Cara on February 26th, 2010

Crash The Original Black Dog

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Yes, my company “Black Dog Social Media” was named after a Dave Mathews Band Song. My first  love was a black lab , I named him after DMB’s “Crash Into Me.”

Crash Into Me – Dave Matthews …
Crash was from a great breeder: honest, smart, loyal, fun and strong. All the things [...] Continue Reading…

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Cara on February 13th, 2010

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We Google Buzz users, through behavior shifts, are contributing to defining what’s important in the future of social media. Are we GeeBee’s being monitored by the Google “Others” to see how we organize our followers, what content we respond to, and so on?

I love this post that I found while buzzin’ around my Gmail. I follow Chris [...] Continue Reading…

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Cara on February 10th, 2010

Do Twitter followers mean anything to you? One way to find out is with this cool mashup site:

Key in your Twitter name and it creates a word cloud from your Twitter flock. You’ll be pleasantly surprised at what shows up. See mine here : @caramandart.

The words that stood out on mine were ones like “GREAT” “SOCIAL” “SMCVB” & “MARKETING”.  [...] Continue Reading…

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Cara on February 9th, 2010

How cool would it be to tell your boss you aren’t comin’ back to work on Twitter? That’s what Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems did.

So the next day he tweets that he wants to write a book about the experience and asking his followers to tell what they want him to write about. He even has a hashtag [...] Continue Reading…

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Cara on February 6th, 2010

Last year  I lost my job. Ten years at one company and my anniversary gift is unemployment. I immediately knew that all the networking I had done for my job was the key to my next career. Small talk always lead to loyal clients. Monster.com was not the answer. My resume against thousands of others! How would I be recognized?

I [...] Continue Reading…

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Cara on January 30th, 2010

A Blog is not a Newsletter.

It is a conversation starter.

1.) Use a catchy title, one that makes someone stop and say “I just gotta read that!” Summarize your point in the title if you can.

2.) Keep it short! 250 Words is best. (400 tops! People are in a hurry and you’re lucky they are reading at all! [...] Continue Reading…

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Cara on January 13th, 2010

Comfy in your chair right now? Take a glimpse at whats happening right now on Haiti, through eyes of those tweeting from Haiti. I am in awe of how Twitter can be used for such social good.

There are people looking for others. People depicting their surroundings. People crying out asking for us to give to familiar organizations ASAP. So, [...] Continue Reading…

Cara on January 5th, 2010

I’m on Twitter. (shocking, I know)

#BiggestLoser is on!

Notice that # sign I used? Thats a hashtag. (old school pound sign) I don’t know when they changed it to hashtag.)  Suddenly I am updating someone I never knew before. She isn’t at home and is #desperate for #biggestloser updates. And then we’re talking back and forth. Then someone else chimes [...] Continue Reading…

Cara on December 15th, 2009

How did you feel when you got your own first Follow Friday mention? Its pretty  good feeling, right?

I think that a Twitter Follow Friday mention is like receiving a Golden Globe nomination.

A Follow Friday where you are mentioned with a comment as to WHY you should be followed, is like an Oscar nod.

Receiving more followers from [...] Continue Reading…

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Cara on December 2nd, 2009

Have you ever been on Facebook, start a chat and then realize its not them online but their better half on your friend’s wall instead?

If you are logged in to your spouse’s page (because you don’t have a page of your own), and you see my chat note pop up:

Don’t get nervous and pretend you are your wife.

Don’t pretend [...] Continue Reading…

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