Every Monday morning at 7:10 am, I am a guest contributor on CHOM 97.7 FM radio out of Montreal (home
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Can't Facebook Kill Twitter?
Twitter does one thing right that Facebook isn’t doing. No, it’s not the 140 characters (or 280 characters now). No,
Continue readingHow Does The "New Generation" Experience Brands?
TL;DR: they see a brand message. If it resonates, it worked. If it doesn’t resonate, it didn’t work. Maybe that’s
Continue readingThe Power Of Limitations
Twitter needs to tread very carefully, at this moment in time. It was innocuous enough. At first, Twitter announced that
Continue readingScratch That One Little Customer Itch
Twitter did some thing this week. It was very small. It can have a huge impact. Yes, Twitter is in
Continue readingBring Back The Corporate Blog
Blogs don’t have a chance against Twitter, YouTube and Instagram. Don’t blame blogs for this, but let’s be honest: if
Continue readingThe Secret Life Of Social Media
Shhhh, don’t tell anybody anything (even though I just posted this secret online for anyone to see). It has been
Continue readingYou Must Read This!
What has become of the words that we read? There are many converging forces that could lead you to believe
Continue readingThe Responsibility Of Twitter
What is Twitter doing to ensure that the information we read and share is accurate? This is the crux of
Continue readingThe Value (And Waste) Of Twitter
I often feel like I suck at Twitter. Besides the fact that I’m not all that comfortable with the public
Continue readingHumility And Having Something To Say
You have a voice. Having a voice or an opinion or an idea is nothing new. What’s new is your
Continue readingThe New Twitter Effect
Twitter is mainstream. It was another week of Twitter getting mainstream media accolades as news of Osama Bin Laden taking
Continue readingThe Question Of Quora
When someone asks, "what’s the next Twitter?" more often than not, there is not a response. Over the past few
Continue readingThe White Noise That Is Twitter
Don’t get too caught up in the amount of followers that someone has on Twitter or how big the overall
Continue readingThe Gentle Art Of The Retweet
As Twitter evolves and grows, the etiquette and "rules" change, morph and evolve along with it. Recently, a very influential
Continue readingMaybe We Need To Ease Up On The Advertising
When you play in the Social Media sphere, a lot of people will refer to advertising as "interruption-based marketing". No
Continue readingWhy Is Privacy So Unsexy?
Imagine this scenario: you are walking along one of your favourite streets and you suddenly receive a text message on
Continue readingJust Grazing
Many people felt that the advent of television was going to kill everyone’s attention span. Many feel the same way
Continue readingAlternative Ways For Businesses To Use Twitter
There are better (and more interesting) ways for companies to use Twitter than simply have a "conversation." Most people think
Continue readingWhat Will Be An Unpopular View Of Twitter At Conferences
First off: I love Twitter. On top of that, there is no right or wrong way to use Twitter. People
Continue reading320 Pages On Twitter For 140 Characters
Shel Israel looks nothing like the type of person you might think is on Twitter. The 65-year-old spent years in
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