Lay It On the Line
I’ve done a lot of talking about best practice in social media, but I’ve never really told you about me and just why I’m here. After a short stint in the US Army , and spending 20 years in the restaurant business all I really had was a dysfunctional lifestyle, kids I wasn’t taking care of emotionally, and a relationship with a woman that was ending. Well, the relationship ended, and I found a fantastic mate, whom I married, the first chance I got. I have a beautiful relationship with my children from my previous marriage, I have two step kids that I will be...
read moreQuestions For Anocial
Information is much more valuable when it fills a specific need. The reason for the huge success of search engines is that it enables people to fulfill that need for specific information. I have a couple of months in now worth of writing posts for Anocial, but I’ve never directly addressed any questions or issues you may have. So let’s do some Q & A. If you have any questions about the topics I have covered or about social media in general, leave a comment or email me. I’d like to see more generalized questions since I’m trying to make the answers relevant to...
read moreMake Your Website the Center of Your Digital Footprint
With all the various social media applications out there it can be easy to get your brand/business scattered and fragmented, socially speaking. I see many out there that will have a Facebook fan page as their focal point yet their other accounts don’t point to it, while others put the entire 2.0 load on one specific application and don’t network other platforms to gain a stronger foothold in the digital community. Find your center. I believe that the foundation of a strong social media campaign begins with the website. There are many avenues to travel in this area. First you must...
read moreWhy I Do What I Do
Social media has become an integral part of today’s society. From people connecting with old friends and making new contacts, to businesses advertising digitally, people now lead virtual lives that are just as tangible as their real lives. It is projected that in 2010 marketers will spend 2.2 million dollars worldwide in the social media arena with Facebook claiming almost a quarter of that. Look at some of the stats: Facebook gets 700,000 new members per day, and 45 million updates go through their servers every day. Twitter does 5 million tweets per day and there are 900,000 new blog...
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