Social Networking
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. [...]
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 [...]
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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 please take this advice: [...]
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 [...]
Rude Awakening #2: Kids know more about social media than us! (Could this be true? Do you care?) Here’s my thought process: I’ve been working on launching the Virginia Beach chapter of www.SocialMediaClub.org because I dig their “If You Know It, Share It” tag line. Picture events where all walks of life hang out [...]
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