The Real Blind Influence

We have definitely hit the age of participatory media.  Old mass media is very sick and broadcast methods of interruption marketing have gone from annoying to impotent, but I don’t agree with the idea that mass media will die.  It will be re-engineered like all industries must in this time of change.
According to the loud [...]

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I just read a London Telegraph article mistitled “The Social Media Revolution is Going Nowhere.” It included statements like
No wonder the company has yet to make any money, while Facebook, too, has yet to deliver on its financial potential. None of this is to say, of course, that the internet hasn’t had a profound [...]

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Socialnomics has put together a video driving home the reality of how social media is fundamentally shifting how we communicate, connect and consume culture in the 21st century.  Share it with anyone who tells you that social media is a fad, technology is isolating people rather than facilitating face-to-face meetings, or that Twitter is stupid.
One [...]

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On most Tuesday nights I volunteer with SnapImpact on making an iPhone app called iVolunteer (see the app on the lower right corner of this blog) to help you find local volunteer opportunities.  More than 50 people have contributed in some way to this project.  One thing I love is that our ages range from [...]

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So you finally got on Twitter and feel like you have nothing worthwhile to say.  You’re not alone.  I have clients asking me what to say on Twitter all the time.
First off, you really are more interesting than you think.  Just as you’re harder on your physical appearance than others are, you’re harder on what [...]

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Ironically as I help companies and professionals to build and manage their brands I’m undergoing a personal re-branding.  Later in the post I’ll go into why you need to pay attention to your personal branding. Now I’ll fill you in on how this post came to be.
A few days ago I began the process of [...]

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In the year leading up to this talk, the web tool Twitter exploded in size (up 10x during 2008 alone).  Twitter co-founder Evan Williams reveals that many of the ideas driving that growth came from unexpected uses invented by the users themselves.
As of today Twitter has jumped to 8 million users – a 33% increase [...]

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It’s Wednesday morning and I’ve already attended a Tweetup with about 20 people, the first Boulder Beer and Blog (both of which I learned about on Monday on Twitter) and the biweekly Boulder Open Coffee Club .
I’ve also missed the first Boulder Denver New Tech meetup held in Denver and the latest iVolunteer meetup. Tonight [...]

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Yesterday I had the pleasure of being interviewed on BlogTalk Radio for the Secrets of Her Success show.  The topic was sharing secrets and shortcuts to Twitter success.
In an hour we covered a lot of ground that will hopefully be helpful to newbies and Twitter veterans alike.
Click here to listen to the show.
Darcy Volden Hoag, [...]

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As the old phrase “technology is killing face to face communication because everyone is buried in a computer or mobile device” continues to be spoken by some, it simply doesn’t ring true for people who are actually using social networking sites.
Yesterday we saw a stunning example of this in Australia with emotional tweets bringing people [...]

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