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Neil deGrasse Tyson isn’t just a scientist. He’s a philosopher as well. About doilies.

Neil deGrasse Tyson isn’t just a scientist. He’s a philosopher as well. About doilies.

We all knew that astrophysicist Neil deGrass Tyson was an intelligent and witty man of science, an advocate for space...

Beware of self-appointed social media gurus, ninjas, and evangelists

Beware of self-appointed social media gurus, ninjas, and evangelists

A recent study by AdAge, which has been tracking such things since 2009, shows that there are over 180,000 people...

Triberr increases exposure with the power of the like-minded

Triberr increases exposure with the power of the like-minded

While learning incredible things and meeting equally incredible people at the New Media Expo in Vegas, I ran into Triberr...

If you focus on 4 social media sites, you have 99% of your marketing covered

If you focus on 4 social media sites, you have 99% of your marketing covered

One of the biggest problems faced when businesses try to use social media as a marketing tool is that there...

Businesses should post fewer links and more interactions, text, and images on Twitter

Businesses should post fewer links and more interactions, text, and images on Twitter

The automation of Twitter for businesses continues to become the norm. As microblogging, interaction, and expression get replaced by RSS...

By catering only to big brands, @Klout is reducing its usefulness

By catering only to big brands, @Klout is reducing its usefulness

Every few months, it seems that Klout makes changes to try to bring its importance to a higher level and...

Has social media gone beyond recording life to influencing life?

Has social media gone beyond recording life to influencing life?

One of the initial promises of the internet was realized when social media started taking hold a few years ago....

Twitter breaks the 200 million monthly active user mark

Twitter breaks the 200 million monthly active user mark

More birds seem to be hatching every day. Twitter tweeted this morning that they had broken the 200 million active...

YouTube Capture app for iPhone is an ideal sales tool

YouTube Capture app for iPhone is an ideal sales tool

There are plenty of ways to use mobile devices to promote a business. The merging of social, local, and mobile...

Businesses on social media should never ask for anything without a reason

Businesses on social media should never ask for anything without a reason

I had thought the days were behind us. Call it a hope, but I believed that the majority of businesses...

Peter Parker uses Bing and dozens of other things wrong with The Amazing Spider-Man

Peter Parker uses Bing and dozens of other things wrong with The Amazing Spider-Man

It's rare that a YouTube channel is born that does it right from the first shot. It's even more rare...

Can Twitter’s photo edit options really hurt Instagram?

Can Twitter’s photo edit options really hurt Instagram?

The short answer - yes, a little. There are rarely moves made by one social company that make me believe...