I have been telling clients for the past year or so “Google Plus is going to be important for you in the future. It may not be quite ready for you yet, but you need to have it on your radar. At some point it will become necessary for you to set up shop over there.” And that point has probably come with the release of the Google “Search Plus Your World” stuff. Have you noticed that your Google search results have changed recently? If you have a google plus account, and you search for something, you are going to see things that Google finds to be relevant which were shared by the people in your “circles” at the top of the search results. That “top of the result” is the most valuable real estate in search-land, and it’s now inhabited with what people in your network have shared
Man, what a day! Just an awesome, awesome experience at the #BTVSMB (That's Burlington Social Media Breakfast) Social Hack. (You can learn a bit more about the event by checking out the Free Press article from yesterday's edition - I even got a little shout out/pub in it, probably due to my eager attitude to attend the event). Ever since my first experience using the IDEO visual brainstorming method (you can read my thoughts about their method of visual brainstorming here), I have been hooked on using the design thinking approach to solving problems. I use it with clients on business problems, and I look forward to conferences that utilize this stuff to try and solve social problems in workshops. I find that design thinking can generate solid results in a ridiculously condensed time frame. Today was just further confirmation of this. In about 4 hours, teams were able
I just wanted to take a moment and say Happy New Year to everyone. I am looking forward to seeing big new things in 2012. I was thinking about what I think will happen this year that will be big news in the social media world, as I thought you might want to know what to prepare for (as we know the times they are a constantly changin' when it comes to social media stuff). Google Plus will be a big deal. You can read my thoughts on why GPlus is something you need to pay attention to in this previous post over on my personal blog. I think that there is a sense that GPlus "failed" because it isn't immediately as big as Facebook, but I don't subscribe to that theory (and think that it's nonsense, it will take time for a new social network to be adopted, nothing is going
When was the last time you had a killer meal? How about the last time you had a killer dinner at a breakfast joint that closes at 3 pm every day? Last night I had the pleasure of going to Misery Loves Co’s Onion City Supper -(check out Misery Loves Co. on Facebook or read about them on their website) and loved the food, the community vibe, the atmosphere, and their big idea. So what is their big idea? - They are a catering biz that was, for a bit, doing barbeque delivery on Fridays (it was reportedly delicious) while they are looking for a space to open their own restaurant. As they haven’t yet found a suitable space, they presumably got creative - and are hosting "Onion City Suppers" at a restaurant (this week was at Sneakers) which would otherwise be closed. In addition to this
