The Art of Growing Up in Public as @JugnooMe v2.0 is Released

JugnooMe social media dashboard

Tuesday April 17 was a big day for JugnooMe, the social business platform from parent company Jugnoo, as we launched a major update to the platform. Originally launched as a private beta late last year, we’ve come a long way since these early days. A lot of this has been by listening to the feedback… [Continue Reading]

A Special Livefyre Q&A with Erika Napoletano AKA @RedHeadWriting

Erika Napoletano

This coming Thursday, April 12, at 1.00pm Eastern / 12.00 noon Central / 10.00am Pacific / 6.00pm GMT, there’s going to be a special interactive Question and Answer session here on the blog. Using the interactive features of the Livefyre comment system, my special guest will be Erika Napoletano, author of the new book The Power… [Continue Reading]

Woot Woot, JugnooMe is Here – And You’re Invited to the Open Beta!

JugnooMe beta

Back in November, I shared a brief introduction to JugnooMe, the first salvo from the Toronto-based start-up I joined that month. Since then, we’ve been working like crazy loons to bring our product(s) from creation, to private beta, to fixes, changes and more. Yesterday, all that hard work came to fruition as we launched the first release into open beta, with… [Continue Reading]

Something Old, Something New, Something Blue

Salem McKellan Brown

Hey there! So I really wanted to add the Something Borrowed option too, but couldn’t think of anything, so the three in the title will have to do. So… It’s been a little quiet here last week, since Kevin Green’s great guest post about LinkedIn (and if you haven’t read it yet, you’re missing a… [Continue Reading]

How smoyz Helped Kleenex Deliver the Feel Good Factor Online and Offline

Kleenex

For me, the best marketing or advertising success stories are exactly that – real stories. People connect with people, and that’s when the magic happens. Sure, brands and products are important – but if you don’t touch that inner emotion that takes a potential customer from intent to the buying trigger, then you won’t get… [Continue Reading]

A Christmas Video Message

Christmas

I just wanted to say thank you for reading, commenting and making this blog better. While I may write, you make the magic happen in the comments and social conversations elsewhere – and I’m so grateful for that. Here’s to more of the same in 2012 and beyond – let’s continue to grow together. Personally… [Continue Reading]

The Powerful Act of Simplicity

Simple

Take a look at the video at the end of this post. It’s a fan-made homage to the band Dashboard Confessional and their song So Long, So Long. There’s nothing special about it. It’s a simple piece of video, made with Windows Movie Maker then put up on Youtube for the creator’s friends to see. And yet… Its simplicity is… [Continue Reading]

A Lesson In Smelling Roses At The Speed Of Social Media

Lightspeed

This is a guest post by Bruce Aristeo. It was late, and after a long day I stretched out my arms, took a deep breath, and let out a huge sigh. My hands reached out and I began clicking, swiping, and typing as my shoulders curled inward around my chest as if humped over in… [Continue Reading]

Make Yourself An Influencer By Playing The Klout +K Game

klout

A lot of people continue to talk about Klout and whether it’s something to take note of, or simply another tool that’s fun to use but doesn’t offer real value. Personally, I’m in the second camp. Probably because I don’t feel you can measure influence purely by what you do online, and most definitely because… [Continue Reading]

Why The Law on Stalking Needs to Change

Jodi Sanderholm

Jodi’s Voice was set up out of tragedy. It was named after Jodi Sanderholm, who was murdered by a stalker that had been watching her for ten years. Jodi was only 19 when she died – which meant she had been watched by her killer since she was only nine years old. Sadly, this is commonplace… [Continue Reading]