Beware the Social Media Guru

Guru. Expert. Pioneer. There’s a surge of people who want to make a Twitter obsession their new job. But they’re not marketers, they haven’t built anything substantial, or they’re pushing one-trick ponies. Don’t fall for the hype. Here are six filters with which to examine would-be gurus.

Web 2.0 names that hurt

The rash of vowel-less product and website names just plain hurts from its lack of imagination.