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Toyota has a Public Relations Issue - time to crank the social media response machine

Disclaimer: I am the proud owner of a leased 2010 RAV4 and am not writing this in a bid to salvage resale value.
Recent News for Toyota has not been good. Their upscale brand Lexus had an issue with the gas pedal being constrained and leading to the deaths of a family in California. It was a tragedy with the [...]

Serve Me Some Yelp!

For those of you who have not noticed, the recession has had an impact on the restaurant industry. Filling those seats with paying customers is the mission of every small, medium and large eatery hoping to survive through this economic downturn. What some restaurants, and many other small businesses are noticing,  is that people are [...]

Gary’s Social Media Count and Fundraising

Making a pretty strong case for paying attention to user uptake among Facebook, Twiiter, blogs, iPhone applications, and other user applications, Gary Hayes has created a flash application that displays some pretty compelling data as well as some interesting lack of usage as well. Facebook “Cause” giving had many non-profit organizations licking their chops over what could have been [...]

I know Someone Who Quit Facebook!

It’s True. While Facebook has over 300 million active users and growing and trends indicating that the world is migrating to this online social media metropolis, there may be change in the air. Facebook is really popular with an average user having 130 friends and their lives injected into the daily routine of reading, writing, [...]

Facebook users explained

I read an article yesterday that identified the 12 most annoying types of Facebook users. Sure enough, I think I live in at least one of the personas they identified (and mocked) but I also believe that the user types they identified are exactly the reason I like/love Facebook.  And while I have sometimes found [...]