Tag Archive: Internet

How to Become as Rich and Powerful as Lady Gaga (Well almost)

Lady Gaga

Forbes Magazine recently released its list of the most influential celebrities.  Lady Gaga came in first.  Her 36 million Facebook Fans and 10.5 million Twitter Followers catapulted her to the top.  She earned $90 million last year. Ashton Kutcher is replacing Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men.  His seven million Twitter Followers obviously…

You’ve Lost Control Of Your Brand

You can no longer control your brand. There once was a time when you could create an image for your business. You could buy advertising with traditional media to tell people how great you are.  You could force your ad on the public & they couldn’t avoid it or respond. Now with traditional forms of…

How Big Is Facebook?

When our children were babies, I’d play a game with them where I would hold my hands together over their bodies & say, How big is baby?, “ then I would open my arms as wide as possible & say, “SOOOO Big.” Of course, they weren’t really that big, but we’re going to talk about…

Social Media–I Finally Get It

A good business friend stopped me before the meeting.  He knows I’m heavily involved in social media & he couldn’t wait to tell me he wasn’t going to get sucked in. He said when CB’s were the big thing and everyone had a “handle,” he cleverly avoided that nonsense because he knew it was just…

Social Media–Your Only Chance To Be Found

Whenever I present to a group, I ask, “If you were to meet a person you didn’t know, how would you check her out?”  The response is always the same, “I would Google them.” It’s said, you only have one chance to make a first impression.  The first information anyone sees about you are the…

Are Facebook And The Internet Good Or Bad?

She grimaced when she warned me of the risks of teenage girls being on Facebook.  I was attending a birthday party for my three year old grandson, Eric, in Atlanta.  The woman, who works with abused children, is a friend of my son.  She explained that older men get on Facebook, prepare a bogus profile…