MSNBC Facebook at Work Article. I’m not sure if it an addiction or just a really sticky site but Facebook has enough interactivity that it is definately altering peoples behavior and taking up a lot of their time. In this article by MSNBC they discuss the ramifications of workers spending too much time on non [...]
This is a slick free conference calling application that is on Facebook. I have tried this and it works very well. A great way to make one phone call and ring 5 cell phones at the same time. While it is ad supported I don’t mind since the price is right….FREE. Party Line is a [...]
Not everyone should be doing social media marketing. We all don’t have to be on Facebook and MySpace. At the end of the day all marketers want to engage the consumer and get to "respond." Social Media is so attractive since users are everywhere and they are engaged. Typically they are engaged with other like [...]
Mobile Marketer Podcast Interview With the proliferation of billions of cell phones on the planet we want to take notice of how we can access consumers. In this interview with Mickey Alam Khan you will get clear and concise overview of the mobile marketing space and some the challenges and some of the opportunities. We [...]
I was on the phone with Sprint billing support and renewed my contract with them. The iPhone has made a big impact on the mobile phone industry for sure. Sprint said that the new Samsung Instinct released at CTIA will be available Jun 15 2008. Here is a look at it. My challenge is that [...]
Interview with 2011 Trendspotting for the Next Decade author Richard Laermer. Richard and I are fellow New Yorkers and I think you will feel his energy in this interview. What do you get a when you put a PR guy together with a consultant and small business owner? A lot of talking and a lot [...]
Here is an interesting article in Businessweek harping on the lack of revenues of the big social media sites. As the Internet grows it has spawned many different uses, one of which is community or "social networking" where people can share ideas. Social networking happens to deliver massive amounts of traffic. Who ever said that [...]
With an almost 35 billion to 1 billion ratio mobile phones to Web users globally, Europe is lending a voice to social networks and leading the way via mobile phones. In my expereince, I am receiving SMS notifications from Facebook on my Sprint Smart Phone. Right now I am finding it useful with 5-10 notifications per day. [...]
Google is coming out with a portable "friend connect" on Monday to allow all of us social networkers connect everything from profile and friend portability and move them from one social site i.e. Facebook to MySpace. "Owning" the user profile is key from a marketing standpoint. Having access and not having access to people and their interests [...]
I wanted to go to Amazon to purchase a new book and saw on the home page information about a new Amazon product that was sold out. The product is called Kindle . It is a like a PC tablet however it is really like an iPod for books. You can download books from a [...]
