Who Uses Social Networks and What Are They Like? A Warning.

Marketing decisions based on surveys can be dangerous if you don’t dig into the data to ensure that the insights gleaned are relevant. For example, a study by Anderson Analytics which is discussed in a ReadWriteWeb article, says a lot … Continue reading

Financial advisors – what should you do now that the sky has fallen?

If you’re a financial advisor, you’re probably feeling overwhelmed because you’re wondering when the bad news is going to stop.  The media is not helping. There is unprecedented market volatility! Declining consumer confidence, declining property values and declining share prices.  … Continue reading

Using Twitter for Business – some CEOs just aren’t listening.

In the online article  CEOs’ Take on Twitter on BusinessWeek.com, I was surprised to see that many of these “business leaders” were missing the opportunity to learn from their customers and prospective customers. They seem to be using a two-way … Continue reading

Alternatives to Google Alerts

If you don’t know what Google Alerts are, read the post Use Google Alerts to keep tabs on your brand, your competitors and Pamela Anderson. Although not as popular, Yahoo has its own version of Google Alerts called, surprisingly enough, … Continue reading

Cuil or not? Comments on the newest search engine.

A new search engine launched today and I was thrilled to read that it indexes over 120 billion pages or three times more than any other search engine according to their press release.  What other search engine is relevant?  The … Continue reading