Over the course of a couple days, my Klout score went from 65 to 67 because my mother died. Not because I had some sort of amazing Klout-gaming strategy but because…
Read MoreDon’t roll your eyes at social media influencers
I experience a lot of contempt for bloggers and social media influencers. From agencies and marketing firms as well as from self-professed social media experts and social media gurus. Bloggers and…
Read MoreCan traditional marketers adjust to digital marketing?
Sometimes I am making a speech and I realize that I am meeting a lot of traditional marketers–people my age (or even I admit, a little younger) who are trying to make…
Read MoreWhat exactly is a social graph?
I am a retired IBM Distinguished Engineer. (My wife says that makes me an Extinguished Engineer.) So, you might guess that I am fairly comfortable with the technical side of…
Read MoreWhy can’t I share to Google+ from my apps for that?
Now that I have my iPhone wired for sound, I do a majority of my tweeting and facebooking through the apps that I use. I use Instagram, which connects to…
Read MoreIs Being A Social Media Jack of All Trades A Good Idea?
If you were to consider only the most used (thus possibly also the most influential) social media outlets what would you list as the Top 5? Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+…
Read MoreWhy Pinterest matters to us social media marketers
If you use images or photos on any of your sites, you’re already on Pinterest, whether you’ve registered on Pinterest or not. So, what’re you going to do about it?…
Read MoreHow do you handle competing products in different countries in social media?
Social media marketing should be integrated within cross-country markets. From country to country, the popular social networks differ, as do languages and cultures. But there are other challenges for large…
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Google Analytics upgrade could bode well for Google Plus
This week Google introduced some significant changes to its widely used analytics offering. In a nutshell, the company is now providing a more in-depth look at the impact of social…
Read MoreIn social media, you don’t need to outrun the bear
The best thing about social media marketing is that you don’t have to be the most popular, have the most followers, or be the most sophisticated, you just have to…
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