a day in norfolk

Oct

2

2012

from my Flicr set. A few of the photos were enhanced with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
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photography

a day at the beach

Sep

26

2012

From my Flickr photos
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photography

less than 1%

Sep

26

2012

Social Media Influences Less Than 1% of Online Purchases  - that’s the interesting headline I found in a story from Forrester Research Inc.. What does it mean? Is social media a flash in the pan? Not hardly. Yesterday I had lunch with my good friend Karen Eagle. We talked about social media at length prompted ...
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Internet Marketing

Practice What You Preach

Apr

30

2012

I am involved with a number of professional projects concurrently… and a pretty wide array of client types … everything from a local church to a family medical practice. Part of what I do for my clients is social media management – and part of what I neglect for my own self is … you ...
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Personal

online communities

Jan

17

2012

A friend of mine was talking about “online communities” in an email this week – he was quoting from a Webinar in which he heard two top professionals say “Oh god, not one more online community”! My 2 cents is that most “online communities” fall under the category of some group or another reaching for ...
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Internet Marketing

Merry Christmas

Dec

21

2011

I know Scott Rigell professionally from doing business with him well before he entered politics – and my girlfriend worked for Scott for years and knows him quite well. I can tell you in business and in his public life he is a “genuine” person – and by “genuine” I mean he is not pathologically ...
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Political

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Dec

10

2011

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas and some kids need your help. . . My friend and client Joe Cipriano did a noble thing this Christmas Season… he and 30 other of the nation’s top voice over artists got together to create a unique reading of the traditional Christmas Poem ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. Calling ...
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Personal

Google Still Gaining Market Share

Oct

17

2011

Unlike most other technologies introduced in the past 20 years it seems that Google wants to defy the Diffusion of Innovations adoption curve. The What? It’s the theorem by Everett Rogers that says any idea or technology is accepted slowly at first, then takes off for a while, and finally is slowly adopted by the ...
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Internet

Big Brother

Oct

13

2011

I have an Attorney client who was rightfully disturbed by the news of a case before the Virginia State Bar regarding Richmond Lawyer Horace Hunter. Basically the Bar is arguing a complaint that Hunters writing on the firm website blog constitutes advertising and should be accompanied by some sort of disclaimer identifying it as such. ...
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Political

The Art of Networking

Sep

2

2011

A business associate of mine sent this excellent piece he had written on the Art of Networking. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. The Art of NetworkingBill Boyer In today’s business world there are many ways that companies can market their products and services.  Almost daily there are new techniques using ...
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Networking