I read an article last week about Bing that made me say, “Wow!”

No offense to the fine folks at Microsoft working on this product but I don’t often use “wow” and “Bing” in the same sentence. We assume the search engine market was locked up years ago and Google walked away with the top prize.

However, with change comes opportunity and the major search engines are working hard to figure out how best to integrate social signals with traditional search results. Click to continue…

    

Ever had a series of conference calls with someone you’ve never met and then comes a day when you actually meet in person?    There’s an instant recognition– a bond that is professional yet friendly — and over time, your rapport and trust builds and strengthens.

Now….imagine a similar scenario but one that actually thrusts you onto a stage under a spotlight in view of thousands of peers – some you know, many you do not.     Now imagine these thousands of peers looking up expectantly at you and anticipating ….what? Click to continue…

Why Your Business Should Be Using Google+

Are you thinking about incorporating Google+ into your social media strategy but haven’t made the leap yet? There are a few important advantages to participation you need to consider. But first, some background. What is Google+, really? For the uninitiated, it’s a social network. For those in the know, it’s a Facebook clone (that’s a [...]

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Google+ Pages – A very early review

Google+ pages (launched recently) now provide an opportunity for businesses, and not just individuals, to participate in the still nascent social network. Along with this feature launch from Google came myriad articles and how-to guides all geared at bringing people up to speed quickly. There are a few key features that are showing great potential [...]

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On Frictionless Sharing…

So the big news this past week were the announcements coming out of the Facebook f8 conference. If you use Facebook for anything other than business purposes you have no doubt seen the “I hate these changes” type of messages in your news feed. The “top stories”, the “ticker” and the general confusion about subscriptions [...]

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