Category Archives: Social Marketing

Twitter Promos Going Good or Bad

The other day I was sitting in a meeting with a group of friends. We were discussing Twitter and how it could be used to run promotions on the internet. This meeting included myself, Andrew, and a number of other well established business owners and marketing consultants. This discussion prompted the following blog post. A […]

How To Get A Link On The Skittles Home Page

Just do a tweet with the word Skittles in it,  (LOL) even if the link will only last for about two seconds … Ok, so that part of this post is a little bait and joke, but Twitter is venturing into the world of social media and I want to know what your thoughts are […]

Viral Marketing Ideas For Physician Offices

During SMX West 2009 Andy did a great job live blogging the sessions he attended, and a comment came through on one of the posts he did asking for ideas, or “out-of-the-box” marketing tactics that could work for physicians offices: Creative Marketing Tactics for Physician Offices?  I would like to know of any creative “out-of-the-box” […]

Social Media For Firefox – Version 2 Released

Just wanted to make sure everyone knows about the latest release of the Social Media for Firefox tool created by Chris Bennett.  He goes into more detail on a blog post today, but I wanted to pass my recommendation to go and get it and start using it to craft your social media accounts. Yesterday, […]

SMX Panel – What is new in social media?

Brent Csutoras: What has changed with existing platforms? Reddit. In the last 6 months they have released sub reddits. These are like categories. If you are not logged into Reddit the frontpage will automatically show you the top 10 reddits at any given time. Please note which categories are appearing on the homepage when people […]

5 Ways To Sniff Out Twitter Spam

Crappy name Boasting about making money following crazy number of people only a few following back One Update Amazing folks, just amazing!  And – yes, its the combination of all 5 things listed here that SCREAMS Twitter SPAM! UPDATE: 2/2/09 Just wanted you to know that I checked on this account today (its been a […]

Thoughts On StumbeUpon Advertising Program?

I got an email a few days ago (as I am sure anyone who has used the StumbleUpon Ads did) talking about features, and new enhancements to come with the SU advertising program in 2009.  Here is part of the email sent: More Reasons to Start a New Campaign More traffic to your website * […]

You Can’t Play Until Your Room Is Clean

I have been reading so much lately about social media in 2009, and how everybody thinks the rules are changing. I have to throw in my two cents because I think most of this talk (and what I read) is garbage! IMO, social media can easily be summed up by this one statement – If […]

Do you use social media sites? How does that effect your privacy rights?

The question is: Do individuals who post personal information on publicly available Web sites have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their identity? This same question was asked earlier this year in Sandler v. Calcagni, a case out of the District Court of Maine. The facts condensed Two high school friends/cheerleaders have a falling out […]

Social Media Case Study: Phoenix Suns making the most of Twitter

Phoenix Suns fan My close friends know that I have always been a big Phoenix Suns fan. It is hard not to like an organization that consistently puts a winning team on the floor and has always had some of the most likable guys in the league: Kevin Johnson, “Thunder” Dan Majerle, Jeff “Horny” Hornacek, […]