When I was a kid on Long Island (pronounced “Lon GUY-land”), I was one of those boys that was fraidy-scared a lot. Afraid of the bigger kids. Afraid of everyone…
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What’s Listening 2.0? Can you stand to hear it?
I was fortunate to be invited to do a Webinar today on Listening 2.0, along with Mark Kovscek of VivaKi and Pauline Ores of IBM, on what’s going on with…
Read MoreJust what constitutes a spam blog comment?
Make the decision several times every day, just like most blog owners. A comment comes in to one of our posts. I scan it and make a snap decision: is…
Read MoreAre you scaring PR people away from social media?
If you’re reading this blog, I suspect that you “get it.” Maybe you’re not an expert at Internet marketing, but if someone asks you about, you don’t involuntarily drool as…
Read MoreIn social media, aspire to be reactive
Aspiring to be reactive seems to be shooting pretty low, huh? Well, if you’re on the social media sidelines, maybe it’s the best thing to try. You might be cruising…
Read MoreTwitter communities
Image via CrunchBase Some social media outlets foster a sense of a smaller communities among its members, with LinkedIn connections or even Facebook Groups. Twitter seems less oriented to forming…
Read MoreThe need for speed in Internet marketing
Most of you know that I wrote a book on Internet marketing called “Do It Wrong Quickly”–but some overlook how important the “quickly” part is, because otherwise you’re just doing…
Read MoreWhy should PR people care about paid search?
Public relations is about getting free attention to your message, so you’d think that paid search is the last thing that any PR person would need to care about. Paid…
Read MoreWhy Twitter is creepy
No, it’s not just the bird. And, no it’s not my opinion. One of my teenagers told me that Twitter is creepy. And I saw a recent post by Paul…
Read MoreData beats opinions in any decision
Don’t look now, but I think I’ve been breaking my own rule. I am constantly reminding other people never to rely on opinion when you can test the conclusion yourself,…
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