Twitter is new. Together we are all learning how to utilize Twitter as a tool to facilitate communication. Without any real plan or intention I have been moving towards turning Twitter "friendships" into face to face meetings. Coffee Meetings: This week's Twitter Follow Friday (the blog edition) … [Read more...]
The Help Others Manifesto
In my life, acts of kindness and giving back have always yielded unexpected rewards. Sometimes the rewards came years later. From A Business Perspective Until 2005 ColorMetrix hosted a meeting for our users in Las Vegas. The financial objective of the meeting was always the same, break-even. The … [Read more...]
Twitter Follow Friday (on Saturday)
Chris Brogan wrote a great post about turning Twitter follow Friday into blog traffic. You're here aren't you? So, he got that part right. I now have more than 140 characters to share with you what is so fantastic about the people I recommend you follow. The other part of my sinister plan is to … [Read more...]
Social Media 101 (by Chris Brogan) Book Review
I just finished reading Chris Borgan's Social Media 101. This is a must have book for anyone who has a blog, a web-site, a Twitter account or even just an email account on the internet. Chris covers it all. It's been a long time since I used this many post-it page markers and highlighter ink … [Read more...]
Social Media Has Changed My Business
Social media is not my business. Over the past six months, however, social media has radically changed how I do business. I've become a solid practitioner of this craft. No I don't have 10,000 followers on Twitter but if that's what I wanted, I could accomplish it within a month or less. Instead I … [Read more...]
Foursquare Flash Mob for Milwaukee SXSW
Yesterday my wife and I decided to be the ultimate social media nerds for an afternoon. We went to AJ Bombers to earn our Foursquare Swarm Badge. The rules for earning the badge are simple. A minimum of 50 of us nerds had to check-in on Foursquare at the same time in the same place. Joe from AJ … [Read more...]
Life at a Conference the Real, Authentic and Sustainable way…
If you follow me on Twitter you know that recently on a moment’s notice I spoke to about 150 people on the topic of social media...what follows are my speaking notes.... 1. I am Jim Raffel and most of you know me as a "color guy," after all, my company ColorMetrix does sell the best color … [Read more...]