Google+ has been out for a few weeks. The last few days I’ve been asked by people if this is another network they have to operate within. Does it have legs and is it here to stay? If so, what should you be doing to prepare for the future of this social network? While [...]

Pew Internet has updated its data on how different generations are using the Internet for 2010, and the results clearly show that the older generations are catching up with younger Internet users, even surpassing them in some online activities. Some on Mashable and check out the report here >> Mobile devices create new types of [...]

The flurry of smartphone payment offerings under development have caught the attention of Consumers Union, the non-profit publisher of Consumer Reports. Its verdict, as of now: while the mobile payment technologies may be convenient and fun, they are not necessarily safe. At the very least, says Michelle Jun, staff attorney for Consumers Union, the mobile [...]

Today we talk with Jeff Foster from WebBizIdeas.com. Jeff gives some great tips and advice on your opportunity within Bing, Yahoo, and Foursquare. Some items we talk about are… Is Bing local worthwhile? Does Bing have a webmaster tools like Google? What about content and Bing? What is up with the merger between Bing and [...]

When you think of public utilities, you think of things such as water, electricity, and telecommunications, right? Well, what if search were added to that list? How would you feel about that? We talk about that today plus I reference an interview from Kevin Ryan on WebProNews. There’s no question of Facebook’s position at the [...]

It’s no secret that consumers don’t exactly think highly of the advertising industry — especially when it comes to ethics. So the American Advertising Foundation is teaming up with the University of Missouri’s Reynolds Journalism Institute this week to launch an Institute for Advertising Ethics. more here > Blogger Demographics. Not surprising, bloggers in the [...]

I got to have a great talk with some people who are looking to expand their product offering. To me the opportunity there was taking and expanding the power of having a platform. How old media can take their platform and help their advertisers have success with digital marketing. The key is taking the trust [...]

Today we talk about how to get social engagement done. How do you still do your business, meet clients or customers and still properly engage social media. This is one of those questions that I get when I give a seminar like I did today. I shared my thoughts on this in today’s podcast. Amazon’s [...]

Facing a barrage of class action lawsuits, Yelp, the provider of user-generated local restaurant and business reviews, announced on Tuesday that it will no longer let businesses pay to push a “favorite” review to the top of the page, and will no longer edit out reviews it deemed to be fraudulent. Yelp has been hit [...]

Google Analytics have announced they will offer people the ability to opt-out from Google Analytics in the next few weeks. People will take this option via a setting in their browser. More here >> Yahoo is boosting its staff of journalists, from both traditional and online news media outlets, to begin offering original reporting on [...]