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Ed Abbey and Me

by Michael Benidt on October 13, 2011

It’s time to admit something. It’s time for therapy. It’s time to let you all know just how disappointed I am in you. Don’t take it personally. It’s my problem. I’m getting help for it. Promise.

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Armed and Not Dangerous

by Michael Benidt on June 27, 2011

Someone asked me recently, “What exactly do you do, Michael?” I thought for a minute and then said, “Well, Joe, I help you stay away from Natsume Mikamoto Untayao.” It’s not as easy a job as you may think.

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Experts? Yes, at Selling You

by Michael Benidt on June 3, 2011

When is a “social media expert” a true social media expert, and when are they just frauds? It’s all in their claims, those overblown pitches they’re sure you’ll never check.

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With Friends Like That….

by Michael Benidt on February 2, 2011

How in the world did you become friends with “Hung So Low” on Facebook? Well, I’ll tell you – it was actually very easy. It was “Clyde Sdale’s” fault.

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Facebook Gets a Little Too Personal, Once Again!!

November 8, 2010

By guest writer, Brittany Macchiarola Brittany Macchiarola is a senior public relations major at Kent State University. She also interns at Flash Communications where she writes about sustainability efforts at Kent State. We connected with Brittany on Twitter – @brittmacc. Facebook’s new “Friendship Pages” may have you wanting to change your privacy settings immediately. Maybe [...]

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Microsoft Shouts Out for Seniors

July 15, 2010

Sometimes you just want to sing the Hallelujah Chorus from the rooftops. Yesterday, a friend of ours got recognized – in front of thousands of people – and by just about the biggest company in the world. How was your day?

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I Don’t Like You and You Don’t Like Me

June 8, 2010

I got a problem. Can you relate? Most of the people I used to like on Facebook, some of them even a lot, I don’t “Like” anymore. I blame Mark Zuckerberg.  

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Scare the Facebook Out of You

April 21, 2010

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.

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Facebook Virus – Sent to You by Your (Innocent) Friends

March 8, 2010

Tim Champlin is not only a darn good lead singer (the Western Swing band Interstate Cowboy) he’s a good guy and a good friend. He would never send me something nasty. Would he?!

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When Social Media Really Works

March 1, 2010

These are tough economic times and lots of programs are being cut back or eliminated altogether. We bailed out the mega-banks, but we don’t seem to have enough money left to spend on good stuff like the Washington State Main Street Program.

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