When Phil Hollows and I met for the first time over a cup of coffee in June of last year, little did we know that it would be just one of many conversations about social media that we’d be having on a regular basis.
The difference between that initial meeting between us and every other since [...]
Business, Direct Marketing, Marketing, Social Media, Twitter
Since I included a list of 50 reasons why people don’t use social media in my most recent post, I thought it only made sense to follow up with a similar list, only this time focusing on the opposing point of view, the reasons why people do use social media.
Sure, as I wrote in that [...]
Blogging, Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, Twitter, YouTube
With more than 800 million users of Facebook, over 120 million people on LinkedIn and more than 200 million accounts on Twitter, you might say the tipping point’s been reached as far as social media usage goes.
Yet despite such a large critical mass using these social media properties, there are still plenty of skeptics, detractors and [...]
Blogging, Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, Twitter, YouTube
I’ve created a lot of lists on Twitter, including one for copywriters, another one for New England social media professionals and even one that I call All Star Bloggers. But out of all of these lists, the one that’s been on my mind lately is the list which includes the people and companies (38 and counting) I’ve found on Twitter [...]
Business, Facebook, LinkedIn, Marketing, Social Media, Twitter
Don’t tell me social media isn’t personal.
Sure, it’s not the same thing as actually sitting down and talking to someone in person, face-to-face. But it’s often the next best thing. And in some cases, it’s the only thing.
Using Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and the like is a great way to connect with people who otherwise might [...]
Given my outgoing personality, my obsession with the latest news and the fact that I’ve always been an early adopter of new communications tools, it’s no surprise that I’ve been enamored with social media from the get-go.
I can’t tell you how excited I was to launch my own blog in early 2004, where I’ve written nearly 100,000 words on [...]
The older you are, the more accustomed you are to satisfying your need for news, entertainment and conversation via newspapers, magazines, books, television, radio and good, old-fashioned face-to-face interaction with others.
Imagine. Many of us even grew up looking forward to reading the mail at the end of the day.
But that was then. This is now. [...]
On July 2, 2009, I published a list — a “retrospective,” if you will — of some of the posts I had written about social media in the last year. And now I’d like to share with you a similar list of the best (in my humble opinion) of what I’ve posted here on this blog, A [...]
Using Google Reader and Delicious, I find, save and share a multitude of articles and blog posts about social media, marketing and anything else related to the industry in which I earn my livelihood. In fact, on Delicious alone, I’ve bookmarked 3,706 pieces of content – and counting.
Of course, after I’ve read all of them myself, some of [...]
