Tag Archives: social networks
@pprlisa (a.k.a. Lisa Dilg of PerkettPR) on Twitter
Real conversations happen on Twitter constantly. And I had the opportunity to extend my conversation with Lisa Dilg of PerkettPR who shared some of her expertise, both professional and personal, about Twitter. Download the full Interview with Lisa Dilg Tips from Lisa Dilg, PerkettPR @pprlisa – http://twitter.com/pprlisa Find people that you respect and see who [...]
Next Workshop: Using Social Networks to Promote Your Business
If you are in the South Jersey or Greater Philadelphia area, please come to the Burlington County Chamber of Commerce Business Expo on October 22, 2008. The Expo is at the Enterprise Center in Mount Laurel, NJ with the booths open from 10am to 5pm. There are several workshops throughout the day at the expo, [...]
Why Should I Follow You?
Beth Harte (@BethHarte) from The Harte of Marketing brings us the following post about the culture of Twitter: Who are you? And why should I follow you? In a nutshell, she wants you to be real. She believes that social networks should be based on human responses to human conversations. Just because you are typing [...]
Media Day – Friday Oct. 10th
If you are in the South Jersey or Greater Philadelphia area, please come to the Burlington County Chamber of Commerce Media Day – Using Media in an Online World. I’m very excited about this event as it features: Nicole Brewer, Digital Journalist from CBS3 Ron Martin, Executive Editor, BCT, myBCTnow.com Joanne Adams & Kristine Brown [...]
Two Years of Wine – Gary V. is Right
It has been an interesting journey, but over the last two years I’ve gone from a total wine newbie to someone that knows the difference between viognier, sauvignon blanc, and chardonnay. Ever since my doctor recommended hinted that there might be health benefits, I’ve taken my obsessive personality and tracked and reviewed everything that I [...]
The CEO Technology Generation Gap
I hear or see this every day. Business owners know their businesses and customers. They roll their eyes at Twitter and Facebook. But something has shifted over the last 10 years. The customer demographic is more technologically savvy than the business owner demographic. So how do you tell someone who has brilliantly run a business [...]
Not a Two-Way Street
Social networks can be strange. Especially Twitter. Networks like Facebook or LinkedIn require that connections be mutual. That is to say if I want to connect to you, you have to accept and then connect to me. So when I “friend” someone or “connect” it is a two-way street. Twitter is different. On Twitter, you [...]
Build Your Network in Advance
There are no shortcuts. Whether it is blogging, social networks or simply owning a business. Darren Rowse from Problogger brings us this post: Build Your Network Before You Need It Darren is right on target. All too often my clients look for the quick fix or silver bullets. Networks take years to build and seconds [...]
Plurk: Do we need another microblog?
Twitter has been suffering major reliability problems. Perhaps the service was never engineered to handle the number of users and “tweets” and third-party clients. While it may have cute error messages, the Twitter crowd has started exploring other options. Enter Plurk. I have to say, the experience of Plurk is quite good. I really enjoy [...]
We Should Be Sword Fighters!