Social Media Top 5: The Problem with Absolutes
Doug Haslam For this Social Media Top 5 (now an occasional feature of this blog, apparently), I noticed some articles (the first three on this last) that seemingly posed some absolutes. Of…
#Social Media Breakfast Boston (#SMB29): Social for Sales & Business Growth
This past Friday I attended Boston’s 29th Social Media Breakfast: Social for Sales and Business Growth. First, I should mention that this month marked the fifth anniversary of the first-ever…
#FailingAgenda: Social Media Lessons From– a Social Media Screwup*
As a Twitter user, I have never been a huge fan of promoted hashtags. I get that it is a way to buy exposure and discussion around a topic or…
Why I’m Not #positivelysocial and Why That’s OK
This past week, I saw a post from my friend Scott Monty (Social Media fella at Ford Motor) about the seeming incivility of the social web, and calling for people…
I Automatically Tweeted This Post But Really I’m Not a Bot
Just having a bit of fun with a few friends (shh).
The Busy Trap Trap, Productivity and Distractions. Solved
I decided I would refuse to be “too busy” to write this blog post… For a while, I have seen friends and others struggle with the Productivity Question: are they…
Social Media Top 5: Guy Loves Google+, Scouts Can Gays, and Naming Apps
The Case for Google Plus Still Missing the Most Important Thing (People) Well-known tech evangelist Guy Kawasaki recently published an article in MarketingProfs called “Why I Love Google+” (interesting that…
Social Media Top 5: PR Egos, Brand-Blogger Relationships & Die! Animated GIFs
PR People – YOU Are Not the Story I already pushed this link by Danny Brown out on my various social networks, but it is a topic that hits home…
I Love This Infographic, for All the Wrong Reasons (?)
In my constant kvetching about how infographics are serving to annoy rather than inform us, a friend (Michael Pace) hipped me to this infographic: SOCIAL LUMAscape View more presentations from…
Pan-Mass Challenge: Spring Training
Now that we are well into spring, I am stepping up my training for this summer’s Pan-Mass Challenge. I’ll be riding my fifth PMC in August, and I keep coming…