Let me give you a little history of my adventures in Social Media: first, there were AOL chat rooms, then came forums, and eventually, Friendster. This led to MySpace and Blogger, then came Facebook and Twitter. All of these social networks, these ways to connect...

09 March, 2009

The late, great Hunter S. Thompson might be remembered best for his unadulterated drug use, his take-no-prisoners journalism, or his famous aviators and steel jaw clenched cigarette. No matter what you know or think of the good doctor, he made an impact on journalism with...

12 February, 2009

The economy is bad. Everyone is downsizing. Jobs are being lost, no one is buying anything unless it's on sale. People are tightening their belts and staying in. What to do? Purge, that's what....

12 January, 2009

When you're a celebrity, it's important to maintain your personal brand image. Sure, you've got droves of fans that adore you, but what about the ones who naysay and badmouth? How can you assure your fans and followers that you care about them and what...

12 December, 2008

In the spirit of Halloween, I want to do some grave digging for some aspects of social media that are really starting to stink. These things are all, in my opinion, superfluous, outrageous, and annoying. Sure, plenty of them are still palatable to social media...

31 October, 2008

I decided to put a hold on the next installment of my series Using Social Media Marketing to Promote Yourself as a Brand to bring you something a little less involved, but hopefully useful nonetheless. I do a lot of writing, (though not as...

25 September, 2008

Last week, I drove 3000 miles in 3 days—from upstate South Carolina to Northern California. During the trip I used a number of social media tools to share my trip progress. From twittering mini-location updates and interesting factoids about Route 66 to sharing images on...

25 August, 2008
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