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

Trick or Treat! I was trying to find a costume for a Halloween party when I found some fun social networks. While Lisa is working on 26 Social Media Marketing Examples, I thought I'd bring you 5 Social Media sites to sweeten your day. Don't...

28 October, 2008

New data from a survey of 1,092 consumers by Opinion Research Corporation found that 85% of social media users thought companies should interact with them through social media. This is strong validation for social media marketing. Consumers, tired of being shouted at, are ok...

27 October, 2008

Today I will be jet setting down to the tropical state of Florida to present at ScarySEO. It is a small mini-con lasting 2 days with many upincoming bright minds in the field of SEO, SEM and Social Media. This is the first of hopefully...

23 October, 2008

In support of blog action day, I want to share with everyone a few ways businesses can use social media to do more than just add to their bottom line. The topic for 2008 is poverty and, as we are a social media marketing...

15 October, 2008

Social Network traffic has seen some interesting trends as of late. There is no doubt that social networks are here to stay, and will only continue to become more mainstream. However, not all sites are seeing booming traffic, in fact some seem to be dieing....

14 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