I get people all the time tell me it’s hard to get up with me when they need. Well, it’s really not that hard. Today’s communications methods make it really easy. I’m on Twitter. I’m on Facebook. I’m on my blog. I’m on JASEzone. I’m on foursquare. I’m on LinkedIn. A lot! Between my PC [...]
It seems like each time I go out in public, I learn something new. Each time I attend a social networking event, I learn something new. Each time I speak at an event, I learn something new. Most times that I log into my online social media space, I learn something new. Why does this [...]
Passion. What a very powerful word. When I think of passion, I think of every emotion I can conjur up directed towards a single center. Passion. Do we all have passions? Real passions? Not just that we like something, that we thrive to like it and we live to like it. Passion. I have a [...]
In this age of sprouting social media, social networks and easy-to-use social communities, are we really practicing what we preach? Do we use social media to communicate and even more importantly to interact with our customers? We should. Now, more than ever before, we have the tools to increase bi-directional and multi-threaded interaction with our [...]
Have you ever said that to yourself? You know you’ve said, I want a tool that will show me how to become a millionaire without trying or investing and without risk. You know you’ve said, I want a tool that will type this letter for me. You know you’ve said, I want a tool that [...]
Okay, I didn’t mean that as harsh as it sounded. But my life is digital. My family knows that. My friends know that. Most everything I do in my professional and personal life is captured in some way on some media platform. I tweet my work. I tweet about meetings. I tweet about clients. I blog [...]
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Stop, Listen, Collaborate. Is there a better short-message way to describe how social media should unfold? It doesn’t matter whether you exercise your social media muscles for business or personal reasons, you must slow down and listen first. I’ve spoken on this topic many times and addressed it profoundly in a slide presentation for a [...]
I’ve vlogged many times about getting out to see your clients and let them see your face. Say hi to them and see how things are going. If you’re an account service person by trade, this is nothing new to you. But today’s big electronic social media movement has stifled that thinking just a bit, [...]
Networking with Social Media and Strategies that Generate Leads Download the free seminar for tips and tricks to drive inbound marketing using social media. Topic: Networking with Social Media and Strategies that Generate Leads Event: The Hampton Roads Internet Marketing & Technology Group Social media will change your business! What is social media? How can [...]
I’m a little late this morning so grab your second cup of coffee and let’s talk about social networking. Driving point: “Twitter doesn’t make you. Your network makes you.”
Coffee time! Let’s chat about inbound marketing for a few minutes and where it belongs in our current marketing plan.
Kyle at BlackBerry Cool has published his list of top 5 BlackBerry social networks. I’ve reposted them below. What do you think? Are there others that you like? What about your favorite social networks for iPhone? BBMNation BBMNation is a social network that, like most BlackBerry social networks, uses PINs to connect users. Designed by a [...]
Grab your coffee and let’s talk about building your personal and professional brand through social communities. Online and offline! Social community references in this video: JASEzone Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Plurk FriendFeed blog Hampton Roads Internet Marketing & Technology Group Entrepreneurs Forum of Hampton Roads Virginia Opera Guild Tabernacle Church of Norfolk
There were times in my professional life that I had found myself pushing to be more structured in my schedule than might have been smart. Then I found “social media” a few years ago. Or maybe it found me. If nothing else, social media and particularly my social networks have taught me that time-of-the-day is [...]