Free Tickets to Come See the Will it Blend Guy (oh, and me)
Need I say more? This Thursday (that’s tomorrow), I’ll be speaking at the Small Business Tech Tour here in Salt Lake at the Miller Business Resource Center. I’ll be speaking on making your Small Business Big with Social Media – it’s one that can’t be missed! Here’s why I’m coming though (who cares if I […]
Read more...How do I get People to Interact and Build Lasting Relationships?
Today I received 2 similar requests, so I thought I’d share the answer here so others could learn as well. The question was, “How do I get people to interact and build lasting relationships?” Other forms of the question previously have been, “how do I build my followers?” or, “how do I create traffic?” There’s […]
Read more...Tragedy Turns Into Inspiration as Thousands Turn to Help Slain Bishop Through Social Media
My heart just tears at the thought of this story as it hits really close to home – I can’t help writing this without a tear in my eye and heaviness in my heart. A man enters a Visalia, California LDS Church meetinghouse, asks to meet with the leader over the congregation, and gets referred […]
Read more...How the Little Guy Can Get Published – an Autobiography
As I just wrote, we live in an era where having a voice is much easier than it used to be. Getting published is actually quite simple if you’re willing to work for it. In fact, I’m living proof. Just 3 years ago I was working a 9-5 job as my sole source of income […]
Read more...As Goes the Publisher, So Goes the Conference
Seth Godin is known as a leader in trends, particularly surrounding marketing and the new wave of media. That’s why Godin deciding his 13th book, Linchpin, will be his last traditionally published book is a big deal. I think it seals the deal – not just that publishers aren’t quite as needed as they used […]
Read more...Come Learn the Secrets to Facebook Integration at Facebook Success Summit 2010
FBML’s dead. I’m saying it right here (and yes, I wrote the book). Facebook recently announced that they are moving away from FBML and more towards iFrame-based applications and Social Plugins for integration on your website and internal Facebook.com hosted applications. Does this mean the Static FBML app is going away? What will you be […]
Read more...The Art of Ignoring. Why @XboxSupport Convinced Me to Leave Microsoft.
There is such a thing as too much Social Media. I’m talking about the art of ignoring. We see accounts such as @comcastcares and @richardatdell and various other accounts on Twitter that do an excellent job at handling customer support and actually gaining, as well as retaining customers as a result, all while maintaining a […]
Read more...Not Using a Service Any More? Here is the Polite Thing to Do:
The Social Web is full of Nomads. We try out a service, set up camp, and constantly move from place to place as we discover new and better places to settle down our social presence. I’m no stranger to this myself. I’ve given up my share of services in the past, and I am far […]
Read more...Netflix’ Little Known Information for Parents Feature
This post is guest-authored by Luke Stay – you can find him on his blog, AfroWhitey.com, on Twitter, or on his Facebook Page. Luke is Jesse’s younger brother. I was doing a little exploring on Netflix a while ago when I came across a feature that I had never seen before. It’s called “Information for […]
Read more...Twitter – TIMTOWTDI
I love Twitter for its variety. In many ways it’s a lot like my favorite programming language Perl, whose mantra is “There is more than one way to do it.” Some people choose the messy, spaghetti code way, while others choose nicely formatted, object-oriented way, even taking it to the extent of protecting it further […]
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