Gia Lyons took some time out of her busy day just to give me some advice and help me navigate the stormy waters of the social media landscape. She said: “2007 was the year of Web 2.0 — and now everyone has figured out what that is. This year is Read more…
I just got my new eee pc. We made a special trip into my office just to pick it up. I am off until Wednesday but i decided i could not wait that long for my new toy. So it follows that i defiitely could not wait until August for Read more…
Travel has gone from bad to worse. I think that the problem is that now that people have to pay to check a bag, they carry everything on, which causes delays at security. It’s no surprise that millions of Americans refuse to fly. At least I’m stuck here with a Read more…
I found this post as I discovered “ProBlogger. When you find an interesting blog, it really affirms their influence when you see that 7,000 other people follow them on Twitter. I click “follow” so I don’t have to subscribe to their RSS feed because I never check Google Reader. ProBlogger Read more…
Figuring out the ROI of bloggging has become my quest for the Holy Grail as I try to educate my company. But the best part about working in social media is how open and helpful everyone is. We’re all on the same boat, being tossed violently in a perfect storm. Read more…
Today the inimitable Katie Paine (communications measurement guru) is honoring our offices with a visit. The meeting started out small, but there are so many people across the company who are interested in social media. They are excited to be able to measure the results of their campaigns, whether they Read more…
Yesterday we had another presentation from Jive on their Clearspace app. Definitely a promising tool for our company, something we would like to leverage both internally AND externally. But the best part of this week (so far) was meeting Jive’s Social Software evangelist, Gia Lyons. Here is how she was Read more…
Last month I attended the New Communications Forum which was really eye opening. But probably the best part about it was the chance to meet other people who are in the same boat as I am. Being the “Social Media Expert” is fun, but it’s even better when you’re in Read more…
Yet another example of how Twitter is helpful : ) Scoble tweeted about his visit to Dogster. So of course I had to see it. On this site qik.com you can post video from your phone. And then I noticed a familiar face on Scoble’s qik.com page. My friend Stacy Read more…
I was trying to decide what to name the Corporate Blog I plan to write for my company. (Which has not launched yet and so I’m kind of practicing on my own here.) So I decided to survey my friends and they came back with some pretty funny suggestions for Read more…