It was the best of conversations. It was the worst of conversations. – thanks Dan for the intro I’ve written about LinkedIn effectiveness before, but a couple of weeks ago I had two interactions in a single day that exemplified what I have been talking about and advocating for the past couple of years. The […]
Last week I had the pleasure of giving a workshop at the Ventura County Community Foundation in beautiful Camarillo, CA. My topic: Using Social Media to Win Donors, Customers, and Fans. Below is the complete video of that presentation. The slidedeck is below that as a downloadable PDF and in-page slideshow. We are working to create […]
Recently, I sent out a newsletter and was dismayed to discover that MS Outlook had rendered it horrifically! It was AFTER I’d sent it – so I was mortified and a bit frustrated. I posted a snide comment on Facebook and then tweeted an image of that snide comment.. And on Facebook #Microsoft @Microsoft Fix […]
At Pulse, we’ve adopted Glip.com as our internal project communication tool… and it is AMAZING!!! “a single email about a project can result in dozens of responses.. email clutter” Have you seen/experienced this at your organization? Someone sends an email to several (let’s say 5) recipients asking for feedback on some tasks or document. 4 […]
Our definitive answer: YES!!! Well…. maybe… unless you make effective, then it is definitely NOT a waste of time. Pulse Founder, Matt Moran, gives some quick insight (1 minute) into making LinkedIn much more effective as a career or business development platform. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLUS8DuGkqE] To read his full blog entry, visit his IT Career Toolkit website.
No! Okay.. perhaps that is simplistic but I think we can make the case. Below I have a link to my CIO Magazine blog post on the subject. I’ll offer a little context and explanation first. Let’s start with a question… What is your goal with social media? For most people, the goal is to […]
The image above was created using Skitch – a graphic utility from Evernote. It allows you to quickly annotate and embed images into documents, email, or upload to your social media. There is also a mobile Skitch application. I took this photo of my dog, Beaux, and quickly annotated it with Skitch on my Android. Yes, […]
How do we get new ideas for content? This question comes up a LOT! Seriously, it is one of the most common questions I get from clients and others. We know that great content is social media’s secret sauce.. If you are “doing social” without great content – simply spouting advertising – you aren’t doing […]
Google Docs provides a great way to create personal and team process documents with links to document sections. If done properly, the document is nearly self-maintainable, allowing you and your team to rapidly add sections and have that reflected in the navigation. I’ve created the video below and this associated example Google document. Below the […]