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Klout Is Getting Interesting
This post originally appeared on Linkedin on 9/25/2014. I’ll admit I haven’t logged into Klout in quite a while. You know what? They sure have pivoted. Once, in my opinion, the most laughable attempt at proving influence in social media, Klout has changed to make itself a content discovery/distribution platform – and it’s quite appealing.…
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Why NFC Coming To iPhone and iOS Is Good
This post originally appeared on Linkedin September 2, 2014. Up until now NFC (Near-Field Communication) was mostly used in the mobile space by non-iOS devices and hasn’t been as widely adopted as many had hoped. With rumors of NFC coming as a feature in the new iPhone 6, we’ll see NFC finally take hold and…
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What Makes An Influencer – Hint It’s Not In The Numbers
This post originally appeared on GoldsteinMedia.com as well as Linkedin on July 29, 2014. I’ve been wrestling with the idea of influence on social media. For a while there, there seemed to be a formula, however flawed, for determining influence. It involved numbers: Your Facebook Likes Your subscriber count on Facebook Your subscriber count on Youtube Your Twitter…
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Why Millenials Can’t Be Ignored And Should Be Allowed To Shine
This post originally appeared on Linkedin on June 14, 2014 I fall into space between the Generation X crowd and the Generation Y or Millennial crowd. Born in 1981, I remember before computers were mainstream. I had a Commadore 64, a 286, a 386, a Pentium. I remember doing Web design on a 56k modem,…
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Top 5 Reasons To Use Your Real Name Online
This post originally appeared on Linkedin on June 12, 2014 Violet Blue posted a rant on ZDNet the other day skewering Google and Google+. Her rant focused mainly on the network’s “Real Name” policy. She was one of the many people who couldn’t use their “Real Name” on the network, because it looked like a…
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A New Era Of Journalism Is Upon Us
This post originally appeared on Linkedin June 4, 2014 I’ve noticed quite a bit of tradition a journalists leaving big media companies for start-ups. This is what will ultimately save journalism. The era of large media conglomerates are done in my opinion. Sites like The Information, The Technologizer and The Intercept are just a few…
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Google+ and Longevity
This post was originally posted on Linkedin on May 31, 2014 Many have prognosticated the end of Google+ with the departure of Vic Gundotra. Others, like myself, have fought this negative viewpoint and feel that Google+ has a long life ahead of it. I’m an avid Google+ user and have been on it from the…
