As much as we love building relationships online, having face to face interaction is still a priority. Wondering where you can go for the best social networking in real life (IRL)? It's not who you go out with or where you go, it's who you meet when you get there. Even the gas station, grocery store or ...
If you use gmail as your primary email inbox, have you tried out their Priority Inbox? I received an invite a couple days ago, and was immediately hooked. If you feel overwhelmed with your email, and feel it takes too much time out of your day, I suggest you give it a try. The highlights: 1. It ...
Doesn't this describe social media perfectly? Social media encompasses all of the great tools we have on hand to share our messages with the masses. I can sit in my living room and tell thousands of people via twitter whatever I want. That doesn't mean I should take advantage of that privilege and spend my social ...
Do you have an elevator pitch? You know, the one where you try to give someone an inkling of what you do in 30 seconds. When someone asks you what you do for a living, what do you say? I have to admit, when we first started Toolulu, my pitch went something like this... "I work for Toolulu. ...
This week, I was fascinated to read a few posts from Chris Brogan about buying a car online. He was approached online by Aaron from Motorphilia after Chris mentioned that he wanted to get a Camaro. The whole concept fascinates me and I especially loved Chris' follow up interview with Aaron and his philosophy behind ...
I was listening to this podcast earlier this week about local IT company, Five Nines. I was really impressed by the way they run their business. Here are a couple things I picked up from the podcast. 1. They put their clients first. They are available any time of the day, 7 days a week. And ...
What types of characteristics do you look for in a new hire or a co-worker? Deb and I have been thinking about this a lot lately as we've been adding people to our team as freelancers. These are our top four: Dependable/Reliable Fast Creative Team Player When you are looking to add people to your team, what are your must-haves?
Twitter recently launched a service meant to give its followers some great deals and Twitter a means to monetize. Earlybird is a Twitter stream you can follow to get the latest deals offered by advertisers on the site. By following @earlybird, you'll be among the first to know about these offers. What does this mean ...
The MediaPost posted an article on Friday about a Harris Poll that found a significant proportion of U.S. adults use social media to complain about or pay compliments to brands. And I am guilty. Just this last Friday, I went in to a local Salon & Spa to get my hair jazzed up for summer. I love my ...
This weekend, we attended Big Omaha and had the pleasure of hearing from Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos story and how Zappos approachs business. They take what they would spend on advertising and invest it into the customer experience. Because they know that word of mouth advertising will give you the biggest bang for your ...