7 years ago – yes. 7 years ago – I posted about Monsters. One of my points was that we, as a society, need a monster. We’ve always had one and it somehow seems to keep our culture in balance. I highlighted monsters that I grew up with who for the most part were musicians that scared the crap out of parents. Marilyn Manson, Judas Priest and Eminem to name a few. At the time, I...
Big Boulder 2015!
Big Boulder is an amazing conference I’ve been fortunate enough to attend for the past four years. The conference is focused on social data and I’m working on a summary post about the event. Until then . . . enjoy!
What season is it?
Checkout Whole Foods Pinterest board. What do you notice? Look again. It takes a couple of seconds. (Hint: Read the post title.)
Social needs to be timely and seasonal is a kind of meta-timely. Login and rearrange your boards to be contextual. It’s like Tweeting about a Christmas event in March.
B2B social: part 1
In 7+ years of blogging, I’ve never posted about social for B2B. I’ve had B2B clients all my professional life and other than a few differences, I contend that we’re still working to address the needs of people. There’s even a book written to support my opinion called H2H. It’s about rapport and solving problems. This post is about those differences and how you...
Time to Jettt!
I completely forgot to post this. It’s never too late! Welcome to Jettt! Jettt is the new mobile social network for business travelers! We understand your needs and have created a compelling service to help you take advantage of your on-the-go existence!!! To make this service as compelling as possible, we’ve partnered with the following companies. Companies you’re already...
The continuing evolution of social media
Just as society is evolving, so is social media. In fact, many would argue that social media is pushing changes in society almost as quickly mobile technology. (Sounds like a good book!) Social media has gone through four definitive stages and we are neck deep in the fifth. Facebook -Â With 1.23 billion users, Facebook established people sharing their identity. It’s who you are. This was...
Hyperlocal + Social = Mobile (infographic)
The evolution of digital content
Aggregation - Back in the day there was this thing called RSS, which stood for Really Simple Syndication. It was a way of getting a list of all the content that a site created in one easy to read list. Yep. It’s still around. There’s one in the upper right hand corner of this site. Curation – Now there is a amazing tool called Twitter. Twitter allows you to follow specific...
Ajax Social Wipes (video)
Hate Fan-gating? Try Ajax Social Wipes!
Privacy
I recently received an update on the Big Boulder Initiative from Gnip. (More info here.) There were three things in update that really interested me. 1) Privacy – what is it and how can it be provided,  2) ROI – because we all hate wasting money and 3) Education – I love to teach. The biggest potential to derail social data and it’s application in making businesses...