Category Archives: Social Media

Make mine a niche – berries not lime!

The Facebook story of April 2010 got my tongue wagging: What is the value of generalist and bigger than life communities? Is Facebook shimmying to the monopoly corner? The advertising model #AdMad is broken, what does the right one look like? What does this all ...

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#FacebookSuicide – yes? no?

The more we age, the more opportunities we find to become jaded. When start ups grow into big companies, they can lose a je ne c'est quoi in the transition. When ...

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For business, inside business, outside business!

Social Technology is an enabler. It enables <insert said business, brand, product, service> to remain (or in some cases, become) relevant. Although the fundamentals are the same, the way social technology manifests depends on where your efforts are focused. For the business - ...

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It’s a Facebook world after all

Interesting. Facebook is a hot topic in the marketing and tech world these days... and rightfully so. In layman's terms: facebook is no longer in the business of connecting people. They are in the business of connecting people to places, objects and ...

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#Stranded #Ashtag #HomelessInToronto

That's right... I'm no longer making my 9am flight to Heathrow Tuesday April 20th. It is officially cancelled and I've been on the phone to Air Canada inquiring about my options. I've managed to ...

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Forget Social Media…

It's not the one size fits all solution. Social Media can't fix your lousy product, your bad network that consistently drops my calls, nor can it fix the absolutely wretched customer service your company insists on spewing out. You should know that I am currently breaking my 24hr rule. The rule that says, "when made upset, ...

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RTing your own compliments! cool or not cool?

I have a serious question. I’m hoping to be enlightened. I need to know what is up with RTing your own compliments. I see it regularly in the twitterverse from the big and the not-so-big alike.

Here’s my thoughts on this:

1. It is not ok for you to tell people that you are awesome, talented and a great person.

2. It is perfectly ok for me to tell people that you are awesome, talented and a great person.

See the difference?

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