Category Archives: Industry

Empire Avenue is a drug, I may need a 12-step program!

{EAV_BLOG_VER:50ed0224d82d85dd} This is the verification code the good people at Empire Avenue have asked me to place at the start of a blog post in order to verify that this really is a blog, and it’s mine. Smacks of paranoia … Continue reading

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Friend, Connection, Both?

I have been asked often enough this question that it warrants a public answer. Many people are concerned about what the protocol is for who to friend on Facebook, as opposed to connect with on LinkedIn, often constructing elaborate rationales … Continue reading

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What IS Social CRM and Why is it Following Me?

Enter social media, unveiling an astounding propensity for people to—overtly or covertly—inform the world of their interests and needs on their own by commenting, reviewing, clicking, buying, searching, emailing and doing just about anything else on the Web. As Brian Solis accurately summarized it for the Wall Street Journal, “Customers Inspire The Socialization of CRM.” Continue reading

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The Power of Performance

Wordpress is nice, it’s easy, but if your livelihood depends on it, you better get to know how to configure it or your site’s performance will be average to poor. Continue reading

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How Valuable is Design on the Web?

Design is the unspoken language of art. Without a sound it can attract or repel. And while most see it as highly subjective—and in fine art it most assuredly is—in “logic products” (hardware, tools, even software interfaces) successful design can approach universal appreciation. Think iPod. Continue reading

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Can Social Media Scale?

Many large corporations have a common concern: can we scale social media as the demand grows? Continue reading

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What is “The Siteless Web” and how do you use it?

There is a gradual movement toward a Web presence that is not based on one site, but rather distributed content across many aggregators – sites that cater to specific audiences. Continue reading

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Twitter: Blinded by the Obvious

Don’t be fooled by looking only at the surface. Twitter search, now lists, and some of the associated tools such as foursquare are changing the way money is made on the Web, customers are served, dialogs with prospects are initiated, and audiences are assembled. Twitter has powerful Google juice and it is up to the wise to tap into it. Continue reading

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