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Lessons from My Father: The Best Career Advice a Father Gave a Son
My earliest introduction to the business world was through my dad. Ever since I was a little kid, I remember being fascinated by the oddest things that were part of my dad’s life (and surely things that he either didn’t pay mind to or despised). Trade shows seemed like a blast, traveling and sleeping at […]
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Instagram’s Image Problem
Update 2: Instagram has published a new blog post promising that Instagram will not claim ownership of your photos, and hoping to bring some clarity to the new rules of agreement. It’s unclear whether or not the original terms of agreement’s confusion stemmed from corporate lawyer-speak, or that Instagram couldn’t effectively communicate the changes, but […]
Keeping Your Online Image Clean
My generation is in a unique situation: We’re the first generation to have grown up alongside the Internet. Even though the Internet went public in 1995 (when many of us were kids), we can still vaguely remember a time before it’s existence. One would think that this perspective would only be beneficial- we’re familiar and […]
The Power of Help
Being the first generation of kids to grow up with the Internet, I view connecting with people in a different way than my parents. I remember meeting new people in AOL Instant Messenger, Napster, or Myspace in middle school ( to this day, I’m good friends with some people who I originally met as a stranger […]
Whoo-hoo! I’ve graduated!! ….Now what?
First off, I apologize for the lack of updates lately. Life’s been a little chaotic with working full time and wrapping up my final semester in school. Thankfully, I can officially say “my final semester in school”. Two weeks ago, I woke up very early on a Saturday morning, drug myself to a huge arena, alternated standing […]
“…Don’t Take it Personally, and Have Some Wine!”
“…just shake it off, don’t take it personally, and have some wine!” That was the tip given to me by a social media manager, and long time friend, Tiffany. A few hours earlier, Tiffany had encountered her first major social media crisis, and I naturally couldn’t help but quiz her on it after it was […]
What Should Skittles Do: The Case of Unwanted Free PR
Unless you’ve been completely disconnected from the news for the last few weeks, there’s no escaping the news about Trayvon Martin. As tensions flare and the story is pieced together, two companies have had their name attached to the tragedy: Skittles and Arizona Ice Tea. Even the earliest news articles had mentioned that Trayvon was walking back home […]
Social Media Predictions for 2012
We’re only two months in, and already it’s been an exciting year for social media. Facebook’s IPO, the popularity explosion of Pinterest, and Google+’s integration into every Google search- it’s been an exciting few months, and things are only going to get more wild. While predictions are always hard to make, I truly feel that the following […]
Welcome to A Brave New World…
Five years ago we didn’t have smartphones. Seven years ago we didn’t have Youtube. Nine years ago we didn’t have Facebook. Twenty years ago, no one used the internet to reach out to consumers. Every year, our society moves at an accelerated rate towards connectivity. The old ways of doing business and interacting with customers are […]
A Brave New World 