I’m excited to announce that I will be opening up my new business in the local central New York area – CNY Media Solutions. I’ve done quite a bit of research in my local area to see if local businesses are using social media to their advantage. Surprisingly, they’re not. But this is not too [...]
I recently received my invite to try out Google Wave – the new social media sharing application that Google has been advertising for quite some time. Needless to say, I was quite excited to give it a spin. As I loaded it up and took a look at it, I noticed something real quick…
I’m excited to announce that I will be opening up my new business in the local central New York area – CNY Media Solutions. I’ve done quite a bit of research in my local area to see if local businesses are using social media to their advantage. Surprisingly, they’re not. But this is not too big of a surprise as social media advertising is still in its infancy. Every small, medium sized, or large business in the area should have some kind of presence on the social web, whether... more
“That follower has followed me for so long, and now look, they think they’re special by unfollowing everyone they followed while 10,000 plus still follow them.” Has that ever gone through your mind when glancing through people that have unfollowed you? Maybe you don’t keep track, but the people over at TwUnfollow.com have made it easy to see a list each day of who stops following you. But the question is, should it bother you that people suddenly do this? The simple answer... more
I recently received my invite to try out Google Wave – the new social media sharing application that Google has been advertising for quite some time. Needless to say, I was quite excited to give it a spin. As I loaded it up and took a look at it, I noticed something real quick. It was almost as if I was starting with Twitter all over again – I was in a huge empty room. As with most social apps, if you don’t have friends in your circle who are using the same thing, things can get... more
Is Twitter anything like American Idol? This thought crossed my mind as I was watching the first elimination round of two of the top 13 contestants. I thought I would bang out a few similarities and see what they have in common. Americal Idol vs. Twitter In American Idol, the contestant wants to win and have a large number of adoring fans. In Twitter, the user wants a large number of adoring fans. In American Idol, the contestant is judged on how they perform and either kept in or voted out. In... more
To follow or not to follow – that is the question. And no matter where you are in the big game called Twitter, it most likely matters to you who you are going to follow and who you are not. And believe me, there are plenty of twitter spammers out there that have caught on to some creative methods to get you to follow them. Now I know you have probably read a dozen other articles as to why someone will or will not follow someone, but I thought I would throw some ideas out there too. I will... more
Probably many of you by now, who are starting to gain followers into the triple digits find that when you throw something out there into the “twitterverse” people are actually listening to what you’re saying. But sometimes, people are listening that aren’t even following you – for example, companies who use search and RSS capabilities to find out who is talking about their brand. This has happened to me more than a couple of times – and both times, it took me by surprise. The first time... more
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