Has your business capitalized on a big news story or trend?

July 9, 2009

This blog post is a query for subjects for a story I’m writing on Mashable. I’m looking for people who have a business, site, or social network that somehow figured a way to latch onto a big news story (e.g. Presidential Election or Michael Jacksons death) for critical and financial success? Did you and your […]

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Conflicting Facebook aging reports and Google goes after Microsoft…again

July 9, 2009

I just finished another appearance on the Curtis Sliwa show on WABC Radio out of New York City. We talked about the announcement of the Google operating system and how it’s yet another attack on Microsoft’s dominance, plus the report that Facebook’s audience of 55+ has increased more than 500% in the first half of […]

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San Francisco Twitter accounts to follow for news, events, alerts, and more

July 5, 2009

An ever growing list of important San Francisco-related Twitter accounts to follow if you want to stay in touch with the news and entertainment going on in the Bay Area.

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My personal Twitter policy. What's yours?

June 29, 2009

With all the endless discussion about how one should and shouldn’t use Twitter, I think it’s important that each person come up with a personal Twitter policy of how they want to use the tool. Here’s mine. What’s yours?

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Social media research is chock full of leading questions

June 29, 2009

“We did research and asked consumers who they trust. 90% [of the people responded] said ‘people like them.’ Under 10% [of the people responded] trusted corporate blogs,” said Jeremiah Owyang of Forrester, as reported by Louis Gray at the San Francisco American Marketing Association (SFAMA) event last week, “How Tech Bloggers are Leading the Marketing […]

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A simple overview of cloud computing

June 25, 2009

At GigaOm Structure ’09, the cloud computing conference, in San Francisco, Paul Sagan, President and CEO of Akamai, gave a simple overview of cloud computing. While it was far too simple for the assembled audience, and it ended with a sales pitch that hasn’t changed in ten years, I thought it was valuable for those […]

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The cool and not-so-cool from BlogWell

June 23, 2009

Andy Sernovitz’s company Gaspedal produced BlogWell, a half-day seminar of social media case studies. A total of eight companies presented, but I could only be in the room for four of the sessions. Here’s a summary of the sessions I attended and what I thought it was cool and what was not cool. Cool/Not-so-cool (UPDATED) […]

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The truth behind "I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here" from Frangela

June 20, 2009

I had lunch with Frances Callier and Angela Shelton yesterday. They’re also known as Frangela, and they’re a comedy duo that has a weekly radio show. I’ve known Frances Callier for years as she was my improv coach when I was training at and writing for Second City in Chicago. Frances and Angela had just […]

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Cranky Geeks: Cranky on Hulu and the DTV transition

June 18, 2009

This week on Cranky Geeks, myself, Dave Mathews, Sebastian Rupley, and John C. Dvorak all engaged in the usual banter. Mathews showed off his tech chops prowess in this episode, and I got to complaining about the most under reported part of the DTV transition (the upper channels being lost) and my prediction that Hulu […]

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Blogging should be a core responsibility of a CEO

June 16, 2009

Paul Levy is the CEO and President of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, and author of the blog, “Running a Hospital.” What is the “Be the Voice” podcast? Interviews with individuals developing thought leadership for themselves and their organization to drive business growth. Subscribe to the podcast via iTunes Subscribe to […]

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