Your Vendors Are Watching You

I read an article today about a blogger who used his blog to vent about a supplier of his that was not meeting his expectations, and another individual who posted negative comments about a company.  In both cases, they were contacted immediately by a customer...

How Much Public Face is Enough?

The Web is an interesting place to spend time. You can simply spend time surfing, shopping, or learning etc.  You can become highly visible or you can be relatively stealth. Regardless of the option you choose for any or all of the social media tools, there is a...

Social Media Personal Due Diligence

Most everyone in business is familiar with the term “due diligence.” Individuals and companies conduct due diligence when determining whether to invest monies into a new venture or going concern, for example. In addition to reviewing the known factors such as current...

The Buzz is About

Buzz  – is an appropriate word to use for us social networkers. What is buzz? Our colleagues at Wikipedia today use the term “hubbub” to describe buzz and Merriam-Webster Online seems to use the applicable terms “murmer,  wisper, go quickly” to...