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Month: September 2011

Social Media

Why Obama Visiting LinkedIn To Have A Town Hall Made Sense To Talk About Jobs

Earlier today, President Barack Obama visited the Computer History Museum to talk about jobs and the state of the economy in the United States. Now, regardless of your political views, there’s no denying that we are in some tough times. While this may seem like anything but a good photo opportunity for the sitting president […]

Apps

5 Useful Applications Marketers Should Have on Their iPads

The invention of the Apple iPad revolutionized how presentations and other tasks were done without being constrained to a desktop computer. Being mobile has really helped change the way we do business, and while there are a plethora of tablet devices out there, like the Samsung Galaxy S, the HP TouchPad (okay, not really), Motorola […]

Dev

A Great Platform Should Be the Foundation of Any Web Solution

Having lived in the historical home and heart of technology innovation, that being Silicon Valley, I’ve been noticing more and more startups emerge and demo their wares. Some even have stood out more than others. And I’m not talking about those that are targeted towards consumers versus enterprise. Rather, I think that some services and […]

Marketing

The Disrupt Revolution Is Upon Us & The Internet Will Never Be The Same Again

The Internet has undergone some major shifts throughout the past few years. At first, people were clamoring about wanting to set up a website for their company. It seemed simple at first with purely static sites, but then grew in scale so that more brands wanted to have database-powered content management systems and also additional […]

Marketing

Set Your Social Media Marketing Ablaze With Wildfire Interactive’s Promotion Suite

Earlier this summer, I was privileged to attend an event hosted by Wildfire Interactive (@wildfireapp), where they announced a brand new program (video of presentation) designed to help companies make their efforts more social. From what I’ve seen, the company has become an enormous beacon helping to guide agencies and brands from the clueless fog of […]

TheLetterTwo

Introspective: Three Years Later, Back On Steady Ground, And I’m Still Here

As I started to write more blog posts this month, I looked at my calendar and realized that it’s nearly three years since I’ve moved to San Francisco. So as a blogger may typically do, I decided to continue on with my introspective as I had done when I marked my 1 year anniversary and […]

Marketing

It’s Time To Put Up or Shut Up: Don’t Promote Customer Service If You Don’t Follow Through

So here’s an interesting customer service story that I have to share with you… Recently, I had a somewhat “brash” encounter with a company and received some painful customer service experience. This company was Comcast (or is it xfinity? It’s so hard to tell anymore.). In the mail, I received a notice that I found […]