If you follow my blog, you might have seen that there was a big story in my hometown of Ridgewood, New Jersey last week, where my son’s middle school principal…
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All content could be online content
I have had a realization as of late. Maybe, like many other times in my life, I am a little slow on the uptake and I am just pointing out…
Read MoreWe have met the social media enemy, and it is us
Yesterday, Tony Orsini, my son’s middle school principal sent a blunt letter to all parents telling us that we should ban social networks for our middle school children. I was…
Read MoreGoogle’s ranking algorithm goes social
Google’s algorithm is believed to use over 200 signals to determine where a page should rank for a particular query, and this number seems to be growing at a phenomenal…
Read MoreI need a job, so chat me up!
I had to chuckle to myself when a young man visiting in my home noticed on the wall a photograph of my college-aged daughter and absent-mindedly said to no one…
Read MoreDo Your Employees Know Your Social Media Guidelines?
Have you defined social media guidelines for your employees? If not, you might be an accident waiting to happen. Regardless of your company’s position in the spectrum of social media…
Read MoreGoogle Buzz Reconsidered
With all the discussion about Google Buzz that occurred when it first came out, I wonder if there was more heat than light. Opinions raged in those first few days,…
Read MoreWhat do you do after a social media and PR crisis?
You weathered the crisis. You’re exhausted, but at least you lived through it. Yesterday, I wrote about how to be prepared for a PR crisis with social media, but for…
Read More“I don’t have time for Facebook and Twitter”
I know that social media is every marketer’s favorite advice for clients these days. And it’s my favorite price–free. But you can be excused for wondering how you have the…
Read MoreThe New New Rules of Marketing and PR
David Meerman Scott is at it again. If you read his groundbreaking 2007 book, The New Rules of Marketing and PR (pictured at right), you’re on notice. You need to…
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