Monthly Archives April 2008

Social Media Consultation- It’s an Issue of Credibility

Tom from TomsTechBlog wrote a piece today about the backlash against social media consultants and “social media experts.” I originally started writing this piece as a comment in response to his post but I decided to make a full post out of it.
The basic issue is that the advice handed out by most “social media [...]

OS X vs. Vista – Results

First, let me apologize for the delay in posting – it’s finals week here at Vanderbilt and I’ve also had a lot of graduation stuff to attend to, but now for the business at hand: the results from my OS X vs. Vista experiment, which I blogged a little bit about on Sunday.
Where We Left [...]

Do Apple’s Fanatic Fans Deter Sales?

This is an article that I’ve wanted to write for a long time, because I want to know if I’m the only person out there who feels this way.
Today I read an article from Computerworld called “Five Reasons Why Vista Beats OS X;” the article made a pathetically weak case for Vista and incited the [...]

Is Shameless Self-Promotion Using Social Networks Acceptable?

A few weeks ago I received a friend request on StumbleUpon from a dude named Andy MacDonald who runs an SEO/Meta-Blog called Swift Media UK.
The day after I accepted his friend request I received a Stumble from Andy, asking me to read over one of his new blog articles about “engaging your readers” or something. [...]