Last night in a Twitter chat (#smcnhchat), several people mentioned a lack of restaurants adopting various online platforms in the area. That inspired this post. Restaurant owners know something much of the general public doesn’t: being in that business means you lose huge chunks of your time. It is truly a life choice, much more [...]

Let’s play Buzzword Bingo for a moment. The average internet user, logging on to Facebook or Twitter or MySpace to find family and friends, has no idea what “social graph”, “social leverage”, “semantic web”, “online presence”, “social engagement”, etc means in the online world. They are just so many buzzwords floating in the wind. Heck, [...]

One thing I’ve noticed speaking at things like Filmmakers Get Social: the film industry has a lot in common with the music industry and with business when it comes to social media. What I mean by that is that every event seems evenly divided at this point in the game between those who’ve been aware [...]

Several fantastic panelists are getting together tonight in New York at the Roger Smith Hotel to share advice on a fabulous panel. Ultimat Vodka is sponsoring free booze, also, so if you haven’t signed up yet for the speakers, you might want to sign up for THAT. I’m on the panel, and I can’t wait [...]

If you study the effect of music on the brain at all, then the concept of listening and hearing being different is not a new one. This theory holds true in the study of psychology as well. Listening and hearing are two very different things, one active (listening) and one passive (hearing). What’s the difference? [...]

While on a call with members of The Community Roundtable recently, I spoke about the concept of social media curves, or social media arcs. This is something I encourage my clients to consider as they embark on their first social media forays, or revamp an existing social media presence. It requires a shift in thinking [...]