Are social and mobile killing email? You might be surprised…

I was challenged to give my thoughts on this article in ClickZ by Simms Jenkins, titled, “Digital’s Great Teenage Misunderstanding“. Now, before I start, I should clarify that Simms is one of the foremost email experts in the country, an all around smart dude and someone that I have had a bit of fun debating…

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Why would you want your RSS reader to be social?

This question was posed on Business Insider: I’m switching from Bloglines (shuttering 10/1) to Google Reader. First question: Why would I want my RSS reader to be social? My response: Google Reader is far and away the best RSS tool, so you’ve made a good choice there.  Why would you want your RSS reader to…

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Chili’s is having some social fun

If you missed this, you need to check it out.  It’s Steve Correll making fun of the LeBron “Decision” television extravaganza a few weeks back.  Brilliant stuff. And I love how Chili’s is playing along.  On their Facebook page they have a response to Correll’s “decision” ala the same way the owner of the Cavs…

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6 reasons you SHOULDN’T be in social marketing

I’m finishing up a presentation I’ll be giving at the Digital Marketing Days conference in NY on June 16th.  There’s a section of my presentation where I list six reasons why a company shouldn’t be in social marketing.  The rest of my presentation focuses pretty heavily on the fact that almost everyone should be in…

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Why use TripIt?

Travel is something that still isn’t a seamless process when it comes to how people typically book and schedule trips and how they tell their social networks where they’ll be.  For example, I use iCal to keep track of all my travel, yet when I travel places I will use Gowalla, Foursquare or MyTown (yes,…

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