Social Media

The Struggle to Strike a Balance: Social Media

November 19, 2009 Social Media

I was driving home from work today when I got the urge to check Twitter. I don’t have a smartphone of any kind (my cell phone does have bluetooth, but that’s as smart as it gets). I have an iPod Touch (poor man’s iPhone), but obviously wifi would not be found on the interstate. So [...]

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Links and Questions for My 50th Post

November 6, 2009 Email Marketing

I’ve been a bit busy the last couple of weeks with gearing up for, having, and caring for my newborn daughter. Today’s been the first day in a while that I’ve been able to dive back into my Google Reader, Twitter, etc. Plugging myself back in, so to speak. I also realized this is my [...]

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How I Use Social Media: It Takes Commitment

October 15, 2009 Social Media

I’m currently about halfway through reading “Trust Agents” (by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith) and digging it greatly. Go read it now. It’s awesome. But I digress. Brogan and Smith point out: [U]sing the Web to network and make connections may be the easiest thing you’ve ever done. This means connecting on a personal level [...]

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Wall Street Journal Says Email is Dead; In Other News, Dewey Defeats Truman

October 13, 2009 Email Marketing

According to the Wall Street Journal, “Email has had a good run as king of communications. But its reign is over.” Wow. Should I alert my email marketing friends? Obviously I need to jump ship before I get too far down this road into this dying medium. Now I know I shouldn’t get too worked [...]

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PowerPoint or Twitter Solution to Sluggish, Confusing Government?

September 14, 2009 Email Marketing

The other night, after reading through some of the media’s junky coverage on Obama’s healthcare speech (as well as the completely unnecessary hoopla over Obama telling school children they should work hard and stay in school), the following idea popped into my head that I promptly tweeted: “What would happen if Congressional bills were forced [...]

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