On Cloud Storage

December 17, 2009

If you’re not familiar with “cloud storage”, the basic concept is that your files live on another server, as opposed to your own machine.
For example, just like your email is stored at “gmail.com”, if you use Google Documents, those docs live, breathe, and get edited off of Google’s server.
The source of inspiration for this movement [...]

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Free HDTVs

December 9, 2009

I kinda just want to document that I thought of this before it starts happening in the real world.
Multi-platform devices.
Streaming media and content.
Costs of technology dropping in relation to advancement.
Wouldn’t it totally make sense for the cable companies to embed the internet connection, cable de-scrambler, and DVR into a 50″ HDTV and make it [...]

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Twitter vs Facebook For Business

November 30, 2009

One of the first things that happens when someone starts with Twitter and Facebook is a slight sense of overwhelm.
Often the immediate question – because the tools are available to do so:
Can I just post the same things at both places?
Can you? Yes.
Should you? No.
Here’s the thing – you’re probably going to see some [...]

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Old vs New Marketing

November 23, 2009

I have an ongoing discussion (battle?) with one of my peers about the merits of all of these social media things, and whether his generation needs to even get a grasp on it from a business standpoint. (He’s a Baby Boomer btw.)
My counter is that such a stance is a bit short-sighted, and that frankly, [...]

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Do You Want A PO Box?

November 17, 2009

I was in the Post Office yesterday, and as I finished up with the package I was sending, the clerk asked if I wanted stamps, as they usually do.
No stamps were needed, but I get that. No problem being asked.
Then I was asked if I wanted a PO Box. This was not a problem per [...]

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Stop Trying To Sell

November 10, 2009

Really good article at Mashable on four ways that social media is changing business.
One thing I push to everyone when talking about this space is that you have to stop trying to sell. People these days – especially Generation X-on-down – don’t want to be sold to.
That’s number one on their list, and it’s [...]

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Turnkey Social Media Marketing

November 2, 2009

When explaining concepts to clients and potential clients, a lot of times I’ll filter my thoughts through my personal experiences in social media stuff.
For example, I’ve had decent success selling my novels online, and most of those sales comes via people who find me (directly or indirectly) via my blogging, Twitter, and Facebook exploits.
I’ve not [...]

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My Summer 2010 Living Room

October 21, 2009

Upon the unveiling of the new iMacs and the Magic Mouse – check out Apple’s site to take a look – and I’ve got a good feeling about where we’re heading.

The convergence of the web and TV is happening fairly quickly. Where the entertainment industry and how they distribute in the future is a discussion [...]

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Borders as Facebook Fan Page Template

October 18, 2009

(Although they look and function much the same way, a Facebook “Fan Page” for an entity or person is different from a “Profile Page”. Just so it’s not confusing enough, there are also “Groups”.
It’s not nearly as jumbled as it sounds – I wish they would just get rid of Groups, actually – they’re [...]

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Nobody Knows Anything

October 15, 2009

William Goldman – noted screenwriter of many a film – said the above titled quote about the movie industry back in the 1970s.
In my experience, it continues to hold true today in that same space, as well as the one this site will deal with: the infamous world of enhancing and maintaining one’s image and/or [...]

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