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Email and the lean green benefits of online marketing

Email and the lean green benefits of online marketing

More companies are looking at ways that will enable them to go green with their marketing efforts. However, their motivation...

On Twitter, it’s okay for businesses to be irrelevant

On Twitter, it’s okay for businesses to be irrelevant

There has been a lot of discussion about staying relevant on social media, rightfully so. Too many businesses are trying...

Neil deGrasse Tyson isn’t just a scientist. He’s a philosopher as well. About doilies.

Neil deGrasse Tyson isn’t just a scientist. He’s a philosopher as well. About doilies.

We all knew that astrophysicist Neil deGrass Tyson was an intelligent and witty man of science, an advocate for space...

Why social signals are only going to get bigger in search rankings

Why social signals are only going to get bigger in search rankings

The last time I was involved with search engine optimization, Alta Vista was a player. I was working on my...

Beware of self-appointed social media gurus, ninjas, and evangelists

Beware of self-appointed social media gurus, ninjas, and evangelists

A recent study by AdAge, which has been tracking such things since 2009, shows that there are over 180,000 people...

Triberr increases exposure with the power of the like-minded

Triberr increases exposure with the power of the like-minded

While learning incredible things and meeting equally incredible people at the New Media Expo in Vegas, I ran into Triberr...

If you focus on 4 social media sites, you have 99% of your marketing covered

If you focus on 4 social media sites, you have 99% of your marketing covered

One of the biggest problems faced when businesses try to use social media as a marketing tool is that there...

This is not a scam: How you truly can make money off of Facebook

This is not a scam: How you truly can make money off of Facebook

The English language sure is a funny thing, especially when sentences and words can mean different things depending on how...

Facebook birthday’s New Year hangover

Facebook birthday’s New Year hangover

Facebook normally can be a great way to display some birthday affection to the many friends that you have become...

Is this the beginning of the end for Zynga?

Is this the beginning of the end for Zynga?

When a company so new and so fresh off of a cash infusion from going public starts to make cost-cutting...

Businesses should post fewer links and more interactions, text, and images on Twitter

Businesses should post fewer links and more interactions, text, and images on Twitter

The automation of Twitter for businesses continues to become the norm. As microblogging, interaction, and expression get replaced by RSS...

Dear Congress: End warrantless email monitoring immediately

Dear Congress: End warrantless email monitoring immediately

We were so close. A non-controversial bill,  the Video Privacy Protection Act, flew through the Senate and was sent to...

By catering only to big brands, @Klout is reducing its usefulness

By catering only to big brands, @Klout is reducing its usefulness

Every few months, it seems that Klout makes changes to try to bring its importance to a higher level and...

Has social media gone beyond recording life to influencing life?

Has social media gone beyond recording life to influencing life?

One of the initial promises of the internet was realized when social media started taking hold a few years ago....

How Ted is still gaining fans long after leaving theaters

How Ted is still gaining fans long after leaving theaters

In theaters, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane’s first major motion picture Ted was a huge hit.  It combined the brash...

Is the NY Times paywall proving everyone wrong about online subscription models?

Is the NY Times paywall proving everyone wrong about online subscription models?

Most industry experts (AKA Tech Bloggers) thought that when the NY Times website went to an online subscription model in...

Spread out your shares on Facebook to improve your reach

Spread out your shares on Facebook to improve your reach

If you are looking to spread your content on Facebook you are going to want to make sure that you...

Always keep your eyes open for social media opportunities

Always keep your eyes open for social media opportunities

"I sit down at the computer and think of things to post on social media." This is the problem. It's...

There’s a new (digital) sheriff in town

There’s a new (digital) sheriff in town

On December 12, 2012 the Federal Bureau of Investigations announced a cybercrime bust it had recently executed and credited Facebook’s...

YouTube Capture app for iPhone is an ideal sales tool

YouTube Capture app for iPhone is an ideal sales tool

There are plenty of ways to use mobile devices to promote a business. The merging of social, local, and mobile...