinar: ‘How to be a Google Reader Rockstar!’

20 Real Tips for Hiring a Social Media Consultant

Image by fredcavazza via Flickr “Social media is free.  Social media is easy.  Just hop on twitter and start tweetin’!” Hmmm… how many times have we heard that? I have honestly heard social media consultants at networking events state during their 60 second pitch “social media is free, come talk to me if you want … Continue reading 20 Real Tips for Hiring a Social Media Consultant

Google Apps: Too cheap to ignore?

"I've had a few conversations with IT executives from Fortune 500 companies in the past several weeks, and I've been surprised by how often a new enterprise-software company kept getting mentioned. The company?Google.Google has the problem of putting finish on a lot of its products, leaving things in eternal beta, but the price point for … Continue reading Google Apps: Too cheap to ignore?

Consume, create, connect!

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!