Archive for November, 2010
Monday, November 15th, 2010
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Having worked in PR for more than a dozen years, one of the unkillable buzz-phrases has been "thought leader." For PR clients, it's a simplified expression for being known for more than self-promotional reasons. rather than shilling your product or company (there is always a ...
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Back in early 2008, I participated in a Social Media Breakfast in Boston about Twitter. Actually, the title was half tongue-in-cheek, half serious: "How Twitter Changed My Life."
One of the questions the audience asked me and my fellow panel members (Laura Fitton, Scott Monty and Jim Storer), was "Would ...
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Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Those of us in the social media and marketing industry have seen the reports over the last day or so: "Only" 4% of US adults who go online are using geo-location services like Foursquare, Gowalla and the like.
The people who hate these services, find them annoying (fair enough) or don't ...
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Thursday, November 4th, 2010
I drive a Honda Fit (2009 Sport model), and love the USB connector in the dash. Not being an iPod owner, I use it to connect a thumb drive that is big enough to hold as much music as I can stand. There were a few obstacles to getting this ...
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