When it comes to measuring online influence sites like Klout and PeerIndex tend to polarize opinion, people either love them or hate them. Often the reason for hating them has more to do with the persons on insecurities than anything scientific and for some the reason to love them is much the same. Measuring Online [...]
February 23, 2012 By
Why Your Smartphone will kill the Shopping Mall
That smartphone that you are so attached to, the one on your desk, in your pocket or bag right now will kill the shopping mall. That seems like hyperbole but it is happening right now. The rise of the connected shopper is changing the way brick and mortar stores do business. An increasing number of [...]
February 21, 2012 By
Content Curation In Ten Minutes A Day
A few weeks ago I wrote about the Three C’s of Social Content - Creation, Curation and Cultivation, today I’m going to focus on content curation. A lot of people seem to be interested in the curation piece but don’t know how to do it consistently or feel that it is just too big a job, [...]
February 9, 2012 By
Huge Giveaway & a Twofer for Dallas Marketers
Jason Falls is bringing his Explore experience to Dallas on Friday February 17th. The one day conference presents a dozen or more of the smartest people in Social Marketing all in one space. Whether you are a seasoned veteran or still trying to wrap your head around the priorities this is a conference you do [...]
February 8, 2012 By
Check Your Hair, Make Sure Your Mic Is On – Houston, We Have A Speaker!
This is a continuing series of posts by Speakers for speakers. If you are currently a speaker and looking to improve, if you are an aspiring speaker and worried about the mistakes that others make this is the series for you. Each Wednesday a speaker who I value will share their thoughts on how speakers [...]
February 7, 2012 By
Buyosphere:Why It’s Better Than Pinterest
I can already hear you screaming at the screen, this had better be good, how can he say that Buyosphere is better than Pinterest? Pinterest is on the lips of everyone at the moment. Less than two years old and benefiting from a $27m funding round, it is the current darling of the social media [...]
February 2, 2012 By
The Fall of The Roman Empire & The Collapse of The Social Media Outpost
What has the Fall of The Roman Empire got to do with Social Media? Is this another of those weird analogies that “guru’s” like to throw around? Possibly, though I hope you will see the connection in the way I do. Over the past few years those of us who advise others on how to [...]
February 1, 2012 By
Check Your Hair, Make Sure Your Mic Is On – Know The Lingo
This is a continuing series of posts by Speakers for speakers. If you are currently a speaker and looking to improve, if you are an aspiring speaker and worried about the mistakes that others make this is the series for you. Each Wednesday a speaker who I value will share their thoughts on how speakers [...]
