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August, 2011

Social Media Lessons From Vacation

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

Yeah, right– you think there’s a “social media lesson” for everything? Get a life. Have fun once in a while. Hope those of you in the Northern Hemisphere had a chance to enjoy yourselves this summer. Tweet

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Social Media Top 5: Bad Headlines, More Google Plus Concerns and Hopes

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

A Bad Headline is Still Bad Journalism When I was starting out in public relations, I helped a client, a games web site, get a nice article n the local paper. The article was indeed very positive, but the headline made a reference to gambling– something the client wanted to be very clear they were [...]

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Pan-Mass Challenge 2011 – Done!

Friday, August 19th, 2011

Two short weeks ago, I finished my fourth Pan-Mass Challenge. As always it is a great, well-run event, a 2-day ride to Provincetown to raise money for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute (you can still sponsor my ride here: http://bit.ly/2011pmc). What was special about this year? The last year was a tough one for cancer [...]

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Personal Brands at Companies Solved; What Everyone Needs is a BJ

Monday, August 15th, 2011

Periodically, I have mentioned “Personal Brand” on this blog. It’s a controversial term, partly because the idea of having a personal brand brings with it the danger of putting your ego in front of anything else of value you do. Of course it doesn’t have to be that bad, but I understand the concern. The [...]

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Social Media Top 5: Gawn Fishun’ (Google Plus) and Social Media Whores

Friday, August 12th, 2011

“I’ve Moved to Google +” I know I keep thinking I’m going to stop posting about Google +, but this annoys me a lot; people announcing they have left Facebook for Google Plus. I didn’t know it was a choice, and the market will lead individuals, not the other way around, no matter how popular [...]

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Google Plus: I Thought I Told You All to be Patient

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

A few weeks ago, I wrote over on the Voce Nation blog, pleading for patience regarding the new Google Plus social network; patience from users, businesses, social media marketers and Google itself. It seems that everyone but Google failed to listen to me. What is wrong with everybody? Seriously, what is wrong? I see an [...]

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