On my home turf of Milwaukee Twitter has significantly changed my social life. With Twitter as the enabling technology my wife and I have found a whole new group of friends with interests similar to our own. We have also tracked down local places like AJBombers, Streetza Pizza and Water Buffalo … [Read more...]
Reputation Matters
My reputation is determined in part by my writing about and living a real, authentic, and sustainable life on this blog. Reputation is everything, it can't be bought, it must be earned and once earned it must be guarded with your life. You can lose your reputation in an instant. If you do be … [Read more...]
Twitter is the New #ShopLocal
Local merchants are real people with an authentic desire to provide sustainable quality goods and services to their communities. Because I want to support these merchants, over the last year or so I have become a fan of shopping local. In the Twitterverse there is a hash tag #ShopLocal. Attaching … [Read more...]
Five W's Twitter Presentation
My presentation as a member of the social media panel at the Wisconsin Publishers' Production Club. I was asked to speak on Twitter. The slides just provided talking points but should give you a flavor of the conversation. During the presentation I also addressed the following list of bullet points … [Read more...]
Fit Milwaukee is Real, Authentic and Sustainable
I have these three friends Anne Munkwitz (@bananza), Tracey Gessner (@tmgessner) and Brennan Stehling (@BrennanMKE). Together they started Fit Milwaukee. Yesterday two teams of four people (who did not even know each other one year ago) ran a marathon relay together. Some people ran and some of us … [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...]
The Personal/Professional Blur
For while I have been searching for a way to explain the concept that my personal and professional lives are hopelessly and wonderfully intertwined. The blur stems from the fact that it has been almost 14 years since I collected my last pay check from the man. Since then I have managed to stay … [Read more...]
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