After reading Chris Brogan's post "When Google Owns You - A New Chapter." First, my heart went out to him as I've managed to destroy about four cell phones while on the road with no plan B. I could relate to the sense of isolation and perceived helplessness. I had just finished my plan B, which is … [Read more...]
Follow Friday #3 – Milwaukee Edition
In honor of yesterday's #BigMKETweetup I decided it would be appropriate to give props to my local tweeps. Let's start with @cbuser who just now randomly walked into the Starbucks I hide at about once a week to catch up on blogging "business." Only my second time meeting Carolyn and she's yet … [Read more...]
Twitter beyond 140 characters – real conversations
What happens when twitter conversations move from the virtual world limit of 140 characters to the real world with no limits? In this video blog I share first hand just such a recent experience. Here are some links to help you reach the people mentioned in the video. @felska and @jennkorducki … [Read more...]
Twitter Follow Friday I find 'em you follow 'em
Want to know the secret to making this list? Read on young Jedi master. It starts in my "mentions" column in Hootsuite. It's all about interaction and engagement. I sit down for a few minutes before creating this list and scroll back through my mentions column. The names I see that make me go "ah … [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 and Customer Service
Recently I received this email from Matt Peters and it got me thinking... ...when we strip away the technology and the tools (like twitter, facebook, 4square etc.) and look at the “social” part of the term “social media” – aren’t we really talking about really, excellent customer service? Maybe … [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...]
Printing is Not Dead or Even Dying
If printing is on the verge of death, then why when I searched Twitter for "Is Print Dead" did I find over 20 tweets in the past 4 hours? For something dead or dying, printing sure generates a lot of conversation in the Twitter community. The blogosphere also has plenty to say about printing being … [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...]