Back to Blogging

May 7, 2009

Well, I took a much too long break from my blog and then I felt guilty about not having blogged and then that made me want to not blog even more. It became a vicious cycle, but here I am. I’m back and blogging again. This time I won’t stop. My hiatus from my blog [...]

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Social media creating an antisocial world?

March 30, 2009

I had an interesting conversation with a coworker. I was talking about Twitter and was attempting to explain it to someone who has never even looked at it.  Her question, why would you be on Twitter, what’s the point? Well, I suppose its different for everyone.  I find myself using it for business.  Let’s be [...]

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Social media for internal communication

March 26, 2009

Well, we’re talking on Facebook, LinkedIn, My Space, Twitter and so on… this is all happening outside of the workplace. Why not take some of those same tools and use them at work, for work? What is the place of social media in the workplace? As a form of external marketing, we know social media [...]

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Beginning the social media discussion

March 19, 2009

The conversation went something like this, “We need to look for cost effective and efficient ways to market due to budget constraints. Any ideas???” It was time to broach the subject. In my industry, which is health care, the use of social media is in the beginning stages for most companies. There are few major [...]

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Social Media: Extending the Workplace Water Cooler

March 16, 2009

At work yesterday several of us were commenting on our weekends. I asked one coworker how the movie was? Another coworker looked at me and said “Did you two run into each other over the weekend?” The answer of course was no. We had been Facebooking. In the workplace today, well at least at mine, [...]

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The Internet vs. Stone Tablets

March 14, 2009

So I was updating my LinkedIn profile the other day. While on that fabulous networking site I decided to add to my network by searching out a few folks I figured would also have LinkedIn profiles. Several of the people I sent invitations to were people I know from my Rotary club. I received a [...]

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All a Twitter…

March 12, 2009

How long have you been using Twitter?  As a new user of this fun and exciting forum, I’m enjoying learning the ropes.  I’m impressed by the tweets of many and trying to figure out my place in this new community. My mind is reeling with all the possibilities that Twitter and other social media sites [...]

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Small businesses and the Internet, what’s happening in your community?

March 8, 2009

As a long time marketing professional, I have seen many changes in the industry.  From paste-up advertising to online advertising.   Quite a difference.  As times are changing small businesses need to take advantage of the new opportunities the Internet is providing.  Traditional marketing forums still have their place and there isn’t a one-size-fits-all [...]

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