4 Comments | Just watched the demonstration of the new Google Wave. Very impressive product that I can’t wait to try out! Does someone out there have an invite they can send me? (Thanks for the hook up Summit Media!) It takes the best features of online communication – social media, instant messaging, and email – and integrates [...]
2 Comments | Host of Tech Talk Expert on Global TV News and show organizer, Lindsay Smith asked me to join her advisory board this year to help with the latest edition of the Massive Tech Show to be held in April 2010. The event has lost some steam over the past couple of years and is looking [...]
2 Comments | Proud to be Canadian. Even more so after seeing hometown hero and NBA superstar, Steve Nash pitch Vitaminwater in this hilarious infomercial spoof. It appears Steve is spreading his wings and positioning himself for a career in television. He did an even funnier bit recently on David Letterman, and I’ve learned that the new SHAQ [...]
5 Comments | With the explosive popularity in Twitter comes the growing annoyance of spammers and businesses using it to primarily sell their wares. Followers like myself are having to get more vigilant about who to unfollow rather than follow. So does that mean Twitter shouldn’t be used for marketing purposes? Not necessarily. At PEER 1 and ServerBeach, [...]
3 Comments | If you’re still on the fence as to whether to tap in to social media for marketing, below are some staggering numbers provided by Jon Swartz of USA Today that should get your attention:
Facebook
More than 10,000 websites use Facebook Connect, a service that lets Facebook users log in to affiliated sites using their Facebook account [...]
4 Comments | One of the best and funniest explanations of what social media is in the slideshow below. If you’re not quite sure still what this umbrella term means or what impact it can have on your business, then do yourself a favor, and watch. Thanks for sharing Lance!
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Great post written on the value of using the free Wordpress platform not just as a blog, but as a website. I’ve talked to many startups and small business owners that don’t have a website to just use Wordpress for their site. So many advantages including the fact you can get something up in [...]
5 Comments | Too funny. And a little too true.
No Comments | Guy Kawasaki at SXSW 2009.
Lucky me. I got to sit down with marketing guru and popular author, Guy Kawasaki across from our ServerBeach booth just minutes ago at SXSW. A Tweet up was brought together at the Opera booth with Guy who fielded any questions. He’s really excited about his latest venture, Alltop. He’s launching [...]
1 Comment | I’m sitting in on an excellent presentation (that is me in the back row, third one in) by Nate Elliott of Forrester Research who is presenting his findings on the New Influentials – Internet users who maintain a weblog or personal homepage, who join in discussions on web message boards, forums, etc. and regularly update [...]
