Social Networking
Here a Tweet, There a Tweet
The Wall Street Journal recently declared that Twitter has now gone mainstream. The article cites two companies in particular that are using Twitter with great success: Zappos and Comcast. Both are early adopters of the technology and have been very active on the service. Speaking of active, the article states that one of the main [...]
PodCampAZ Reflections
I attended my first PodCamp this past weekend, and had a great time. Actually to say it was a great experience is a severe understatement, the experience was very good for me. Unfortunately due to some personal considerations I was not able to be there for the full two days, but I did attend half [...]
PodCampAZ this Weekend Nov 1st & 2nd
The PodCampAZ schedule has been released, which means its time to remind you all to join us if you can this weekend November 1st and 2nd.
I’m on Sunday anytime between 10.15am - 11.15am.
“Friending” Addiction on Facebook
Last week I posted a funny video on how Facebook can lower your self-esteem. Apparently, this is no joke and certainly not a laughing matter for some. A leading psychologist in London, England says Facebook is causing some pain in people:
But a leading psychologist says Facebook is driving a worrying trend.
The social networking site is [...]
Unreadable Captchas Can Destroy Your Business
I admit I can be a social media junkie. I say “can be” because there are only so many hours in a day and I like to network offline as much I do online. I also like to stay on top of new emerging networks and tools. So, when I saw a report on marketing [...]
A Word About Air Marketing
There appears to be some confusion regarding the two places I’ve been most actively blogging. I wanted to take this opportunity to clarify the relationship between this blog and AIR Marketing. If you’ve read my “About” page, you will know that I work for AIR Marketing. AIR is an analytics driven, marketing and advertising agency [...]
How to Remove a Facebook Application
A few months ago I received a call from an exasperated friend who had innocently installed many applications on Facebook and was now receiving a flood of emails every time something happened on one of those applications. He had accepted the request from all his “friend” to install such and such application etc. Now he [...]
Relevant Social Media News and Articles
As I’m preparing for my October 14th presentation on developing an effective social media strategy, I’ve been doing a lot of research. Consequently I’ve come across some very interesting news stories on the current state of social media. Some pretty good news and articles in fact.
One that particular caught my attention is from the Boston [...]
Twitter Gets a Facelift
Noticed some changes this morning on Twitter. You won’t see it though if you’re using any of the third party twitter update tools, so head on over to the Twitter.com homepage. Some of the major ones I noticed:
1. The tabs which were previously at the top have now been moved to the side.
2. The usage [...]
Finally, Ten Commandments for Facebook
It’s humorous, but only because its true. Ross Wolinsky has had a revelation and published the authoritative ten commandments to govern Facebook. Here is the list:
Thou Shalt Not List Every Movie, TV Show, Band and Book You Have Ever Heard Of In Your Profile
Thou Shalt Not “Poke” Indiscriminately
Thou Shalt Not “Friend” People You Don’t Actually [...]
