Pinterest has to be one of the most addicting social networks to come on the scene in awhile, at least I believe so. Pinterest is a digital inboard. I use their bookmarklet on Firefox, so when I see something I want to pin, I click the bookmarklet, choose the image from the page I want to bookmark, [...]
The first thing I like to evaluate when looking at a tool is whether it is for personal or business use. Right now Google+ does not have a business option, so while you can evaluate it from a personal standpoint, we don’t know yet what the business offerings are going to be. While you can [...]
This week, I spent part of the week at the MATPRA conference. I sat on a panel discussion social media and was able to participate in a few tours and meet some great writers and tourism folks. I even found a few shark teeth. Have I mentioned that I love my job? And now to the links: Who says you [...]
SCVNGR pronounced Scavenger is a location-based game similar to Foursquare, but offers much more. In addition to check-ins from your mobile device, you can participate in challenges, treks and earn rewards from participating companies. Companies and organizations are using the Treks to create more [...]
It seems like there is a new social media tool on the market every day. As soon as this new tool is announced it is deemed a Killer of whatever tool is popular at the moment. This leads us all to wonder, should I jump over to the new tool? Does it need to be added to my toolbox? Should you abandon [...]
For being a short week, it was a busy one. Here are some things that caught my attention this week. Things We Should Ask The ROI Question About Before Social Media from UnMarketing 65% of online adults use social networking sites from Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project [...]
I see and hear it all the time. People complaining about voice mail or even having to communicate via the phone for business. Some prefer email. Some text messages. Yet there are still those that feel that picking up a phone is the easiest and quickest way to get something done. I personally have [...]
This is a new type of weekly post I am adding to the blog. As I read articles that I have discovered through other people’s tweets, my RSS reader and email newsletters, I am making note of the ones I think are worth saving and sharing. Every Friday I will post a list here. I hope you find [...]
This has been around for awhile, but I thought I would bring your attention to this in case you haven’t seen it. Facebook has created a resource for businesses. It focuses on the use of pages, ads, sponsored stories and platform. I have a feeling the impetus for creating this resource was the [...]
When I started VillageWorks many moons ago, everyone told me I needed to work on my elevator pitch. It made sense to me to have a short description of my business including what I did and the kind of customers I help, but I found so many were laden with buzzwords that you really couldn’t get [...]