SMMOC Scoop This!

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Now you can add your own stories to the SMMOC curation page at scoop.it, please just let me know via Twitter or email me and I’ll get you access. I am sure I miss a few of the posts and information that comes up related to SMMOC. The idea is that this is content by [...]

Meetup.com vs Foursquare at #SMMOC & AT&T Stop being so greedy!

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Meetup – The Best Social Network? I've heard this now a few times. Meetup.com Is that the network is the best real "social" network. I see it as connecting real life interests with virtual communities and truly bridging the geographical gaps. When you realize that there are other people interested in the same things as [...]

Example of a Good Facebook Post

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Example of what I consider to be a great post in a Facebook page. It Builds community, shows support and positive activity.

The Failures of Measuring Social Media

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Klout, Peer Index, Empire Avenue and even now Kred all try to measure influence. But can they really do that? I think they’re failing and this post tells you why.

Social Media on the Radio with Yours Truly

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For those of you that didn’t know, I thought I’d let you know about this cool thing I’ve been doing for a while. I’m not really big into self promotion and so it might come as a surprise to you that I’ve been doing this since May of last year. It started with a call [...]

Working on a new Project.

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Just updating my fellow readers on my latest adventures.

Should you be in Klout and Empire Avenue, and any others?

I was privileged to attend my first Social Media Mastermind OC (#SMMOC) meeting yesterday. I was blown away by the participation and the various topics that we covered. I have been following the hashtag pretty much for over a year and slowly I’ve seen the group grow. It was time to finally join and see [...]

Tipping point for Empire Avenue, incoherent thoughts and ramblings.

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Last year, I heard of this little site called Empire Avenue. I think BitRebels brought it up to my attention. And I tried to get all my friends and colleagues  to join, I even invited my friends from Twitter.  The responses were dismal, “why?” “WTF? I don’t want to buy ‘people’” or “that seems like a [...]

Yahoo sold Delicious, so now what?

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As you might have heard, Delicious was acquired by AVOS, a new internet company. I’ve been a fan of Delicious pretty much since Yahoo bought it aback in 2005. About six years later, Yahoo has transferred this great service to a new comany called AVOS. After Yahoo created the plugin for Firefox, Delicious became my [...]