I took my four-year-old daughter along to a pillow-fight that I thought would be fun to photograph.  She was very excited, as you could imagine.  Unfortunately we missed the actual fight, but captured much of the aftermath.  Feel free to check out the photos from this pillow fight. The interesting thing about this is that I found out about it on Facebook when a friend, who I recently reconnected with

When it comes to getting connected in business, few things will get you there faster than Twitter.  The site is growing at an unimaginable rate–in fact any statistic published about the service is obsolete as it is typed!  If you haven’t been paying attention, it is safe to say it is time to start.  Twitter is easy to get started with–and it is quickly habit-forming once you do have a

We monitor the news on social media and our Twitter accounts are going crazy about Twitter itself–and Facebook.  Apparently people are hate Facebook because of the changes they made to, well, everything.  Meanwhile,  our competitors chit-chatted about it amongst each other while we were out meeting with potential clients explaining in real terms what Facebook means to them.  We don’t always comment on the news because it changes so fast,

Social media marketing is tactfully joining conversations centered on your brand, products and services.  What is your brand all about? No matter your answer, your market says, “That’s nice.  Now, let’s hear something besides your usual marketing pitch.   Let’s talk to someone who has encountered your brand first-hand.” For some brands, this can be exciting.  There has never been a better way to quickly communicate the positives associated with a

I saw this in the news this morning!  I thought New York had some crowded Subway stations, but there seems to be a new definition of crowded.  Check this out: In New York, there aren’t a whole lot of conversations on the Subway–hopefully in this kind of proximity, people in Japan are making friends!  Talk about social…

When participating in social networking via an agency or directly, you want to ensure that your identity is that of a human, not a company.  People want to connect with other people, usually as personally as possible.  Now, of course you want your interactions to be professional, especially since you do represent a company.  You just want to be sure when joining social media sites and establishing an online identity

Without a carefully articulated social media plan to achieve your goals, it is better not to start than start to join all the social media sites you can and not participate in them.