5 Ways to attract a following on Twitter

Over the past year I have essentially submerged myself in online activity and absorbed as much as I can. Social media, ezine marketing, widgets, blogs, video marketing, podcasts, ebooks! While Twittering one night I realized never before had I spent so much time learning something that was so much fun. After literally hours spent on [...]

The Three C’s of building a Successful Business Blog

Mike Sansone of Converstations.com describes the key to a successful business blog.  He breaks it down into three steps or the three ‘C’s’:

Conversation
Community
Commerce

I find his philosophy valid and  his advice essential to anyone that is attempting to build a loyal client base.  Blogging may not be the fastest way to build a following…but it [...]

Bored with 21st Century Skills? Get over It

By: Mike Sansone

Blogs and Social Media as Conversation Stations
I hear a lot of business people, teachers, educators — and some edubloggers — who are already tired of the term “21st Century Skills.”  Get over it!  The term is going to be around for a long, long time. The definition? Possibly ever-evolving.
I remember [...]

Internet Law: What’s in a Name?

Internet Law

What’s in a Name?

by Brett Trout in Internet Law
September 13, 2009

Image via Wikipedia
What is Your Company’s Most Valuable Asset?
If you said something other than your company’s name, you are doing it wrong. Your company’s name, or trademark, is your interface with your customers.  It is how you differentiate the quality [...]

Facebook adds “Get More Fans with SMS” Feature

Facebook adds “Get more Fans with SMS” feature

by Nathan T. Wright in Web Strategy
September 2, 2009

I was poking around Facebook’s Fan Page features the other day and came across something new that they just released. You’ll find it on the left-hand navigation of any Facebook Page that you administer, [...]

Drowning in Social Media?

By Angela Maiers
Maiers Educational Services
Drowning in Social Media? – Just Breathe!
Tweets, wikis, blogs, Nings, links, networks, ahhhh! I sometimes feel like I could drown in social media! This was the topic of our discussion on a recent turn of Steve Hardagon’s Classroom 2.0 Live Show. Inspired by Merlin Man’s Inbox Zero, an action-based mantra for [...]

It’s About the Talk, Not the Tech

Social Media is, in the minds of many, a new thing on the technology treadmill we race to keep up with.  Some hope it’s just a fad. Some see it trending. In the minds of many, this is still technology tough to grasp. The “minds of many” should stop thinking about the tools. Think connections. Think [...]