This last week I was asked two times what I do. Contrary to what some people think I am not a “Jack of all Trades”, rather far from it. There are certain things I do and quite a few things I won’t do. To start, I write informative posts on this blog. Hopefully cutting thru the BS and …
How to Add someone to a Twitter List
I woke up this morning to a tweet from my friend Ken who asked He knows I use LISTS for most all my social media accounts and when it comes to Twitter, I prefer a Twitter Client and in particular I’ve been a big fan of Seesmic for a long time. While I follow 14 thousand people, I certainly …
Channels of Conversation
I recently commented on a blog post where the writer argued that we should all keep the “Share with your Friends” buttons, but ditch the "Follow me on _______" Buttons. Guess what? I COMPLETELY DISAGREE! For the record the two work in polar opposites. Let me use just twitter as an …
iGoogle is iGoing Away!
I absolutely love my Google Feedreader. I absolutely love my Google Calendar. I absolutely love my Gmail too! Add to that a task list, sports scores (for just my NHL teams), local weather and current traffic and then put it all on a single webpage and that is what iGoogle is. It’s perfect …
LIKE’s for Sale!
75% OFF! Until next Thursday, you can save up to 75% OFF all purchased Page LIKE's or Twitter follows, or Google +1's or whatever social media metric you value! Hurry! You must ACT NOW! Of course, I'm kidding. You know me better than that - right? Disclosure: I build Custom Facebook Page …
How to comment for SEO
Comments have been on the decline for a while. People still read the stuff, people still visit, but they just don't comment like they used to. Instead, they'll share it on Facebook or Twitter or even Google Plus (see those little icons up above?) Yet Comments are still fabulous. Comments make …
Social Media Policy in real life
Could a $30 part cost you a $3,000 sale? How about 9 little words? A tale about customer service and why you need a social media policy in place, right now. Long story short, I’m an avid mountain biker. I live at the base of all things, a mountain (go figure) and I try to ride at least an …
Circle Saturday
Last week I started with the idea of giving a shout out to 6 different people I think you might want to follow on Google plus. For those of you new to this, think of it as my Follow Friday only for Google Plus instead of Twitter. Got it? This week I’m adding Circle Suggestions to the …
It’s CIRCLE Saturday!
It's SHOUT OUT Saturday and here's a few of the peeps I think you should circle up. +Stephanie L Davis - she's a mega poster here. That means lot's of volume, some really good shares, some funny shares, but all pure STEPH. She's good people! +Patrick Healy - He's into the tech, into the what …
Basic Skills
My friend Jerry Kidd wrote an excellent article “It’s no longer cool to not be technology literate” and I completely agree. But then I started thinking (Danger Will Robinson!) What would be the basic skill set a person who wants to actively engage in new media marketing need? Here’s …