by Weave | 8 Oct 2016 | Articles, Professional
“Why the hell do we need Internet email?” my CFO asked me, incredulously. “We have perfectly good voicemail and fax systems!” The year was 1994, and a top sales exec at Procter & Gamble was asking our agency about “this World Wide Web...
by Weave | 27 Feb 2012 | Articles, Featured Articles, Personal, Professional
The question is, can we have our online social connections and enough privacy control to safeguard our identities? Highlights: This problem is far, far worse than you might think Identity theft is on the rise – and social data is powering that rise Your face +...
by Weave | 21 Sep 2009 | Articles, Professional
Reason #1: EVERYONE IS DOING IT. A cursory overview of Mashable or any social-media-related LinkedIn group will reveal the sad truth: so many people are doing Top 10 This or Top 15 That that it’s become absolutely pervasive and downright boring. What happened to...
by Weave | 25 Apr 2009 | Articles, Professional
Ashton Kutcher. Britney Spears. Michael Phelps. Rachel Maddow. Celebrities of all stripes are jumping on Twitter, and by extension, social media. Yet many are using it as a means to talk at their audiences. In doing so, they ignore the power of the medium. You—and...
by Weave | 11 Mar 2009 | Articles, Featured Articles, Professional
Expert. Guru. Genius. As jobs dry up and self-promotional tools proliferate, more and more people are rebranding themselves as Social Media Gurus. What you should watch out for, and why. (EDITOR’S NOTE: You may say to yourself, “Self, isn’t this...
by Weave | 16 Nov 2007 | Articles, Professional
Social media marketing. Should your brand be involved? Why your brand can’t afford to be a social media wallflower…and why your marketing must go social. When you spend most of your time immersed in the Social Media/Social Networking “scene”,...