July 2010
2 posts
April 2010
2 posts
March 2010
5 posts
My Perfect Tablet
With Mashable reporting that we could see upwards of 50 different Tablets being released this year I thought it might be good to tell these companies what the “perfect” Tablet would be, in my eyes. I think that Apple missed the target a bit, which could be blamed on too much hype or just high expectations based on their past products. Either way I think we all agree that the iPad is already...
Use Twitter To Find a Job- Or Anything Else For...
As I mentioned in an earlier post, when I was at JobCamp there were all sorts of questions on how to use Twitter for a job search. Unfortunately, I had lost my voice and it was difficult for me to talk but this gave my business partner, Jeanette and opportunity to perfect her “Twitter Advanced Search Spiel”. It was so good that I thought it was blog worthy. Since she had it perfected I...
Milwaukee JobCamp- A Very Cool Concept
Last week I had the opportunity to work with the fine people over at Milwaukee JobCamp, if you don’t know who they are you should check them out at www.milwaukeejobcamp.org and follow them on Twitter @JobCamp. Basically, what they do is host free daylong events that focus on helping people with their job search and/or career. The first JobCamp was held in March of 2009 and had about 500...
February 2010
7 posts
Internet Stalking Made Even Easier with Xobni
Internet stalking is so easy to do these days. I have to admit, I truly enjoy researching people and finding out pieces of information before I meet them face to face. I feel that I get to understand them a little better ahead of time and then I can use that information while we meet.
To that end, one vital piece of software for me is called Xobni (inbox backwards). Basically, you download...
Geo Fencing & Virtual Perimeters? Ladies, Let's...
Picture yourself walking through Manhattan when your phone beeps at you, you have just received a text message from one of your favorite stores alerting you that not only are they having a sale but you are within a couple of blocks of one of their locations. Cool? I think so. More and more retailers are looking into this geolocation based advertising. This is how it works -a “geo fence” (a...
Great News! Your Dog Can Tweet For Real! (Note...
If you know me at all you know that I am a big fan of Twiiter. Over the past year I have use Twitter mostly for business and have a great return on my investment (that investment is in the form of time + a small amount of money). I am aware that people use Twitter for all sorts of reasons, some are on for business, others for pleasure. Some use it to stay in touch with friends while others...
An Iphone App that I Wouldn’t Want To Live...
I see all these articles on the new Iphone apps and they are for the most part, very great. But there is one app that doesn’t seem to get much attention and every time I mention it to Iphone users or potential Iphone users they are shocked to hear about it.
The Kindle software from Amazon is s free app and allows you to use your Iphone or Itouch just as you would use a Kindle. With Kindle...
IPhone App Turns Woman into Super Mom!
For the most part, I am a good mom. I make a special lunch for my kids to take to school every day, I am there to tuck them in at night, I do endless hours of crafts with my daughter and I know EVERYTHING about Star Wars for my son. That being said, I am that mom at every function that did not bring the camera or video camera. I fail big time, every time, to record anything that may be...
Google Buzz is killing my Twitter Buzz.
I have spent the last few days playing around with Google Buzz, on and off, in between work and Twitter. I have watched the videos, read the reviews and conferred with others who are using that service as well as Twitter, Facebook, Yelp, Foursquare and any other social media avenue. Now I am prepared to say that Google Buzz is killing my Twitter buzz and not in a good way. Like Google Wave, I...
New Yorker Journalist “Afraid of Twitter because...
In a recent article titled Stop the World Posted by George Packer of The New Yoker the author goes on a rather long winded rant about his fear of Twitter, going as far as comparing it to crack and stating that he won’t even considering using the service for fear that he’ll let his child go hungry while he feeds his addiction.
Dear Mr. Packer, I will kindly thank you to stay far, far away from...
April 2009
1 post
If Necessity is the Mother of Invention Then...
I’ll say it again, if necessity is the mother of invention then expectation is the mother of satisfaction, and the success of my business is completely dependant upon how satisfied my client is with their end product.
How often have you gotten annoyed, frustrated, or even livid because a product or service wasn’t as advertised (the “as seen on tv” syndrome), or wasn’t...
