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Social Commentary
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The latest trends and commentary on online marketing, social media, and other ways to help your business grow.
Recent Posts
Chris Barger, General Motors, and Social Media Club (Video)
Was glad tonight to get to see Social Media Club Detroit (search #SMCD on Twitter or the Facebook fan page) with Christopher Barger, head muckety-muck of social media over at GM. He hit on some really great points about SM in organizations. There...
It’s Only Stealing From Yourself
I felt highly motivated to say something, after I’ve had numerous friends come to me and tell me there’s a problem going on in our Detroit social media community. I’ve made a generic example below of how it’s gone down the 9 o...
11,000 Reasons To Disclose
This has been coming for months, and as of December 1st, it’s here. The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has decided to put their hand into the blogosphere (as well as other types of endorsements) and have a policy shift that requires more discl...
Stop Whining About Google Mail
Seriously? The blogosphere and Twitterverse (and whatever other celestial body references we can make for social media sites) are obsessed and “freaked out” by a second Gmail outage in a short time. I think it’s an indication of peo...
The Problem With Making Money Online Is Perception
There’s tons of talk about Hulu going paid or subscription of some sort. Also, talk of how journalists are worried about how they’re going to get paid. Well, it’s for a simple reason – it’s because, for instance, a Hulu ...
Who’s Your Weekend Social Media Anchor?
One of the trends the last year has been the prevalence of weekend social media stories. Whether it’s the Motrin Moms or anything else, many social media crises seem to arise on the weekend (when the most regular people are using the services)....

