True story: Recently I received an email from someone I did not know, about a topic I am quite familiar... the subject line was: How to Create & Monitor Your Social Media. I, along with dozens of others - whose emails were displayed in the CC column NOT the BCC,... Read more →

Anyone who follows me on Facebook knows that I whine and complain about it all the time. It rarely does what I want it to. The apps work periodically, but mostly, not at all. And, clicking links in Facebook often freezes my system. That said, I have become a convert.... Read more →

Once upon a time in America women were Moms who stayed home and lived in the kitchen. They bandaged bruised elbows, served cookies and cocoa and made sure the dust bunnies were banished to the wastebasket. That was once upon a time. I was a child then. And, that person... Read more →

I would be remiss if I did not share one of the best presentations (all done without powerpoint or a mic, BTW) of the year. On Thursday, I attended a local event co-sponsored by our own RAMA and PRSA (public relations and marketing, to be exact) at which Peter Shankman... Read more →

That's how the "Generation M Manifesto" begins. Writer Umair Haque, Director of the Havas Media Lab, writes his manifesto at Harvard Business Publishing, and he isn't pulling any punches. He's telling old people - let's say, boomers and seniors (whoever they are)..."My generation would like to break up with you."... Read more →

Twitter, blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, communities, forums, wikis, social marketing, social meetups, social blah, blah, blah. *Warning: my rant on the state of the Internet, and a mention of a new book by one of our authors.* Are you totally overwhelmed with social media tools and activities? Seriously. How many communities... Read more →

It's a sad world we live in when comment spammers are smarter than the system they spam. Perhaps it's always been so and will continue to be so. Spam is a virulent disease we all must deal with, from time to time, and my usual reaction is to merely hit... Read more →

Short note on the Second Life phenomena. We are Second Life members now. Not sure exactly what that means, but I know we are having a lot of fun exploring. So far, the only thing I've noticed is that when you 'arrive' in Second Life, you're naked. Hmmm... Well, in... Read more →

Who said 2007 could come so soon? Was anyone else just totally unprepared? Oh, not for the celebration - we were way ready for that! But, for the whole "new year" kind of stuff? Like, writing 2007 on your checks? I have it on good authority (my local weather man's... Read more →

It's a blog world, after all. It's a blog world, after all. It's a blog world, after all...it's a blog, blog world. Got it? Is the tune to, "It's a Small World" going through your head? It should be. Blogs are big right now. Big enough to command a lot... Read more →