Big news a few days ago was the facebook changed their terms of service agreement to basically say they can do whatever they want with your content…forever. As the Consumerist clearly points out, among one of the changes was this: “You hereby grant Facebook an
This is part one of a series of posts, I have no idea how many posts it will be, but I hope you will find the information useful and valuable. First, a bit of background info. I spent virtually all of 2008 working on a
Identity is always a problem with social networks, we have seen many people create fake accounts on social media, accounts that don’t belong to the “real” owners. Most recently we saw someone take on the persona of the Dalai Lama, that account was quickly debunked.
Years ago when I was studying for the SAT’s I enrolled in a class with Mrs. Freedman. I was still young and immature, I was pretty much the class clown. I learned a lot but by far the most important thing I learned was a
According to scientific research study, social media consumption is going to increase on an inversely proportional vector to the X axis. We are already seeing a growing trends toward social media consumption and more and more companies are starting to jump on the band wagon.
TED is known for showcasing he most innovative and thought provoking speakers and world leaders, all at one conference. I wanted to share a TED demo with you by recent MIT graduate David Merrill who developed something called “siftables.” I wanted to share this video
If you haven’t heard yet Mark Cuban (owner of the dallas mavericks) announced his own open source funding a.k.a stimulus plan. The catch? Well none really, however in order to qualify you need to follow his list of 13 instructions, one of which is to
It’s great that social media education has been a topic frequently discussed on the web. It seems like there is general agreement among social media users/evangelists/consultants that education is crucial. However social media education can be quite vast and can pretty much mean anything. It’s
I’m not talking about essays or writing style, I’m talking about substance, what is your blog/company substance? What makes you, YOU? The number of blogs out there increases every day and that number is only going to increase. You can pretty much find a blog
Something I don’t hear many people talking about is how branding, goals, and measurement are going to affect how you craft and execute your social media marketing strategy. Let’s take a simple example of the airline industry. I’m sure you can think of many different
