Tag Archive: WeMentor

The curious story of how Buzz12 got its name

david with his mouth open

Phyllis Neill, my partner, & I met in August of 2008 & immediately started talking about a partnership in social media.  Phyllis had a high level marketing position with a national company, but had already started a small one person consulting firm because she had aspirations of being in business for herself.

Social Media Outsourcing–You Do What?

It seems like everywhere I go, people ask, “Now tell me again, what is it you do?” My partner, Phyllis Neill, & I got interested in social media a little more than two years ago and then in August of 2009 we hooked up to start WeMentor Social Media Management. Social media for business is…

It Takes A Big Man To Admit He Made A Mistake

My meeting wasn’t going well.  I was making a presentation to a company about creating and executing a social media strategy.  In the meeting were two young men.  One was the “Internet Manager” and the other was the “Web Master.”  They were responsible for social media in addition to the twenty other jobs they had…

Facebook–Save Big Bucks

My business partner, Phyllis Neill, at WeMentor Social Media Marketing & I were off to visit with John Montgomery at Big Communications.  John & I have become good friends through his community volunteerism. John is a great advertising guy & I wanted Phyllis to meet him.  I had never been to John’s office, so I…

Social Media–It’s All About The People

I stepped into the shower at the YMCA after my morning swim. There was an older gentleman there, probably in his early eighties, who I had seen at the Y from time to time.

Twitter On LinkedIn – A Good Idea Gone Bad

What a great idea.  Now you can automatically post your Tweets to LinkedIn & vice versa.  But this upgrade has made a real mess of viewing status updates on LinkedIn. I get great value from LinkedIn.  I enjoy Facebook & play around with Twitter, but LinkedIn is the one social media platform that helps me…