by Debbie Weil | Dec 1, 2010 | Events, Social Media, Uncategorized
Forget shiny object syndrome. Does the widespread adoption of social media mean that companies are doing business in a better way by listening more closely to customers? Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is well known for delivering (aka selling) customer happiness as opposed to...
by Debbie Weil | Mar 18, 2010 | Events, Social Media, The Corporate Blogging Book, Twitter, Uncategorized
One minute after stepping into the Austin Convention Center last Friday I bumped into Pete Cashmore, the hunky young rockstar CEO of Mashable. I know Pete as we’ve worked on a little project together. He’s a lovely guy – very polite and enthusiastic...
by Debbie Weil | Mar 11, 2010 | Events, Sweets and Tweets, Uncategorized
Thanks to everyone for the great turnout at the March 10, 2010 Sweets and Tweets and to tech celeb and friend Anil Dash for his terrific presentation on Expert Labs and how the social Web can connect ordinary citizens to Washington policymakers. It was the fourth in...
by Debbie Weil | Nov 20, 2009 | Events, Social Media, Uncategorized
How sweet it was this week to see the buzz around the third edition of Sweets and Tweets. 70 folks signed up for my social media event held on Nov. 17, 2009 at the very cool Baked and Wired in DC’s Georgetown. The evening event featured free cupcakes and Mark...
by Debbie Weil | Nov 9, 2009 | Events, Social Media, Uncategorized
Do you love cupcakes? Groove on social networking? Don’t miss the next Sweets and Tweets on Nov. 17, 2009. I’ve invited the inimitable Mark Drapeau (Washington Life calls him a Social Media Bon Vivant) to talk about social networking, the two dirtiest...
by Debbie Weil | Oct 13, 2009 | Events, Uncategorized
You’ve heard about live blogging, video streaming and live tweeting from an event. Don’t forget a good old-fashioned home page crammed with content to make you wish you were there. I can’t attend BlogWorld this week in Las Vegas (I spoke at BlogWorld...