by Debbie Weil | May 20, 2009 | New New Things, ROI, Social Media, Uncategorized
I’m re-posting an entry I wrote 5 years ago. It still applies. Back then, Googling yourself was a relatively new concept. Now, it’s a truism that Google results are your home page. Posted May 19, 2004: “Google yourself.” That’s...
by Debbie Weil | May 14, 2009 | New New Things, Social Media, Twitter, Uncategorized
It’s happened overnight. Actually, in the past two weeks, since FriendFeed announced a redesign of their site. Suddenly everybody is subscribing to FriendFeed (I’ve noticed a significant uptick in new followers) and it’s looking like the new...
by Debbie Weil | Apr 30, 2009 | Events, Social Media, Twitter, Uncategorized
It’s not a pandemic yet but you wouldn’t know it from the exponentially growing number of tweets about swine flu and #swineflu and, beginning yesterday, swine flu renamed H1N1. Like many others, I dislike the term “viral” marketing. But...
by Debbie Weil | Apr 9, 2009 | Books, Corporate Blogging, Social Media, Uncategorized
If you’re over 40 (or 50, like me), you may think a new book titled Me 2.0 and written by 20-something Dan Schawbel is not for you. Think again. Especially if you’re a baby boomer, over 50 and heading into the home stretch of what you hope will be a...
by Debbie Weil | Mar 27, 2009 | Social Media, Twitter, Uncategorized
Yet another business reason to use Twitter is staring you in the face (in case you’re not convinced). I can’t physically attend the terrific Government 2.0 BarCamp taking place today in Washington DC. No matter… I can peruse microblogging updates...
by Debbie Weil | Mar 20, 2009 | Corporate Blogging, Events, Social Media, Uncategorized
These aren’t any ol’ cupcakes. They’re at Baked & Wired in Georgetown. And they’ve been declared the best in the nation by The Atlantic. Andrew Wilson, HHS’s social media celeb, is our special guest. He’ll tell us about...
