Influence, Social Media and Random Observations on Life
Posted in Social Media on Oct 29th, 2009
So either you don’t ‘get’ all this whiz bang social media buzz or you do ‘get it’ and can’t understand why people who don’t use social media platforms daily don’t get it.
Either way, you need to watch this great SlideShare presentation by David Gillespie. Also read his blog, which is both insightful and humorous. How [...]
Posted in Social Media on Oct 20th, 2009
This the follow up to a post I wrote last week. It seemed a little more palatable to serve this up in smaller chunks. So here are more musings based on my research, experience and conversations with people confused about this whole social media thing. I hope this helps you to understand the social media [...]
Posted in Consumerism, Social Media, Videos on Oct 16th, 2009
I’ve seen other videos on what’s happening with augmented reality, a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are merged with (or augmented by) virtual computer-generated imagery – creating a mixed reality.
But after seeing this video in a great post by Jeremiah Owyang, I had to pass it on. Besides, [...]
Posted in Beliefs, Influence, Media, Movies, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Spin on Oct 13th, 2009
Magical thinking can kill you. Now it’s been proven. After James Arthur Ray, self proclaimed ’self help expert’ and one of the stars of the book and movie The Secret charged 70 participants $9,933 each to attend a sweat lodge event, two died, 19 went to the hospital and the ‘law of attraction‘ [...]
Posted in Influence, Social Media on Oct 12th, 2009
Photo source: Bilal Al-badry’s blog
The main conversations around social media are misguided by debating the usefulness of the tools based on people with limited knowledge misusing them. Like all human communication, some of what people use the tools for will be nonsense and some will be valuable.
How people individually use social networking tools is the [...]
Posted in Influence, Marketing, Social Media, Videos on Oct 5th, 2009
The biggest problem in the social media landscape these days is the thousands of ‘experts’ with little to no business experience or success. Lots of unemployed marketers, PR people, advertising people and Generation Y folks with Twitter accounts and blogs are pimping themselves out as ‘Social Media Experts’ or ‘Social Media Consultants.’
If you’re looking for [...]
Posted in Advertising, Influence, Marketing, Psychology on Oct 1st, 2009
The following photos are from QuickSprout.
Hey there. Thanks for checking out this collection of my insights on influence, social media, psychology, marketing (as a way to connect people to resources that support their passions), personal branding and life.
As a Co-Founder / CMO of Oxstein Labs, I'm connecting brands to consumers through digital influencers and bringing trust and integrity to influencer marketing.
This blog is my outlet to share and connect with you both personally & professionally. Conversations are better with your two cents so please comment. I also blog about life in Colorado at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brett-greene. If I can be of help in any way email me at Brett [at] BlindInfluence.com.
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