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11.02.09 | posted by btrandolph

double take: sharing and social media

the other week I noticed some roiling of the placid waters of social media love. some random blogger was “lifting content” from assorted web x.0 luminaries. when does sharing stop being social? [read more...]

10.21.09 | posted by btrandolph

soylent flickr is people!

facebook gets a taste of its own medicine as popular photo-sharing site flickr adds tagging. guess they saw facebook “innovating” with a number of twitter features and figured good for the goose etc. [read more...]

10.14.09 | posted by btrandolph

how the web should work (and did in this case)

I love seeing live music. but now I find that I’m just not getting out the way I used to. that changed a bit in the last few weeks, thanks to social media. [read more...]

09.24.09 | posted by btrandolph

can sales and marketing be facebook friends?

customers have far more ability to research vendors and their offerings than in the past. moreover, the information that prospects are receiving is not static – it’s a dynamic, constantly growing pool including data from far more sources, especially peer input. what should marketers do to respond? [read more...]

09.19.09 | posted by btrandolph

great article from small business trends: 7 ways to own your google 10

Your Google 10 is the top ten results that appear when someone does a Google search for your name. How do you go about ensuring you own all ten spots? Surprisingly, it’s not that hard. Here are some of the sites and profiles you’ll want to grab and pay attention to. via smallbiztrends.com [read more...]

08.19.09 | posted by btrandolph

and the walls came down: leveraging social media & affinity

the case for stirring some personality into your (or your organization’s) social media recipe [read more...]

08.11.09 | posted by btrandolph

in defense of talking to strangers

based on a post completely unrelated to social media, I wax prolix on the kindness of strangers [read more...]

06.19.09 | posted by btrandolph

‘not sexy enough’ – criteria for social media success?

mad men be damned. fans aren’t just for the rock stars and supermodels of the business world. great ideas still have the power to drive great brands and to make good brands great (with the fan base to match!) [read more...]

06.16.09 | posted by btrandolph

I am a middle-aged valedictorian

oh happy day! the exams have been collected, the results tabulated, and it’s official. I am among the creme de la creme of twitter users. a+, baby. woo hoo! [read more...]

06.15.09 | posted by btrandolph

wouldn’t you like to be my neighbor too?

mr. rogers said it long ago, and it’s still true. it’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. [read more...]