From the monthly archives:

January 2011

Conversocial Provides Medium-Priced Facebook Management, Moderation Tool

by · January 4, 2011

The problem with most social media management solutions is that they’re either too simple or too expensive. I’ve seen some great tools for managing your Facebook or Twitter accounts, or multiple accounts, plus your blog, YouTube and more from one dashboard, but nothing that allows you to do that for more than hundreds or thousands of dollars per month. I’ve seen the ability to automatically moderate Facebook walls as functionality built into a larger solution, like a monitoring service, but they don’t offer the management piece as a separate item.

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The Good And Bad Of Groupon And Small Businesses

by · January 3, 2011

The only time my wife and mother-in-law have ever been excited about the Internet is when they get a quarterly email from Louisville Originals telling them when the next restaurant coupon fire sale will begin online. The coalition of locally owned and operated dining spots started the time-sensitive coupon deals in 2006 and area diners went nuts. Word of mouth about the 30 percent or more discounts to a really nice assortment of dining hot spots spread so fast, people without computers would rush to sign up and click. Little did Louisville Originals know it was preceding a now national trend in online deals and couponing that has quickly become a hot, yet not altogether perfect, marketing opportunity for businesses.

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My List For 2011

by · January 1, 2011

I’ve found that if I tell people what I want to do publicly, I’m somewhat more vested in making it happen. So here’s my list for this year:

I want to …

  • Refine my focus
  • Elevate my game
  • Stop saying “yes” more often than I say, “I’m sorry, no.”
  • Ignore the uninformed critics and solicit feedback from the other kind
  • Continue connecting people who should work together
  • Make my clients inordinately happy
  • Take better care of me
  • Never again allow someone to take me away from my children without paying for it
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