by James Ball | Jan 4, 2010 | Advice, Community, Facebook, Listening, Marketing, Networking, Social Media, Twitter
Check in over the next 5 days as I address some common concerns that small businesses have about participation and engagement in social media. “Can I get by without social media?” “Is it really as easy as I’ve been led to believe?” “Can it save my business?”...
by James Ball | Jan 1, 2010 | Advice, Social Media, Uncategorized
…so I’m not including a version of this song that uses them. Auld Lang Syne – “old long since”, and perhaps even more appropriately – “days gone by”. For the first time in my life, I actually looked up the definition. So many things I...
by James Ball | Dec 31, 2009 | Uncategorized
Not that you’ll be out looking for them, but I put up the picture just in case you had an urge to see some pretty red and blue lights tonight! I hope you all have an awesome and safe evening! In the words of my favorite uncle to me as a wilder younger soul: “Have...
by James Ball | Dec 30, 2009 | Blogging, Commenting, Community, Networking, Resources, Social Media
If you blog, then you know how wonderful it is to have engaged readers who frequently comment on your thoughts and ideas. You may not own a blog, but are instead the type of person who leaves comments on the blogs of others. Either way, the chances are that you...
by James Ball | Dec 28, 2009 | Case Studies, Community, Listening, Marketing, Networking, Resources, Social Media, Strategy
It all started yesterday with this tweet from my friend Carol Flammer: At this exact same moment, I overheard a LEGO® commercial that my daughter was watching say something about “social skills”. This started me thinking about ways to best explain certain aspects of...