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WOULDN’T IT BE NICE TO KNOW EVERYTHING?

Posted by David Sher in Big media, Internet, Social Media, TwitterDec 13th, 2010 | 3 Comments
Play this 2 minute podcast My partner, Phyllis Neill, & I are from different generations.  There’s about a twenty-five year difference in age.  She would probably want me to tell you I’m the older one. The first thing I do when I get up in the morning is run outside & grab the newspaper.  I read the newspaper from front to back so I don’t miss a thing.  At the end of the day, I turn on the TV & watch the 5:30 national news on one of the traditional TV networks.  At 10:00, I often watch the local news. Phyllis never reads the newspaper.  And she doesn’t watch TV news. ...
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I’M SICK OF HEARING ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA PRIVACY

Posted by David Sher in Facebook, Google, Internet, LinkedIn, Social Media, TwitterNov 22nd, 2010 | 1 Comment
Play this 2 minute podcast I will gag if I see another media story about protecting your privacy on Social Media.  The media is always screaming, “Be careful of your connections on the Internet.” About a hundred people a day get killed in automobile accidents in the U.S.  However, I don’t hear the media suggesting you shouldn’t travel by car. Here’s an e-mail I received from a Facebook friend who before hooking up on Facebook I had never met.  “We’ve recently been asked to handle social media training/coaching for a few clients & we are so busy with  our brand marketing and...
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SOCIAL MEDIA–I FINALLY GET IT

Posted by David Sher in Facebook, Internet, Social MediaSep 20th, 2010 | 4 Comments
Play this 2 minute podcast   A good business friend stopped me before the meeting.  He knows I’m heavily involved in social media & he couldn’t wait to tell me he wasn’t going to get sucked in. He said when CB’s were the big thing and everyone had a “handle,” he cleverly avoided that nonsense because he knew it was just a fad.  Well, he has totally underestimated social media.  Not only is social media here to stay, it is a game changer. I contend that the creation of the computer & the Internet is right up there with the discovery of the wheel, the invention of the printing...
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SOCIAL MEDIA–YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BE FOUND

Posted by David Sher in Blogs, Facebook, Google, Internet, LinkedIn, Podcast, Social Media, TwitterMay 31st, 2010 | No Comments
Play this 2 minute podcast    Whenever I present to a group, I ask, “If you were to meet a person you didn’t know, how would you check her out?”  The response is always the same, “I would Google them.” It’s said, you only have one chance to make a first impression.  The first information anyone sees about you are the first few entries on Google. This really got my attention when I was training a successful CEO on social media.  He said, “I’m kind of a private person & I really don’t want everyone to know my business.”  However, when I Googled his name & company,...
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ARE FACEBOOK AND THE INTERNET GOOD OR BAD?

Posted by David Sher in Facebook, Internet, Social Media, Traditional NetworkingJan 25th, 2010 | No Comments
Play this two minute podcast   She grimaced when she warned me of the risks of teenage girls being on Facebook.  I was attending a birthday party for my three year old grandson, Eric, in Atlanta.  The woman, who works with abused children, is a friend of my son.  She explained that older men get on Facebook, prepare a bogus profile pretending to be a teenage boy… gain the girl’s trust and make arrangements to meet…putting the girl at risk.  I guess this is what we see on Dateline NBC’s To Catch a Predator.  She said she would never allow her children on Facebook. A few minutes earlier...
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