So Google+ turns a year old. 17 interesting things you should know. So after a short writing hiatus due to moving, work, and life I figure it’s appropriate to break my fast by writing about a subject very near and dear to my heart – Google+. As I sit here and write this on the eve of Google+’s FIRST BIRTHDAY, I am overwhelmed by lots of … [Read more...]
Social Advertising: Pay for Your Facebook Page? Google Places Moves into Google+
So some pretty interesting things happened this week in terms of social media, user experience and advertising. After taking much of this activity in, I’ve made some realizations. I was reading a very thought provoking post by David Berkowitz where he asks the question, “Is Social Advertising Broken?”. I’ve thought for some time that Facebook in … [Read more...]
Google+ Gets a New Look: The Good, The Bad, and The Whitespace
So yesterday morning, Google started rolling out the new redesign of Google+. I’m not going to say it’s better and I’m not going to say it’s worse. I’m just going to say it’s different. There were almost immediately complaints like with all changes to a social network. I’m still hearing how much people hate the Facebook timeline and how the new … [Read more...]
The Skinny on the New Google+ Pages
So Google finally released the ability for Google Plus users to create business pages from their Google Plus profile. This is ours BTW. :-) No more “your name is not compliant” messages or threats to deactivate your profile for lack of nomenclature compliance. A nice feature is that you can simply switch your profile to that of the page and back … [Read more...]
Unauthorized Observations from the 2011 Pivot Conference (#PivotCon) in New York City this week
This week I had the privilege of attending the 2011 Pivot Conference. The whole experience was very positive and I am really glad I went. This year’s focus was the rise of the social consumer. As you may know, the Millennials and Gen Y now make up a significant percentage of the marketplace and an even larger percentage of the digital space. These … [Read more...]