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Interactive Marketing: Less Talk, More Listening, Stronger Data Integration

image by Duchesssa I had the pleasure of attending the Blog World Expo this year, on top of the joy of finally meeting in-person those that I have thus far only known online, the conference had some great topics given by some highly educated and creative speakers. I almost missed out ...

Bringing Relevancy to Your Research: Real-Time Search Tools

Are you tapping into the power of real-time information? The face of communication, research, and marketing is rapidly changing.....and the result is that the Id is controlling the Internet! If you can't remember what the Id is it comes from Sigmund Freud's theory of personality where the id is the ...

Not So “Community” Networks: Digg for Digg’s Sake

Social Networks, Community Sites, Wiki's, Forums, etc. these are virtual places for people to come together based off of common interests to share and engage, through discussions and by posting content in one form or another (video, images, stories, links, etc.) right? At least that is how I understood a community ...

TwitterGate

Twitter and TechCrunch is there a Conspiracy?? Inspiration JD Rucker aka Oboy (You can find JD's profiles here) Watergate Scandal Social Blade Show (Show discussing Social Media Topics - Thursday Evenings 7 pm PST) The Drill Down (Show discussing Tech Topics - Friday Evenings 8:30 pm PST) The Drill Down Podcast 7/20 (We discuss TwitterGate) Go ...

5 Tools to Turn a Local Presentation into a Global One

You have a presentation that just rocks! You have given this presentation, training, and/or workshop to people in your local area and the response was phenomenal.....so why not bring it to a wider audience? Price? Don't Know How? Don't Have the Time? ...........We have some tools that will help. In a previous ...

Facebook What’s On YOUR Mind??

In this Read Write Web Facebook article they discuss the new changes happening over at Facebook and what Facebook maybe trying to accomplish. According to Facebook execs they say these new privacy changes are all about increasing a user's control over their privacy. In the post RWW sites Traffic and Advertising and ...

Vacationing Without Your Boss, Company, or Clients Knowing

All of us with office jobs dream of vacations to sunny beaches and happy climes. Sipping from a drink with an umbrella in it and lounging in a beach chair. Ahhh, it feels warmer already. Well, you don't have to limit yourself to a one or two week a year getaway. ...

Winning the Information Game: How To Collect, Organize, and Share Information

"Knowledge is Power" and "The More You Know The More You Grow" these statements are wonderfully empowering, completely true, and yet the same time a bit frustrating wouldn't you say? We would all love to know more....well most of us would, but where do you get the time to discover ...

You Had Me at Hello: The Power of Twitter

I will openly admit that I am a Twitterholic, there is just so much that can be accomplished with Twitter that I can't help myself! In our workshops, trainings, and consultations I try to stress how useful and actually essential a platform such as Twitter can be for a business ...

What is Your Twitter ROI? Twitter Analyzer Tools

ROI or return on investment is different for every person, business, and situation. First you must look at your goals....what do you hope to obtain with your investment? Next, what are you investing, money, time, and/or resources? What is the timeframe for your endeavor and what milestones are you looking ...