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Earlier this week, I was invited to speak at Jeff Pulver’s Social Communications Summit #SocComm. It was one of the most fascinating events I have ever attended. First, there were a group of extraordinary speakers including: @garyvee, @jeffjarvis, @kenbot and @chrisbrogan. But, as extraordinary as the speakers were, the attendees were more so. Everyone I Continue Reading →

Excerpted from my upcoming book Get Digital: Reinventing Yourself and Your Career for the 21st Century Economy (2009, Lake House Press) Feeding near real time news to the public has been around since the American Telegraph Company invented the first stock ticker. The device, which fed stock quotes over long distances, utilized the wired telegraph Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The House of Representatives defeated the bill to delay the DTV transition. For now the transition will still happen on February 17th, 2009. However, an amended bill could be reintroduced as early as next week. The RIAA may be teaming Continue Reading →

Excerpted from my upcoming book Get Digital: Reinventing Yourself and Your Career for the 21st Century Economy (2009, Lake House Press) We’ve already discussed the power of social networks for promoting your personal brand. However, it is important to never underestimate the potentially disruptive force social networks can wield. All it takes is one picture, Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Looking for the best ways to follow the Inauguration at work? Hulu will offer a live stream of the Inauguration of President Barack Obama, while both CNN and C-Span will offer streams on their websites. Facebook will also log updates Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Auto sales in December were the worst in 15 years, with sales falling 36%. While US manufacturers are hurting, Toyota actually had the worst sales report, with a 37% decline in sales. With Automotive accounting for as much as a Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. General Motors ended its seven year relationship with Tiger Woods yesterday. GM, who is trying to drastically cut costs, ended the contact with the world’s most famous Golfer a year head of schedule. Analysts value Tiger’s contract with GM to be Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Sumner Redstone repeated his promise that he will not sell anymore stock in either CBS or Viacom. Redstone assured investors he has more than enough assets to cover the $1.6 billion debt. Shares in both companies were up on the news, Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Google may back out of its proposed search ads deal with Yahoo. The deal, which has been held up in regulatory scrutiny for months, has faced increasing objections from the DoJ during its negotiations. If the deal doesn’t go down Continue Reading →

Had the pleasure Wednesday of seeing Michael Chin of Kickapps do a (kickass) presentation in my Digital Marketing class at Baruch’s biz school. He demonstrated not only how social media centered around a brand or organization can cultivate enthusiasm (and generally give an indicator of sentiment), but also how much mineable data there is about each participant Continue Reading →