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Social Media Week…Really?

(insert long and tired sigh) In yet another completely unnecessary opportunity to prove to business professionals and the main stream public that social media is only for kids and startup companies, exists Social Media Week. Really?  I mean really? I don’t ever remember there being a telephone week, a fax week, or any week dedicated [...]

September 20, 2011 Rant 12 comments click Here To Read More…

5 Lame Reasons I Almost Talked Myself Out Of Blogging

Not that anyone’s noticed, but this blog has been completely and utterly abandoned by me. It’s two year domain renewal came up this week and I considered letting the domain expire. What was the point I thought, I’m not really writing anyway. I can’t believe this was a real internal debate. This is Ludacris. How [...]

June 14, 2011 Rant 7 comments click Here To Read More…

Our Old Media Can Beat Up Your Old Media

What is it lately? The warmer weather must be bringing with it more attitude, or maybe company execs are looking at first quarter numbers and are feeling the need to push on the gas or at least their boot to the lower level managers. Regardless of the reason, I’ve recently sat in multiple presentations where [...]

May 9, 2011 Rant 7 comments click Here To Read More…

3 Reasons The Groupon Super Bowl Backlash Is Bullshit

If you were offended by the Groupon ads then you certainly are not alone. There is a large backlash that starting gathering steam as soon as the ads aired on Super Bowl Sunday. There is much reporting on this by mainstream outlets like the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and it seems everyone [...]

February 9, 2011 News 19 comments click Here To Read More…

A Facebook Fan is Worth $3.60. Really?

A Facebook Fan is worth $3.60.  Really? Adweek reported today that a Facebook Fan is worth $3.60 of media value.  This formula was conceived by Vitrue, a social media management company. The dollar amount was concluded by determining that on average, a fan base of 1 million translates into at least $3.6 million in equivalent [...]

April 13, 2010 Debate 20 comments click Here To Read More…

6 Non-Social Media Lessons I Learned At SXSW

The past 10 days have been a whirlwind of adventure, knowledge, networking, life lessons, personal development , and inner growth. I learned an awful lot about social media and interactive marketing at SXSW, but the true gift of the experience wasn’t related to any panels or keynotes.  The lessons that stuck out the most for [...]

March 19, 2010 Event 10 comments click Here To Read More…

How To Sniff Out A Social Media Rat

Social media strategist, Internet marketer, social media guru, social media ninja / expert / rockstar and the names keep coming and coming.  Is it just me or are more and more social media voices now the equivalent of a digital Amway Salesperson?  It seems as if anyone with an Internet connection is now an “expert”. [...]

February 11, 2010 How To 6 comments click Here To Read More…

Fords Missed Social Media Opportunity

I really find it fascinating and yet unbeleiveable when a large brand or company jumps into social media…and seems to kind of “not get it”. How is this possible?  With millions of marketing dollars dedicated to huge in-house teams, and an additional large chunk of cash tossed at Marketing or PR agencies…shouldn’t somebody be coming [...]

January 8, 2010 marketing 26 comments click Here To Read More…

Quit Your Crying About Twitter Spam

I’m sorry, but I think the new anti-spam feature on Twitter is uber lame.  I also cannot for the life of me understand why people…and lots of them…actively complain about all of the spam throughout the day. A few days ago I noticed that Twitter recently stepped up efforts to control spammers by inserting a [...]

October 15, 2009 Rant 14 comments click Here To Read More…
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