Technology and Music: Part 2: Social Media and You
Now that you have your brand figured out, it is time to start putting your brand to work for you. You have to live into your brand. Every time you meet with a new client or a potential employer, make sure you take some time to reflect on that meeting after it happens. Did your Brand Essence come into play during that meeting? Do you think that Mr. or Mrs. So-and-So walked out of there thinking you were “fill in the blanks?”. When you are giving your therapy session, did you keep your brand promise to...
Read MoreUpdate on Egypt
I just wanted to give a quick update before I head off to bed, because I am deeply interested in this story due to the fact that it started getting popular not only due to the social issues but the social media issues as well. If you haven’t seen, the president of Egypt announced a statement saying that he has asked his cabinet to resign and that he would have new leadership in place tomorrow, doesn’t he realize the problem is with him and not his people. He is putting a bandage on a major flesh wound...
Read MoreEgypt, Technology, and Wisdom: What can we learn from this?
As the days have progressed, we have seen the situation in Egypt go from bad to worse, to almost hitting rock bottom. It started earlier this week when the Egyptian government “allegedly” banned the Twitter service in their country. Some Egyptian companies stated that this was probably a service failure on the largest ISP in Egypt and had nothing to do with the fact that Egyptian citizens are in the midst of a protest to overthrow their leader. I just think that the all too convenient failure of one...
Read MoreTechno Tuesday: Tweeting in Real Time
So for the first Techno Tuesday post I thought I would start out with a great tool that helps you keep connected no matter what you are doing. We all have busy schedules and staying connected is tough. Unless our job is to monitor Social Media sites all day long, we have to spend most of our day working on something else. So you may be asking yourself, “How do I stay connected in real time if I have to be away from where the conversation is?”. One of the best ways to see what the conversation is, is to...
Read MoreThe Bird or The Whale … Is Twitter really worth it
To tweet or not to tweet, that is the question. Twitter was great in the beginning. A group of people gathered together on one site tweeting about what they were doing during their day to day business. Most of it was used by communication professionals and we discussed news stories we were covering, what important people we were meeting, and used it as a way to connect across the world. Then it started to gain popularity, and the site gained more users. Soon people were tweeting about waking up, eating breakfast,...
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