So the check-in game has finally reached the masses. Facebook has legitimized location based services by coupling them together with their online experience with the introduction of Facebook Places. So what now… Most of the videos I’ve watched like this one with Gowalla’s CTO and articles I’ve read from the launch yesterday to the preliminary reviews…
Category Archives: Internet
Art: The Heart And Soul
I’ll never forget when I very first started full time in our family jewelry business. I started in customer service which I loved, but quickly was whisked out on the sales floor after having some beginner’s luck early on in my career. That luck has carried me through for quite some time. Right around the…
Social Piracy: The Recording Industry
This is a followup post I wrote Saturday, called Social Privacy: Does It Exist? That piece was written to share my thoughts on our perception of privacy on the users’ end. This post is about the service/server side end. As you can probably tell at this point, I find it very interesting. I’d like to…
Social Privacy: Does It Exist?
Privacy (or the lack thereof) is the hottest topic on the web right now thanks to Facebook. Many are outraged and upset, therefore an enormous amount of content has been created for us to read, watch and listen to the rants and criticism of those posting their opinions. I find it really fascinating. I originally…
The Social Measuring Cup: Evaluating Metrics
It’s a pretty well known fact that I’m not a big metrics guy. I’ve spoken about it openly online whenever the discussion presents itself. Sure, I use Google Analytics and I do pay attention to what’s going on as it pertains to eyeballs coming into my websites. I would have to be pretty ignorant and…
Complaining Correctly: A Time and Place
We’ve all had situations where we’ve had a customer complaint. Whether on the receiving end or a complaint of our own to “them”, it’s fascinating to me with so many communication options available to us now, anyone can very easily make sure their voice is heard loud and clear (sometimes). But, what’s the right way…
Friend or Follow: Why Not Both?
I’ve been thinking quite a bit lately about where I connect with people the most online. It has brought me to an observation I found quite interesting. I’ve noticed, whether we have a large or small web presence, really makes no difference, but that the people I engage with online have quite a bit more…
Driving In Traffic
To me, SEO, SMM, affiliated links, comments on blog posts, adwords, even the despised banner ads and anything else which drives traffic to your site is similar to, and what I’m calling Driving In Traffic. I believe there are two main schools of thought that pertain to driving in traffic, I think they both can be equally as effective if…