Tag Archives: Social Media

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 […]

Call It Whatever You Want But Does It Make You Money?

This week alone I have read at least 5 different articles talking about so-called social media experts, and if you can really call yourself a social media expert in such a new field.  Only one of these articles I read made a point worth mentioning here, and that was Michael Gray who pointed out: So […]

LinkedIn called out for “turning a blind eye” to fake celeb profiles

The Trend Micro blog writes that their are numerous fake celeb profiles on LinkedIn which contain links to malware. Bogus profiles of Beyonce Knowles, Kate Hudson, Salma Hayek, and others contain “tempting” links to see these stars naked. Once a user clicks on the link “he will end up on different malicious Web sites trying […]

9 Social Media Questions Answered By Cameron Olthuis

I appreciate my good bud Cameron Olthuis taking the time to answer some questions about social media that many of my readers have either sent me via email, or are always asking me.  Also, this is a great opportunity for me to ask an expert some of the social media questions that have been on […]

Do Not Fear The Social In Social Media

The Social Fear: When I am teaching clients (or consulting new to Internet business owners) about social media, and starting to dive deeper into social media marketing with them, the very first thing I try to help them understand is the “social” side of it.  If you are not able to be social with individuals, […]

Have You ‘Tipd’ Anything Yet?

This morning (thanks to a @tamar tweet) I was reading over on the Tipd blog about Tipd going to version 1.0, and I think that’s pretty cool considering they have only been in beta for a little over a month. Never heard of Tipd? What is Tipd? To understand what Tipd is, you need to […]