I just got my Google Wave invite.  I have watched a few of the videos, and I am going to have to give this thing a rip.  Combining text, chat, video, audio and a bunch of things I haven’t even thought of yet… with email… seems pretty cool. Thinking back not all that long ago, […]

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Image via Wikipedia WordPress is an amazingly cool and powerful tool for building a website.  It is one of my two favorite CMSs (Content Management Systems)… the other being Joomla. What makes WordPress cool is that it doesn’t take a team of geeks to fire it up and make it run every day.  In fact, […]

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Some readers may know that I am an Active Rain Ambassador.  In that role, I have started a series on the basics that new members of that real estate social network might find helpful. Most of us have learned by trial and error how to best leverage and utilize Active Rain, and some of that […]

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This morning I had the pleasure of speaking with the Leaders Network Roundtable in Duluth about effecting a Social Media Plan. During our hour or so, we talked about several aspects of a broad Social Media Plan, from strategy to measurement.  As promised, here is the outline with some bonus information added…

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While at New Media Atlanta last week I was introduced to a new tool toy.  BackNoise.  I think the easiest ways to describe it are as follows… Back Noise: baak_noiz,  1. Useful tool to gauge reactions to speakers or other aspects of an event, allowing event participants to freely exchange information with each other during […]

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If you weren’t there, Chris Brogan, co-author of Trust Agents recently spoke at the New Media Atlanta conference.  It was excellent. He ran through several genres of topics, and even addressed the “Back Noise” channel… by putting it on the screen for all to see.  (Be aware, there is a bit of profanity, and while […]

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