4 years ago I moved to NY with big dreams…to make a name for myself. You know what they say about NY – if you could make it there, you could do it anywhere! So I moved out of LA with 2 suitcases and set off for the concrete jungle. I started working for Atlantic [...]
Do you ever find yourself saying, “They should make my life into a TV show”? Or perhaps you might say, “How do I get that gig?” I know I do. As far as I’m concerned, I think my life would be uber interesting for others to watch. A new era of Entertainment has rolled in. [...]
While LinkedIn might be the old dog in the Social Media race, it still remains as one of the most powerful tools in Business Building and Connecting online. Where Facebook might be getting all of the press, LinkedIn offers something that Facebook cannot – a “Business-Only” platform for building your brand, product, and personal profile. [...]
Facebook launched a new section called “Questions” recently. I am not sure exactly when they launched it but today it showed up in my feed. As a Social Media Professional, the questions I get most is almost always about Facebook and their business. More specifically, “How do I Market My Business on Facebook?” Well, Facebook [...]
Every time I see a friend of mine post something manually from their own personal blogs to Facebook a bitter-sweet emotion runs through me. On one hand I am excited that I am no longer the only “computer nerd” out there, and I say that with the utmost respect. I am happy to see my [...]
The good, the bad and the ugly….Social Media :: Retail Wars Happy Cyber Monday! As the holidays are coming up quickly, retailers are amping up their promotions. Next to Black Friday, Cyber Monday is coined as one of the next most popular shopping days of the year. Cyber Monday is the online version of Black [...]
There is a powerful relationship between Social Media Marketing and Search Engine Marketing Campaigns. According to this article, some 34% of social media site users who are exposed to a particular advertisement are taking their curiosity to a search engine like Google, Yahoo, or Bing to find out more about it. This is supports my [...]
Search Engine Optimization and Social Media…You can’t have one without the other. SELF BRANDING: In a world where everything is searchable…You need to own YOUR search. More and more people are spending their online time browsing Social Networks. In the U.S. alone, total minutes spent on social networking sites has increased 83 percent year-over-year, according [...]
You will hear me say this time and time again…when it comes to Social Media, the key is getting out there and being social. You will also hear me say accept opportunities as they come knocking, which is what I have jut done. Nils Andres, Founder, Brand Science Institute, has just invited me to moderate [...]