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With Friends Like That….

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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Are You Snubbing Your Very Best Customers and Fans?

December 22, 2010

So, imagine this. Someone comes up to you in church, at your Kiwanis Club or at the annual stockholders’ meeting. Right there, in front of God and everyone, they say something really nice about you and your company. Then, without even acknowledging them, you turn your back and walk away. Would never happen, right? Wrong. [...]

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Elvis Has Left the Twitter Building

December 3, 2010

There are millions of people in the world. And there are millions of people on Twitter. Sort of. But not really.

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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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Conventions Need to Get a Defragging Clue

November 5, 2010

We’ve shown up at a bunch of conferences over the past couple of years. Lots of them have glitz, glamour and gadflies. All of them have bad food. Even so, we’ve only been to one that truly “works.”

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Is There Anyone Home in This House Made of Tweets?

October 15, 2010

With all apologies to Gordon Lightfoot, I’ve been singing one of his songs lately as I wonder if any real people are home on the Twitter range. For some time now I’ve been followed on Twitter mostly by marketing, networking and other social media types. Maybe it’s my good looks. Well, no, because….. don’t look [...]

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Full of Sound and Flurry, Signifying Nothing

October 13, 2010

I thought it sounded pretty convincing. Someone liked the conference I was researching enough to “retweet” about it. But, that’s not at all what really happened. What really happened is that some sort of technical “bot” “retweeted” it for him, while he slept.

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Real Gold? Fool’s Gold?

September 27, 2010

You’ve probably seen those ads on TV that incite you to unearth the stuff that’s moldering away in your attic. Just get out those neglected heirlooms and cash them in with "The Golden Boys." Instant payday.

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If a Tweet Falls in the Forest…

August 19, 2010

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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What Makes Maddy Tweet?

July 23, 2010

What if your new book had just been published by Hyperion’s prestigious Voice imprint? What if you were the co-founder of one of the most influential and respected research firms ever?

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