RB (Re-blog!) @everyone
In our most recent Get Connected! Seminar, Amy talked about engaging in and starting a two-way conversation. Inc.com has come up with their own list 30 Tips for Using Social Media in Your Business. Do...
View ArticleBlippy
Let me get this straight. Blippy.com, a new social media darling, wants me to sign up, enter my credit card information, and help me announce to the world my each and every purchase. “Blippy is a fun...
View ArticleDon’t shoot the medium
photo by Gideon TsangThis week, I read an article in the Wall Street Journal called Entrepreneurs Question Value of Social Media. The article’s subtitle is, “Marketing via Facebook, Twitter Yields...
View ArticleDon’t stop playing in the middle of the game
While working on Counterintuity’s Facebook page yesterday, I happened upon a page we set up for a client. Sadly, it hasn’t been touched since the day we finished a detailed marketing plan last summer....
View ArticleSocial media impressions score big
We all knew that social media was important and our friends and fans sharing and liking our posts was fabulous. A report was released today from Nielsen and Facebook that confirms that social...
View ArticleSocial media marketing is no business for teens
Seems logical. When you can’t set your TIVO, you call your kid into the room. Twelve or twenty-two, he’ll have you watching last Sunday’s episode of Desperate Housewives in no-time. Can’t add a contact...
View ArticleOld Spice grabbed the social media world by the horn
The @oldspice guy responded via video to an @Alyssa_Milano tweet in less than 2 hours. The ad agency Wieden & Kennedy had the Old Spice guy plus writers and interactive specialists locked in the...
View ArticleTracking your reputation online for free
My favorite line (which our social media clients will attest to) is: “The conversation about your brand is happening online whether you want it to or not. The only thing sticking your head in the sand...
View ArticleHow I was suspended by the Google+ police
As a Director of Social Media and Communications, I am having a really hard time with Google+. Unbeknownst to me, for several days, I was suspended from Google+ for having an unauthentic name. Yep....
View ArticleDo “gurus” get more Twitter followers-UPDATE
Although I can’t draw a scientific correlation between the two, since Dan Zarella suggested I add the word “GURU” to my Twitter bio, I have gained 65 followers, and surpassed the 1,000 follower mark....
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