THINKing

Are You Thankful?

Are you thankful? What are you thankful for? On this day before Thanksgiving – my favorite holiday – I wanted to take the opportunity to give you my “thankful list”.

As you might imagine, there are the usual suspects: my health, my wife, my kids, my grandchildren, a long list of very good friends, my clients, and the freedom we have in this country.

Blogging Lesson 1 – Blogs Are Here To Stay

5 Lessons From the Blogosphere – Lesson 1

When I started blogging in 2005, I thought that it might just be a fad. Boy, was I wrong.

Nielsen says that blogs and social networks now claim the lion’s share of the consumer’s time online.

Tweeta20 – A Non-Profit Social Media Pilot Project

On Tuesday, May 11, nine Charlotte social media folks and I will spend an hour trying to raise money for Thompson Child & Family Focus, an organization that has spent nearly 125 years providing education, treatment and support for children traumatized by sexual abuse, domestic violence or rampant neglect.

Listen Up

Last week digital colleague Jay Ehret asked me to participate in his weekly Marketers  Roundtable podcast along with Bill Schley and Denise Lee Yohn.  We batted around integration, messaging in social media, brand leverage and listening to customers. So, give us a listen here. 

Seven Things Most People Don’t Know About Me

Scott Hepburn tagged me to play along on this meme, so here goes. I’ve participated once before in eight things people don’t know about me, so I’m repeating that post. See the end of the post for those I tagged.

#1. I’m probably too old to blog.

No Hanging Chads

Hey, THINKers. I need your vote, if you like this blog.

THINKing is in the running for best marketing blog in the Blogger’s Choice Awards. We were leading, but now are #2. This contest requires registration to ensure that the blogger is not voting multiple times. So, I’d really appreciate your effort and support.  Thanks.

Social Media Best Practices

The OnlineMarketerBlog threw out the challenge for us to discuss our social media best practice. The blog’s author, DJ Francis, called me “impressively tenacious”. That’s politically correct for cranky, I think! Anyway, here goes.

Connections Revisited

I asked what social networks you are a part of and several of you have waded in. Let’s see what’s working for our readers:

Ashleigh Hunter of Bank of America wrote:

Wealthy Wake Up To Social Networks

It was only a matter of time until the Facebooks and the MySpaces were invaded by older, wealthier people, as pointed out today by eMarketer. See graph below.

Die Damn You, Part Deux

Today’s dinosaur that needs to die is ad agencies. OK, I know I am biased on this subject since it is my sworn duty to become the creative resource for all Fortune 1000 corporations, displacing their agencies. But let’s forget about that tiny detail for a moment, shall we?