The other day I had a short, but very interesting conversation on Twitter with Tim Walker and Julie Hunt, two Austin-area web marketing pros. It all started with this tweet from Tim ...
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Last week I took #3 son and two of his friends to Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Like the other times we've gone, we had a good time riding the rides and watching the shows. Of course, being the web marketing geek I did notice they are doing some interesting things in social media. It...
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TweetThe PubCon folks offered up some great training in Austin, Texas on July 21st. Some excellent speakers were lined up who presented some excellent search marketing information. There were two tracks offered: “SEO: Organic Search Optimization” and “Social Media Marketing.” Jen and I hung out in the Social Media track and weren’t disappointed. I...
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Facebook, despite its privacy shortcomings, is a tool many of us use to keep in touch with friends and family. I find it extremely useful to maintain relationships with many I know who live, literally, around the world. For the vast majority of people, using Facebook will not cause any real issues; but, there...
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This past weekend during our church 4th of July picnic, I had an opportunity to talk social media marketing with someone who has a different objective than most of us. Rich is not a business person, though he does work in business. Right now he's just "passing through" while he and his wife work...
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Last week I was called upon by Megan Fleetwood, a reporter with KWTX in Waco, to offer up some comments about social media security and safety. In this case it was specifically regarding the safety of kids on social sites.
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There has been a lot of talk over the past week or so about privacy issues with Facebook. To be sure, Facebook does have a number of privacy issues going on right now, some of which need to be addressed sooner rather than later. There has also been a lot of speculation about...
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One of the highlights of a great PubCon South conference was the keynote address on Thursday by Rob Snell, co-owner of Gun Dog Supply. Rob and his brother Steve had done an excellent job of promoting and growing their business using social media. I was quite impressed by their results doing things, which I...
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The final day of PubCon South 2010 went very well. All the sessions I attended were very good, and I learned a lot from them - unless I'd already figured something out on my own and then what I figured out was confirmed. The lunch was very good today. Also, during both session days,...
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PubCon South 2010's sessions kicked off today with a keynote address by Scott Stratten, president of Un-Marketing.com. Scott gave an excellent talked entitled "Social Media: We Have to Talk." It was an excellent presentation giving Scott's ideas of what Social Marketing (but, please don't call it that) is - or rather - should ...
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