“This is like déjà vu all over again,” to quote Yogi Berra. Little did I know, Yogi was referring to attempts to measure the Return on Investment (ROI) of using social media. Just like the early days of the web, “The Business” wants the ROI, frequently without understanding what is being measured.
This is one of [...]

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This presentation, given by Wayne Kurtzman at the first meeting of the Social Media Breakfast of New Hampshire (#SMBNH) looks at the threads that connect the earliest economy to the emerging Knowledge Economy. The thread that connects them all are content and storytelling.
Special thanks to Leslie of Uptown Uncorked (@geechee_girl) for setting up the first [...]

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A change in the Facebook Terms of Service (TOS) spotted by Chris Walters at consumerist.com says all your posted photos, content, and documents are the property of Facebook to sell forever. While I understand why the alarm bells are going off (uh, no, that’s not a bell in my hand), I understand why Facebook would [...]

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Okay, not mine personally – but wait. Maybe it has.
The news follows me, and with different spins – and sometimes no spin at all. I’ve met amazing people and can follow-up questions with some outstanding though leaders. I can reach out to companies I do business with and they can ask things of me.
Yes, it’s [...]

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It’s big, it’s huge and it’s likely near you! I’ll be at Twestival in Boston. Are you going or watching the video stream on the web?
With events happening in over 185 citites, this will be a huge opportunity to provide drinking water to thousands of people in developing countries through charity:water – and see the [...]

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Facebook is developing one of the world’s largest marketing databases from information gathered on their site. They have the opportunity to be the model of personal information use for years to come, if they do it right.

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