“Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet?” –Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet There’s been a lot of conversation lately about names and social media. Google caught flak for requiring people to register their real names on their account or risk banishment to some Googlitary Confinement where no one hear you search. There’s also [...]
I love analogies. I really realized my love for analogies around 2001 when I told a school board I was pitching a website to that a poorly designed website was like eating oatmeal without water. I feel that the great teachers and religious scholars in history used fables and parables, and analogies are simply bite-sized [...]
“It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.” – Publilius Syrus The recent news of Anthony Weiner tweeting pictures of his junk to women and this great post by friend and social media smart-guy Jason Falls prompted me to weigh in with my own opinion of this whole twibacleTM (patent [...]
I was fortunate enough to recently attend an interactive panel in Chicago courtesy of Digital Influence Group. DIG is based in Boston, MA and is describes itself as a “full-service digital marketing firm that helps companies unlock the social potential of their brands and amplify its impact to generate business results.” The panel was moderated [...]
I had a little fun with my Facebook friends recently that I think would make a great social media trick for business owners looking for fun, innovative was to engage. First, I updated my status to say: “Do you want to know a secret?” I let everyone respond and speculate over what the secret could [...]
Social media is all around us. As hipster-ish as it sounds, it’s still true. Before Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and the like, we all formed friendships, had conversations, and networked with other people who had interests similar to ours. Nothing these technologies have brought to us gives us anything we didn’t have before, which is why [...]
Patience is a far underrated quality. Just look at how patient the world had to be before Osama Bin Laden’s crimes finally caught up with him in the end. Everyone from hunters to stockbrokers know that it’s all about timing and patience to get what you really want. So, too have I spent a lot [...]
“One of the effects of living with electric information is that we live habitually in a state of information overload. There’s always more than you can cope with.” This quote by Marshall McLuhan has more than a small ring of truth to it. Anyone with an Internet connection or a Smartphone can now access hundreds [...]
I discovered this Michael Jordan commercial this morning and was immediately struck by its message. Lately I’d been thinking about all of the great performers in social media marketing and thinking “Is there something I should be working on to get myself to that level?” I’ve seen my share of success, but I don’t yet [...]
There is little, if any, reason to go to a theater anymore. Cable providers like AT&T and Time Warner offer on-demand rentals of films, and services like Netflix, Redbox, and Zediva are bringing us closer to brand new movies than ever before. They also offer the convenience of being as close as our computers, Playstations, [...]
