FriendFeed Fad?

Everyone has been talking about FriendFeed these past few weeks, even the pundits.  It’s true, FriendFeed is picking up steam, but will it stick?
For those of you who don’t know, FriendFeed (according to FriendFeed) is a service that makes it easy to share with friends online. It offers a fun and interactive way to discover [...]

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Trust Yourself All the Way to Success

Are you doing what you REALLY want to be doing with your life?  6 months ago, I wasn’t.  Don’t get me wrong, I liked my job.  I valued the experience I was getting at the large and prestigious company I was working for… but I wasn’t REALLY doing what I wanted to be doing.
For me, [...]

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Wikipedia. Learn from my mistakes.

I pride myself in being willing to learn ANY new social media application or technolgy.  More than that, I genuinely WANT to learn anything social media related.  But honestly, I am not awesome at everything I try out.
This month I stumbled upon one such social media beast.  Maybe you’ve heard of it.  Wikipedia.  Let me [...]

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Surprise! Traditional Media Still Reigns Supreme. (For Now.)

Nothing warms my day like an article filled with social media statistics. (I’m being serious.)  I know that 82.4% of all statistics are made up on the spot, but I’m inclined to believe the findings of Ketchum’s recent Traditional Media vs. Online Media report as reported by Mashable.

Bottom line:  more people are getting their news [...]

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Social Media: Do we trust too much?

My Dad approached me last week and asked me about my Seven Things post.  He thought maybe I was sharing TOO much.  He asked me:  Do I ever have apprehensions about anything I share on this blog?  Do I worry about posting my picture or my name on the Web?  Perhaps I (we) share TOO [...]

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My RANT about BLOGGERS who RANT about PR people (and a solution!)

The problem:
Honestly, NO ONE in the world could be a more HORRID PR practitioner than Lois Whitman-Hess.   You didn’t hear about her?  Click here, or here.  This is a woman who thinks that just because a reporter is attending a tradeshow, they HAVE to meet with her client.  This is a woman who CALLS 45 [...]

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Bye Bye Qwitter? (Crosses Fingers)

It has been speculated by the new (fabulous) blog Lalawag that Qwitter has possibly gone under.   Article.  Could it be?  (Wahoo!)
For those unfamiliar, Qwitter is/was a Web application that e-mails Twitter users (who sign up) every day notifying them of fellow Tweeps who stop following their micro-feed.   While interesting in theory, what followed was an [...]

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Usernamecheck.com ROCKS!

Quick post tonight about the importance of claiming you user name all over social media land.  Go do it!
Oh and the stars?  Yeah, that’s because finding all the social media sites in one place like this?  HEAVEN.  Now if only claiming personal brand could be done with less clicks…

more about “Usernamecheck.com ROCKS! | 12seconds….“, [...]

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No Such Thing As Off The Record

“There is no such thing as off the record.”
If you’ve ever worked with a PR person, sat near a PR person or know someone who knows a PR person, you’ve heard this message loud and clear.  Yet, throughout my career, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people utter the phrase, “This is [...]

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New Media or Social Media? Let’s Clear the Air.

Pet Peeve: I’m hearing a lot of talk about “new media,” and how it’s revolutionizing x, y and z.   I think it’s important that we as a community draw a distinction between what NEW media is and what SOCIAL media is. (And then, that we all stick to the messaging.)
There is no site [...]

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