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Why Is Your Business Avoiding Social Media?
In an age where social media consumes many of our lives, I’m still a little confounded when I come across some small businesses that have little or no social media presence. For many of these businesses, it may not be … Read more
Increased Social Interaction For Mobile Future
The 4G network is still hot n’ fresh from the oven, but it’s only the first step on the road to the future for mobile. Signs point to increased fluidity and synthesis of mobile operating systems/devices. What does that mean? … Read more
Outlook in the Cloud: Do or Don’t
Gmail may be the longest running cloud based email application and it was used by million before “the cloud” even entered into the popular lexicon. Gmail has also conditioned its users to be able to log in to their e-mail … Read more
Facebook & Twitter. As Addictive as Cigarettes and Alcohol?
Facebook & Twitter. As Addictive as Cigarettes and Alcohol? Infographic Have you ever posted to twitter from the toilet? Is every experience an opportunity to post a status update? Want to know whether or not you have a serious addiction … Read more
Can Your Company Improve Its Social Media Presence in 2012?
With the New Year about ready to descend on the business world, has your small business got its social media game face on? As more and more customers turn to the Internet for their browsing and purchasing options, it behooves … Read more
Top 5 Business Benefits of Marketing through Twitter
Last time I discussed how to market through Facebook, and this time micro-blogging sensation Twitter is the hot internet marketing topic to be discussed. Twitter is a high speed way to leverage your business to market to a larger audience … Read more
History of the Internet: Twitter
When Jack Dorsey sat down for two weeks in March 2006 to create the prototype for Twitter, do you think he had any idea that Twitter would change the course of history? Think about how quickly Twitter has changed the … Read more
Twitter conferences: TwtrConDC09
WASHINGTON, DC – Social media expert If you’re not on the band wagon yet, maybe it’s time you drink the Twitter Kool-Aid. Business, government and non-profit leaders are using Twitter to communicate and deliver measureable results in real time. You … Read more
Branding your Twitter profile
There seems to be 3 types of Twitter users: The curious The casual The pros Twitter pros don’t need to hear this message, they already know the power, utility and usefulness of Twitter. They already get it. But, for the … Read more
Be mindful of what you Tweet on Twitter
Check this out… When a friend was using his Yahoo mail to send me an e-mail to my Yahoo mail he received very interesting feedback. The e-mail confirmation page included my latest blog entries and Twitter tweets. Good thing they … Read more
How digital photography speeds news
WASHINGTON, DC – Years ago, I used to be a professional photographer. Back then, the standard equipment was a medium format Hasselblad, light meter and studio strobes. Back then, we had to load our film in the dark. In 1995, … Read more
Twitter: You're Fired!
Shaquille O’Neal Traded to Cleveland Cavaliers I just read on TechCrunch that Shaquille O’Neal initally discovered he was being traded to Cleveland via Twitter. What’s next … a South Carolina Governor‘s spouse discovers via Twitter that he’s in Argentina cheating on … Read more
How to use Twitter: Retweet
From CNN: Retweeting: ‘Followers’ look to ‘leaders’ as social networks grow What is a Retweet? Retweeting, represented on Twitter with the symbol “RT,” means a user has taken someone else’s tweet — or message — and copied part or all … Read more
The Value of Free
NEW YORK CITY (NYC) - Google is free to use, so is Twitter and YouTube and Facebook and Let Simon Decide. So, why are these businesses so valuable? Because there is value in Free. At today’s Disruptive by Design, Wired Business Conference … Read more
Twitter's impact on world politics and democracy
WASHINGTON, DC – I’m quite sure that when Jack Dorsey was creating Twitter based on the software he developed to dispatch couriers, taxis, and emergency services; he never thought that it would be used to influence elections, overthrow governments or … Read more
Fighting crime with Twitter
Police agencies are turning to social-media sites to connect with the public and share news about crimes, road closures and other public-safety information. Some are unnerved at the thought of officers hanging out in online forums where citizens are used … Read more
Discussions on Gov’t use of Facebook Twitter
OMB Policy 6: Use Approved Domains Policy Your agency must use only .gov, .mil, or Fed.us domains unless the agency head explicitly determines another domain is necessary for the proper performance of an agency function. This requirement recognizes the proper … Read more
Are You Using BLVD Status to Track Which Sites Are Sending You Twitter Followers?
One of our goals when creating the Beta features for BLVD Status was to make tracking out going clicks easy so you could track unconventional conversions like RSS subscribers and so on. I wanted to mention how to set up … Read more
Government Agencies on Facebook Twitter
Government needs policy on Facebook and Twitter As the number of Facebook pages and Twitter accounts begin to proliferate across government agencies, policy needs to be developed for best practices to observe laws and regulations on privacy and records management, … Read more