March 2009
8 posts
Best Tweet Contest Winner Announced!
Well Milwaukee, you hit us with your best tweet and we have a winner! Some of the tweets came in via DM and broke some of the rules (you know who you are!), and while those were very funny, they had to be disqualified! The decision was unanimous and I am happy to announce that juergen_talks (Juergen Schreck) is the winner of the Best Tweet contest and the 2 tickets to the Bucks game! The winning...
A Beautiful Mind and a Hot Blonde, What Does This...
Years ago I saw the movie “A Beautiful Mind” there is one scene in particular that has always stuck with me, the bar scene where the boys are all trying to pick up a girl. There is this hot little blonde number with some of her girlfriends and all the guys want a shot at her. They decide that they’ll all have a go and may the “best man win”. To back up their...
#besttweet - Hit Me With Your Best Tweet Contest
Corporate Identity Solutions and the Milwaukee Bucks are teaming up for a two day TweetUp! As most of you know, the April 7th TweetUp will be held at The Iron Horse Hotel for business and Twitter networking and the next night you can join us for socializing and basketball at The Bradley Center with your Milwaukee Bucks! Corporate Identity Solutions has a set of free tickets for the April...
Small Businesses at the Milwaukee TweetUp to Cure...
Everywhere you go all you hear is how bad the economy is and how it is going to get worse. It’s all doom and gloom out there and quite frankly, I am sick of it. Everyone is sitting around talking about how bad things are, I want to talk to the people who are doing something about it (and I am not talking about the government) I am talking about small business owners. These are the people who...
If you don't love it, you just don't understand...
This week has been filled with meetings. Typically I would tell you that I hate meetings, I am a computer geek and feel most comfortable sitting by my computer communicating through email, test messages, Facebook, and Twitter but this week has been different. I have been meeting with people from the Milwaukee Twitter community and we have been discussing the power of social networking and this...
How I maintain my Twitter high and my business.
I have to say that I love Twitter and the other social platforms as well, but Twitter and Facebook especially. Probably because I am used to them or maybe because they seem to cater to my specific needs. When I first started on Twitter it felt like a high, a constant stream of information on topics of my choosing being sent to me every minute. I was high on the Twitter information stream, reading...
Milwaukee Area TweetUp
Hello all, Jeanette and I have been very busy in our geek world but let me remind you that very cool things occur when geeks get busy, one of those thing is Facebook.
As most of you know, Jeanette and I have been working through our little social marketing experiment which has lead us to Twitter.com which has open our eyes to a massive world of new information. We have quickly expanded our...
Biz v personal Tweet-what is appropriate? Please...
My business partner Jeanette and I have been working on this whole social networking project and we have been discussing what is and isn’t an appropriate statement (i.e. tweet or status update) for a business person to make and if the definition of “appropriate” changes based on the type of business.
We both have Facebook accounts that are personal as well as a business...
February 2009
4 posts
10 Years in the Business Total Advertising Cost -...
I’ve always said that I love Milwaukee, everyone knows everyone. It’s a small town with big city extras. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve walked into a business meeting with someone I’ve never met just to find out that they went to high school with or lived next door to a client/colleague of mine. It is interesting how there is an immediate trust associated with...
To Flash or Not to Flash - That is the question!
My company has been in business for 10 years and I’ve been designing websites for a lot longer than that. I have seen the technology progress in an amazing way. We went from text heavy sites with big “buttons” for links to text links that are graphic heavy. It’s been a very cool thing to be a part of and I think the evolution of Flash has been an incredibly important part...
Day 2!
Welcome to day 2 of operation self promotion for the better good of the small business! We are still working on getting the word out to people and on getting all of our pages set up at our various sites. The cool thing is that you all can watch as we pull it all together. The hope here is for CIS to become so completely versed in this process that we can then turn around and do the same for any of...
Just a bit
Well my business partner Jeanette and I are working on a lot of things but I wanted to make something clear about what we do. We are not just another website development company and while we can do all the fancy and flashy work that most companies can do we don’t promote that. What we are here to promote is a website that is right for each client. Sometimes that means flashy and fancy but...