Those who had the opportunity to attend the 2013 IDC Directions conference saw IDC Senior Vice President & Chief Analyst, Frank Gens, talk about how business technology is migrating to…
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Beyond the Google privacy policy to free market privacy
Last year I took a look at Google’s new privacy policy and wasn’t that happy with the way it was presented. Too many links to click, hard to backtrack to…
Read MoreSocial media tip: People don’t like being collected
You know how much I am obsessed with “long-tail blogger outreach,” right? I am a man possessed! That said, I really don’t collect people. People don’t like being collected. They —…
Read MoreBe careful what and who you listen to in social media
I have been concentrating on listening lately. Part of it is because I work with Trackur, an online listening tool for corporations. Another part of it is because I am trying…
Read MoreTwitter vine in small business marketing
With the growing popularity of Twitter Vine, small businesses should take advantage of this great marketing app. So, how do you get started? Read on to find out how. Twitter Vine…
Read More10 sharp ways to boost the visibility of your LinkedIn profile
LinkedIn isn’t just the world’s largest professional networking website–it’s an empire with over 200 million members at last count. A new member joins every two seconds. Getting noticed on the network requires…
Read MoreBlogger outreach is more PR than social media
The current catch-all these days for what I do is social media; unfortunately, when what you do is described as social media, people tend to think Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and…
Read MoreEnterprise social networking platforms: Think Amazon, not Facebook
“This is just Facebook for the Enterprise” is the most common way most people describe enterprise social networking platforms. After all, the look and feel of those platforms borrow a…
Read MoreRed flags of deceitful link building firms
As someone who works for a fully transparent and honest link building agency, it makes me squirm to know that people are paying shady link building and SEO firms without…
Read MoreSocial media and content marketing
We’ve got to come up with a better name for social media. When people hear that phrase, most immediately think of the “what I had for breakfast, aren’t my kids great,…
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