UPDATE: It appears this is actually a scam. The official Olive Garden Facebook Fan Page posted such. Obviously Olive Garden is not behind this nor supports it. However rather then pull this blog post, I still think it raises some good points around the importance of social media awareness and protecting your brand. The bigger culprit here is Facebook for making it so easy to facilitate this sort of thing on their platform. I was so irritated by my recent experience with Olive Garden on ...
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Dave Barnes & Matt Wertz: Music & Social Media Done Right
One of my favorite things to see regarding social media is when one of the products, services or things I enjoy use it effectively. It’s surprisingly rare, but I’m finding more instances of this happening. None more so then from 2 of my current favorite recording artists, Dave Barnes and Matt Wertz. I actually found both artists by accident. I found Dave’s website a few years ago perusing through a web design gallery, and just happened to take a listen to one of his hit songs “Until You”. ...
Social Media Friendly Blogging
Over the past year I've learned quite a bit about building traffic and driving awareness of my personal blog. I haven't done very well from a search perspective. There are certainly some improvements I could make that would make my blog a little more search friendly, but I just haven't made it a priority. What I have done well however is utilizing social media. It's pretty much the sole source of all my blog traffic, and in my opinion, much more fun to manage. The following are the ...
My 9 Favorite iPhone Social Media Apps
As if spending countless hours on the computer with social media wasn't enough, there's a quite a few excellent apps out there that help you manage, monitor and communicate through your social media channels on the go. Nowadays, a lot of useful software apps are now available to be downloaded in mobile devices like AntiVirus software or Smart Record App that will definitely help you, not just in daily life but also in your businesses. While some of these are quite obvious, perhaps a few in here ...
Office For Mac Macworld 2010 Recap
This year's Macworld 2010 was my first Macworld and it was definitely a different tradeshow experience then I am used to. For years, I've attended the Search Engine Strategies and SMX events and the biggest difference by far is in the audience. The search shows I've attended are much more B2B, with Macworld having a much more consumer feel. This was very evident in my attempts at doing video recaps like I had done in the past. At the search shows, EVERYONE wants to be on camera. At ...
The Office For Mac Social Media Extravaganza!
Three months ago I accepted a contract position that would have me help build the social media and community plan for Mac Office. Now, after 3 months of discussing, planning, revising, and who knows how many meetings, the curtain has been pulled away and the excitement begins. It's been an amazing experience getting to experience building and executing on a plan for a large brand, and certainly challenging to say the least. The group is very unique in that it's a Mac product within the halls ...
