The Colorado Rockies’ hopes for making the playoffs are fading fast. However, hope literally does spring eternal – and sensible Rockies fans are already turning their gazes toward a certain tall building on the outskirts of Scottsdale, Arizona.
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If a Tweet Falls in the Forest…
August 19th, 2010 — Commentary, Information Literacy, Search, Social Networking, Twitter, Web 2.0
Google Creep(s)?
July 12th, 2010 — Blogging, Bunk & Twaddle, Business Intelligence, Commentary, Google, Search
If you’re getting a vague feeling these days that your Google searches are not as satisfying as they used to be, you’d be right. Google has decided you don’t know what you’re looking for.
Scare the Facebook Out of You
April 21st, 2010 — Commentary, Facebook, Internet Research, LinkedIn, Search, Social Networking, Twitter
Facebook is scary. LinkedIn is treacherous. MySpace is downright dangerous. We’ve all heard the warnings… and most of us ignore them. But, read a couple of recent best-sellers and it might scare the social media pants right off of you.
MyWedding.com meets Ryan Seacrest and Keyshia Cole – Sorta’
January 12th, 2010 — Business Intelligence, Local Search, Sales Lead Generation, Sales Strategies, Search, Social Networking, Twitter
In our last post, we used the online wedding megasite, MyWedding.com, as a search example without even asking them. We do that a lot… and they took it well. So, we decided to double down and show you how this company could use Twitter searches for their own business purposes.
Searching Twitter Gets Tougher, but Still Pays Off
January 8th, 2010 — Business Intelligence, Competitive Intelligence, Information Literacy, Sales Strategies, Search, Social Networking, Twitter
The “Twitter Stream,” as they call it, is now sadly polluted with pitchmen, yahoos and gangsters. That means it’s tougher these days to get out the ole fishing pole and land some interesting and important people. Tougher, but not impossible, if you know where to look.
Run, Charlotte, Run!!
March 26th, 2009 — Business, Commentary, Information Literacy, Internet Research, Search, Social Networking
It was an innocent enough question posted on LinkedIn. “Know anything about International Speakers Network (ISN) out of Nashville?” A chorus of warnings came back to her. The problem is – you’ll likely never see them.
Social Learning Guy
February 24th, 2009 — Business, Internet Research, Relationship Networking, Search, Social Networking
Oh my gosh. We just read about yet another “How To” seminar for LinkedIn – for a couple hundred bucks! And there are just as many “Getting Started” workshops for Twitter and Facebook. Imagine paying money when it’s all out there for free. In fact, the personal coaching is out there for free, too. Just ask Jim Storer. We did.
Can You Speak the Language of the 21st Century?
February 15th, 2009 — Business, Employee Motivation, Google, Information Literacy, Internet Research, Search
Are you at all shocked that when you do a Google search you’re getting to about one-tenth of all online information?
Putting Your Face On
January 17th, 2009 — Business Intelligence, Business Services, Cold Call, Competitive Intelligence, Information Literacy, Sales Strategies, Search, Social Networking
My mother always said, “I have to put my face on before I go out” (in public). Perhaps the single most important thing you can do for your social networking success is to put your face on ZoomInfo.com. Why? Let’s take Ian Griffin as a for instance.
Just the Guy We Need for Government 2.0
November 26th, 2008 — Blogging, Information Literacy, Local Search, Relationship Networking, Search, Web 2.0
We’ve been ganging up on Twitter lately. Much of it deserved. However, we’ve already bumped into brand new friends from all points of the compass by using this strange tool. And, then, just yesterday, we saw that Dan joined. Thank goodness.
