Is Social Media Killing Personal Relationships?
Is the bite-sized world of social media leading to bite-sized and unsubstantial personal relationships? This was a question I asked myself recently when looking at some of...
Top StumbleUpon Interests, Tags and Categories
In spite of all the changes at StumbleUpon, it continues to drive so much traffic that we would be foolish to ignore it completely - at least...
101 Social Media Tools for Social Media Marketing and More
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It doesn't make sense to jump in and use all new social media tools that come along just because everyone else is or because...
The Easy Way Get Your Videos Rank High In Google
"I need to start a YouTube channel. Those guys are making millions!"
This is something that a friend and colleague of mine said to me about a year...
Social MEdia: Are YOU Selfless or Part of the ME Generation?
Social Media parallels life so it reflects the same human vices we exhibit in the physical:
I love this cartoon because it shows the ME is every Social...
Facebook Promoted Posts: Case Studies Suggest Distribution Fraud
Social Media is full of pitfalls caused by misleading statistics. Facebook is reporting higher engagement; however, two case studies designed to determine whether it made sense to...
We Know Where You Are (The Creepy Side of Geolocation)
These days businesses we frequent seem to know more and more about us. They know what we look at on their websites so they can pitch similar...
Is Facebook Doing Enough to Stop the Prying Eyes of Employers?
As you probably know, a hot topic in the social media world over the last couple of months is the fact that employers (and some colleges and...
Do We Really Need More Social Networks?
Over the last couple of months I've received more pitches than usual from owners of fledgling social networking websites. They want me to promote them on one...
Social Proof Manipulation, Censorship and Propaganda
Almost invisible to most, the manipulation of social proof is extremely dangerous because people are easily influenced by perceived positions, i.e., what others think about important issues.
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