Category Archives: Social Media

May is National Burger Month

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File this under Friday Fun Turns out that May is National Burger Month. That doesn’t exclude my veggie friends as most every place has a non meat alternative, so stop right now! Over at A Hamburger Today I found Here are some events going on in the burger world this month: May 6: Philadelphia Burger…

5-Year Question Every Online Marketer Needs to Ask

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I JUST REACHED my 5-year blogging milestone. And even though I’m not as efficient blogging machine as Mr. Mike Mueller; blogging has been a major contributor to the bottom line of my business.  But like what our grandmas used to say, If you want a sweet, juicy fruit you would have to wait for it…

You don’t need to be on Pinterest

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There I said it.  I hereby give you permission not to be on Pinterest.  Feel better?  Good. I’ll bet that takes a heavy load off your back and saves you gobs and gobs of time. You’re welcome.  Here’s my Amazon Wish List, buy me something.  Of course we’ve all heard that Pinterest is for women,…

Things that make me Happy…

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This one was certainly headed for last weeks “Things that make me sad” post. There’s nothing like sending a private message to 230+ of your ‘friends’.  Facebook even gave him a warning stating that messaging all your friends was spamming. Normally I’d blur the details out, you’ll see later why I didn’t.   When you…

Things that make me sad…

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Generally speaking, I’m a happy guy. Generally speaking, I go about my business looking for positive ways to connect with people. Generally speaking, when I see something that someone is doing wrong (in social media) I’ll try to go about my business and just let it slide. Generally. Here’s a few things that made me…

33 ways I’d use 33 Touches Better

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* If I was a Keller Williams Agent. For those that don’t know, Keller Williams has a cool piece of technology for their agents to use called eEdge.  Within that is a program called 33 Touches.  The basic idea is to make it easy for an Agent to stay top of mind with their clients;…

How to create a Playlist on your YouTube Channel

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The question comes up from time to time and especially with the new YouTube Channel format, How do I create a Playlist? Pretty simple really. Here’s a quick video on how to do that. One of the cool things is that you can create multiple playlists. Right now I have only one and that’s How…

Pinterest Poorly

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So…   Last week I created a small graphic voicing my opinion on how some people are using Pinterest poorly. Just my opinion, and I’m sticking by it. The graphic got a few shares, a few re-pins, and generally spread around as you might expect.  Yay for me! In a seemingly an unrelated post, Jeff Turner…

Pre Friday Fun: UninspiredPhotoStock

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I was looking for a snarky fun image to upload to my facebook profile. I did a quick google image search for Creative Commons things I could use and was struck by all the really good and inspiring photos coming from sites like iStockPhoto. Since I couldn’t find a ‘boring’ picture of ‘boring’, I was…

Slouching away from Social Media

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What do you do if you are a BIG Brand, have heard you need to be in social media, but really don’t want to?   Let’s use US Airways as an example… Today the airline really got my goat (so to speak).  This post isn’t about my beef with them as much as it’s about what…