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Social Media is Easy as Driving a Stick

Joe — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:00:11 +0000

Alright, so in the back (or the front) of my mind since I purchased a ’98 Camaro Z28* was facing my fear of the manual transmission. I instantly drew many similarities to how businesses view social media in their business. No bystanders were hurt in the making of this blog entry. The first question anyone [...]

Guide to Social Media for Parents (Series)

Joe — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 05:55:54 +0000

Since the Jessi Slaughter incident, I’ve been thinking about how I can help others manage and understand how to broach the subject of social media with their children. I’ve come up with five topics that will help demystify social media for parents. What’s Out There? – Discover the landscape of what’s on the web, what [...]

Social Media Influence

Joe — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:19:39 +0000

There’s been a bunch of talk about influence and how to measure it, what to do with it and how to work it within the space of social media, PR and marketing. For me, it’s not that influence doesn’t exist, I believe in some respects it does — however — I think taking business or [...]

Listen, Respond and Support Your Community

Joe — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:39:01 +0000

User communities are powerful. They can be the silent minority or the loud majority and they cause an impact to the bottom line of a business. Apple is a fine example of why supporting their user community could have saved them $10 million, preserved their image and provided stellar customer service. I’ve previously criticized Apple [...]

Ya Dun Goofed: The Case of Jessi Slaughter (Updated)

Joe — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:48:39 +0000

Maybe by now you heard about the eleven year old, Jessi Slaughter, (not her real name) and her father’s fame on YouTube. In a period of about four days, about four separate memes have spawned from the series of videos from the pair. I watched the videos, and they are funny, stupid and well, viral. [...]

Unicorns and Rainbows

Joe — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:18:32 +0000

That basically sums up social media for people who don’t live, eat and breathe it. I’ve had this on my mind for a while because some people seem to think social media is always positive, rewarding and helpful. Don’t get me wrong — it is — but in reality, it takes work, patience and discipline [...]

United States vs. State of Arizona (RE: S.B. 1070)

Joe — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:49:15 +0000

Today, a lawsuit was officially filed against Arizona due to the illegality of S.B. 1070. I’ll let you read through it yourself: I’m in favor of the United States suing to ensure the civil rights apply equally across all the states. This was a disaster from the start, wastes taxpayer dollars and resources and was [...]

Apple Trying to Bury the iPhone 4 Concerns

Joe — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:22:01 +0000

Today, Apple published a letter to its users on their website. To my surprise, they state there is no issue, but rather a glitch in how many bars are displayed. What is Apple doing? Increasing the size of the bars, adjusting the sensitivity to the display of the signal strength and telling us to not [...]

How to Get Out of a Photo Radar Ticket

Joe — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:34:36 +0000

Hopefully by now, you know how opposed I am to the capricious, ineffective and outright illegal photo traffic enforcement that polices petty traffic offenses. In light of that, I have attracted many people who ask me (or tell me) about their photo traffic offenses and seek my guidance. From plenty of past experience, I want [...]

iPhone 4: Communication of Known Issues

Joe — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:59:58 +0000

If there’s anything the iPhone 4 launch taught us, it’s no matter how good your product is, there will always be issues at launch. In Apple’s case, that means pre-ordering, activation, reception, dropped calls or uncured glue. It’s a part of the massive feat of putting one million handsets in the hands of the market. [...]