For the past three days, I’ve met a lot of new faces and also had the opportunity to hang out with some more familiar ones that I don’t get to see as much as I’d like to while back in the bluegrass. Sessions have varied wildly in quality and substance, so I’m glad this [...]
Entries Tagged as 'social media'
SXSW 2008 recap - halfway
March 10th, 2008 ·
Tags: conference · friends · social media
selling lemonade: a social media example for marketers
February 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments
I’m thrilled that Social Media Club’s new Louisville chapter is already attracting a lot of people and discussion. Big ups to Falls and Earwood for executing on an idea which was destined to blossom among the digerati in the ville. Before our last meeting, Jason Falls asked me to fill in as a featured [...]
Tags: business · friends · ideas · marketing · social media
GoogleMesh, Facebook, AI and privacy
November 16th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Now that this cat’s fully out of the bag, I’ll append the concept of mesh networks to fortify my previous prediction about Android/Google/Facebook and an omnidigital lifestyle. If you don’t know what mesh networks are, wikipedia does the job so I won’t waste your time explaining it further. Take Rob’s ideas about stochastic [...]
Tags: business · facebook · geekery · google · marketing · social media · technology
social media - reader’s digest version
November 10th, 2007 ·
Despite my verbose attempt previously, these quotes and links encapsulate a lot of what social media means to me…
“Be open with customers. Be honest always, and let them into your business. The huge upside to your customers “getting involved” is that they will come with terrific ideas that will grow your business and customer loyalty.” [...]
Tags: social media
Changing a tire with jumper cables
November 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment
So the landscape of social media seems to change daily: new tools, new tactics, new opportunities. People know me as ‘the social media guy’ already at Yum, so I’m already fielding a variety of interesting questions. One topic that seems to surface most is a version of this: [paraphrased] “so this RSS/YouTube/blogging/Facebook stuff… [...]
Tags: business · marketing · social media
predictions
November 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments
My mom still laments the fact she disregarded my stock picks of MSFT, AOL and INTC a few years ago. By a few years ago I mean 1993 when I thought these 3 companies would change the world as we know it. Thanks to Al Gore’s invention of the internet and the proliferation [...]
Tags: business · geekery · ideas · social media · technology







