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Why I care if you're not wearing pants

April 7, 2011 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

Most of us share silly and somewhat meaningless status updates in social media from time to time. That's okay because if you really want to let the whole world know you're not wearing pants, it's actually my problem not yours. Please keep sharing those crazy status updates on Twitter and Facebook. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: social media, Twitter Tagged With: human, not wearing pants, pants, responsibility, social media, Twitter

How being human takes the stuffy out of business

April 4, 2011 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

"Business is stuffy. Your being human makes you approachable and someone I want to talk to." That's a comment I got recently when a client and friend watched the video below. My friend's comment got me thinking about how both the quality and number of relationships I have with those I used to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: social media Tagged With: business, business associates, human, social media, strategy business, stuffy, tools

Social Media Favors Chicks Over Dicks

March 23, 2011 By Jim Raffel 8 Comments

Now that I have your attention, let me explain. Maybe it's because women are just naturally more chatty than men, but I've noticed that women typically hit the ground running and gather a solid following in social media more quickly than men. Maybe it's because women are more willing to friend or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: social media Tagged With: advantage women, chicks, cindi thomas, dick, dicks, social media, Twitter

Jim's social media strategy: I swear sometimes

March 11, 2011 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

Yesterday, Shelby had her say with "My social media strategy: I swear I don't swear." Today it's my turn. If you read this blog regularly none of this information should com as any surprise. I've just compiled many of the thoughts I have about social media into an actual strategy. Shelby gets thanks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: she said he said, social media, Twitter Tagged With: blog, Facebook, i swear, social media, strategy, swear, Twitter

Shelby's social media strategy: I swear I don't swear

March 10, 2011 By Shelby Sapusek 3 Comments

Jim and I agree on most things concerning the social media space, but that doesn't mean we agree on everything. Like most people, I enjoy the occasional off-color joke in a tweet, blog or Facebook status. I completely agree that while social media is a valuable tool in the business world, we don't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: she said he said, social media, Twitter Tagged With: Facebook, i swear, online social networking, social media, social media space, strategy, swear, tweet, Twitter

She said, he said posts

March 2, 2011 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

Starting tomorrow, Shelby and I are going to introduce a new series of posts here. We'll be calling them "she said, he said" (ladies first of course). Well, actually, I'm going first tomorrow with a post entitled "Strategy to work with others." The post explores how Shelby and I work together from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, new media, she said he said, social media, Writing Tagged With: editors, feature, he, insightful, issue, jim, jim raffel, perspective, posts, raffel, she, shelby, tomorrow, zeke

The power of a social media audience

February 28, 2011 By Jim Raffel 7 Comments

Recently, I was reading an email from Seth Godin about his new book "Poke the Box" that he is releasing through his new publishing venture The Domino Project. Seth was excited because enough of us had tweeted about and purchased the book to bring the price of the Kindle version down to $1.00. Yes, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: new media, social media, Twitter Tagged With: amazon kindle, amazon.com, audience, reach, Seth Godin, social media, story, tweet, Twitter

Hello, I'm Shelby and I met him on Twitter

February 4, 2011 By Shelby Sapusek 23 Comments

Jim Raffel has been alluding to a new editor for JimRaffel.com for awhile now. It's finally time for introductions. "I met him on Twitter." That sentence has quickly become part of my everyday vocabulary. For me, Twitter started out as a way to meet people socially and keep up to date on local … [Read more...]

Filed Under: social media, Twitter Tagged With: business tools, ColorMetrix, editors, introducing, local events, meeting, meeting people, shelby, shelby sapusek, social media, Twitter

How Facebook broke down online barriers

January 31, 2011 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

Recently, I was interviewed by Matt Mansfield for his blog post The Elephant in the Cloud – How Safe is Your Data?. During that conversation I made the comment that I feel Software as a Service (SaaS) is easier to sell today because of Facebook. Millions of folks, well a half-billion of you at last … [Read more...]

Filed Under: new media, social media Tagged With: barriers, children, comfortable, criticism of facebook, Facebook, facebook features, grandchild, internet, online, online social networking, picture, social information processing, view picture

Online tolerance levels

January 6, 2011 By Jim Raffel 5 Comments

Some people think I self-promote too much online. Those people are not even reading this post and that's as it should be. Some people rely too much upon snark and too little on the substance they deliver, at least for my taste. I spend little or no time following these folks online and that's also … [Read more...]

Filed Under: social media Tagged With: online, snark, substance, tolerance, tolerances, tones

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