Urbanspoon, the user review site and social network for foodies, has been running a contest to find the “most romantic restaurant” in cities across America. Great idea with Valentine’s Day coming up, this could guide a lot of people to try new restaurants they may not be aware of. The problem is that many of …
Category Archive: social media
Feb
03
Twitter: value or wasteful?
You’ve heard the research, 40% of all tweets are useless babble, and social networks are being blamed for school-age kids’ poor use of grammar. It is the constant joke in the media that all tweets must include “LOL” & “OMG.” But is Twitter really useless? Do you measure your television viewing because of the crap …
Jan
25
Ranting about the snake-oil sellers
Search engine optimization has been a major buzz-word for a number of years now. While there are a handful of good practitioners out there, there are also a great number of people who are the equivalent of yesteryear’s snake-oil salesmen. They know all the keywords, they have all the answers, yet they haven’t worked a …
Jan
14
Does Facebook think about security at all?
I’m not a big evangelist of the whole “personal brand” concept, as I believe many people can keep their business and personal lives properly separate. But Facebook seems to be forcing our private lives into the public eye more each day. Their newest problem, the Facebook 3.1 app for iPhone scans your address book for …
Jan
11
Losing control in the social media jungle
For any company who resists getting involved in social media, because they don’t want to lost control of their brand, you should know that you are likely being talked about out there already. If you don’t establish your own presence, that doesn’t shield you from being on the internet. It only means you have no …