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A Tweetup is: * A gathering of people who use Twitter * It can be a general geographic Tweetup like a Tweetup of people in Vancouver * It can be a Tweetup for a cause where Twitter friends organize a get together to do something for the community * It can be topical such as a Tweetup for martial artists, cyclists or people who are in the socia Read More

You run your own business. At some point, you want to cut some costs in order to streamline a little your cashflow. With a little bit of attention, you're able to cut 5000$ from your expenses. The real goal is to provide value through your business, not to measure your success by your economies. Read More

We all know the basic buzz words of social media, “Twitter Marketing, Facebook Strategy, Community Building”. The problem with these terms are they allude to an idea that once you build a strategy for these platforms, you'll be able to fully leverage social media. As much as people may disagree with me; I believe that before a company can fully us Read More

Erik Qualman's Social Media Revolution video raises questions with regards to international social media and how different countries will use social media in the future. As the social web brings us closer to each other, will there be a bigger cultural divide on social media in the future? I would love to hear your thoughts, questions and remark Read More

Social media is dozens of different platforms with different types of environments and atmospheres. Now add in the cultural differences in the social media platforms from different countries. Some social media platforms are more appealing to us than others. And others just do not feel right. Read More

For a real international sales advantage, you need to understand your international client at their own level, on their own terms and have an understanding that is deep enough to be meaningful. This means that you need to dig deep to understand the reasons behind any questions that pop up... and put your own cultural filters aside. Read More

In this second post on StumbleUpon over the last two days I wanted to share this great video on how to promote your small business Website with StumbleUpon. In the video, Bob Sommers does a great job of explaining how this particular social bookmarking sites works and even some tips. (Submitting your own sites is bad form so get your friend to do Read More

Stephen Nold lists his top five benefits of social media. I would agree with all of these and add that these benefits result not only from use of big social media and bookmarking sites like StumbleUpon and Digg but also and ESPECIALLY from using niche sites like bizSugar where your chances of being heard and having your submissions ranked highly i Read More

On August 12th, BestBuy, the multinational consumer electronics giant faced a “too good to be true” challenge. In error, they posted a 52 Samsung Digital TV for sale at $9.99 on their website . On the surface, this is a simple story. Yes, a too good to be true story. However, there are several additional currents that should be challenged and inve Read More

I've read a lot of articles lately about using LinkedIn this one is different in that it takes on the topic of specific tools and why to use them. Do you have any favorites to add to the list? Read More