Online Privacy and Social Media PODCAST

Listen to internet radio with Wayne Hurlbert on Blog Talk Radio Listen to me (Steven Streight aka Vaspers) discuss online privacy with soc...

Debunking Jakob Nielsen on Twitter

When I made the transition in 1999 from direct marketing to internet marketing, web usability guru Jakob Nielsen was a huge influence on my...

Avery Willis tweets his own death

Twitter is a micro-blogging, reverse chronology (first message seen is the last to be posted) status update site. A social network where you...

5 new Twitter terms for your glossary

I haven't invented any blogospheric neologisms for quite a while now, so here's some new Twitter terms you can bandy about and infl...

6 mistakes of social media marketing

I wrote this initially on Twitter. When I tweet more than 6 messages in a row on a specific topic, I realize, I've got me a blog post. M...

Twitter @anywhere invades the web

At the veritable birthplace of Twitter, the SXSW conference in Austin, TX, Evan Williams announced his Next Big Thing. It's a proliferat...

ROI as resistance to social media altruism

In the debate on whether or not social media can be proven financially lucrative, I see a pattern emerging. It's not really Participatio...

How to Understand Social Media ROI

Can participation in social media be justified by ROI (Return On Investment) analysis? Should you be able to show revenue gain or time savin...

3 huge mistakes corporations make on Twitter

(1) Having a list of Links to Social Media Sites, but the Twitter logo is linked to the main Twitter home page, instead of their specific co...

Age of the Orator is Over

I hereby paradoxically proclaim, from my exalted pulpit, that the Age of the Orator is officially over. De-throned, debunked, dead. What kil...

Twitter Changes the Question and Improves Its Content

Finally, Twitter is depersonalized! They changed the question (or "prompt"), and it promises to be a huge improvement. Hopefully,...

corporate websites vs social media

Many companies, despite the advice of so-called social media gurus and blog conferences, still fail to prominently display their Twitter, Yo...

7 keys to success in social media

You create a profile, upload photos and media files, personalize your page to reflect who you are, but then what? Social interaction comes ...

Personal Media vs Social Media

On Twitter, " Beyond Social Media ", a post by pioneer blogger and tech guru Doc Searls is getting lots of RTs (retweets). After ...