First thought for a Monday morning on this blog? Please post something to push Rick’s ugly mug from last week’s video down the page below the fold. Whew. Glad that’s taken care of. Do you ever think about what people SEE when the come to your site? to your Facebook page? to your Twitter space? [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2011
FYI Friday Thoughts
Quick video monologue, nothing much – quick explanation of “Like-Gates” on Facebook pages, some rambling about using the CR48 Chromebook for this recording, and the need for a good screen capture video tool on that same CR48 so you can watch it and not me. … but if you leave a comment, then it’s a [...]
Free vs. Cheap
Now, with that being said, I believe I’m a very giving person with my time and knowledge. I love helping people learn and teaching them everything I know. I attend events, create content and all around do a lot of things for other people’s benefit and don’t make a dime doing it. But, you know [...]
It’s Not About Me (well, not totally, right?)
Here’s the cold hard truth: Talking about yourself all the time can lose you friends, both from your online and offline social network. via How to Get more Twitter Retweets: Stop Talking about Yourself!. The problem with many folks in the social media space is selfish narcissism. Ok, it’s a problem with all of us [...]
Two Years Ago Today…
… I started a new job for the first time since 1990. Here’s the only real record of it from a blogpost the night before: Tomorrow, I’ll be attending orientation for my new job. It’s the first such “new job” gathering that I’ve attended in just over nineteen years. I’m the weird person you know who [...]
Social Media Synergy: Hub and Spokes
Have you ever thought about how your many online platforms work to to tell the world who you are? what you do? how you are impacting the world around you? One way to look at how your social media channels can work together is to latch onto the metaphor of a WHEEL: there’s a middle [...]
Favorite Tool in the Shed: TWITTER
I’ve been asked what my favorite tool is for social media, what favorite site would be the last one I’d give up under duress. Without hesitation, it’s Twitter. Find me at @rickcaffeinated on Twitter, and we’ll start talking about anything you want – from social media theory to the Gamecocks kicking off the 2011 football season [...]
This Week, Everything Changes
Last week, a number of folks in the Columbia, SC-area were challenged, encouraged and trained to start some new things for the businesses, for their non-profits, for their home-based endeavors. Social Crush came to town, and for two days we our minds were filled with dreams of Facebook strategies and YouTube virality. This week, everything [...]
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