Twitter is my preferred conversational social media platform. I selected the words in that sentence very purposefully. Twitter is a social media platform. Compare it to Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, YouTube, MySpace, and even blogs; Twitter is a platform for social...
Last week I became aware that I was missing out on some important emails because they were being sent to an email address that I had no control over. These were emails being sent to me from a fellow board member of one of the organizations I work with. He was sending...
I cleaned up the title. A friend asked me that question a couple years ago. It came to mind as I was at last months Social Media Breakfast Fort Wayne as I was listening to a couple of the comments from others in attendance. If you think that the purpose of Facebook,...
Short and sweet today. Like Tweets are Short. And Sweet if you've ever had this problem. April 24th was our most recent Social Media Breakfast Fort Wayne organized by my friend Kevin Mullett. Kevin always tells us that the spelling of his last name is with two "t's"...
The Fort Wayne Social Media Breakfast is the last Tuesday of the month. Which means the April gathering is 4/24. Which is Tuesday. Which means you should go to Eventbrite and reserve your free ticket. And join us Face to Face this week. See ya...
I'm on the Board of Directors of the Fort Wayne Chapter of the American Advertising Federation and I'm the guy who sets up the Eventbrite page for events. Topic this month is Apps, as in Smartphone Apps. We welcome Jason Zigler, the founder of Boost Media...
Instead of being superstitious about Friday the 13th, I've got something to make you feel a little lucky.... It's almost the weekend and you have to remember to load up those files you need to work on over the weekend to a zip drive, or flash drive or whatever you...
Time to talk about basics. Today I'm talking about the very basics, your web browser. How do you connect to the internet when you are on your computer? I'm leaving out mobile technology including smartphones. As little as 10 years ago, Microsoft's Internet Explorer...
Just a word of caution. Anyone who claims to be an expert in Social Media is not an expert in Social Media. It's too big of a claim. Would you blindly trust the advice of someone who had the Dr. initials preceding their name? Doctor refers to a level of education, but...