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6:00pm: I put dinner in the oven. 6:05: Sit at kitchen island with laptop, Logged into Facebook. Hear that sucking sound? 9:00pm: Jolted by smoke alarm blaring. I hear, “Mommy! Mommy!” My dirty faced kid is starving, homework still not done, husband threatening to pack his bags. Promise to try harder tomorrow. linkscolor = “330000″; highlightscolor = “FF6633″; backgroundcolor [...]
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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 was from a great breeder: honest, smart, loyal, fun and strong. All the things that are important in social media. Corny, but true. Black [...]
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 [...]
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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. [...]
A Blog is not a Newsletter. It is a conversation starter. Here are my top 10 tips: linkscolor = “330000″; highlightscolor = “FF6633″; backgroundcolor = “FFFFFF”; channel = “none”;
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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. [...]
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Would you send a birthday card to someone without a personal introduction at the beginning? And then forget to sign your name, assuming they know who you are? That’s what its like when you Facebook Friend someone and you don’t say why you are connecting. True, sometimes you know them already so well that you [...]
Where is the most unusual place you have ever posted to Facebook or Twitter? The bathroom? In line at the store? In Bed? During a job interview? While driving? In the ambulance? During your mugshot? How about the Intensive Care Unit? Phone Rings. “Cara, Its Dad. ..Dr says it bad… What are your last words [...]
