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FACEBOOK: MARK ZUCKERBERG OR JOSEPH GOEBBELS

 Facebook Is Not The New Fuhrer     After the NY Times and Wall Street Journal reported Facebook manipulated users’ emotions, those emotions hit the fan.   Like a good salesman, Facebook asks a few questions then sits back and listens.   What do we do? We let it all out. Where do we live? […]

3 WAYS TO USE A BLOG POST ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS

You’ve heard about blogs? Bloggers? Blogging? If you own a business and don’t promote it in social media, current thought says you need to start. SEO people say start with them. Web design professionals say don’t forget about us. If you’ve done that, and are happy with the results, you’re caught up. If not, you […]

BOOMERS, THE FAIL GENERATION?

Deborah Bial Says Yes And She Should Know. Deborah who? Ms Bial is the founder and president of the Posse Foundation. With her help, thousands of urban kids have found their way to higher education. It’s a big deal. Kids with little chance to weave their way through the rigors of applying, acceptance, and actual […]

HOW TO CRAFT THE WRONG BOOMER MESSAGE

The Right Way: Paint A Picture And Put Yourself In It. Good bloggers, like good business people and good artists, always look for the edge. You never know if you’re about to fall off until you know where the edge is, so seeking it out is part of the deal. Bloggers look for trending topics. […]

MILLENNIALS FIGHT A STEREOTYPE

Children Of Boomers Deserve Better (which might be the problem.) Baby boomers, Gen-Xers, and Millennials heard the same gripe from their elders. “I don’t know what’s wrong with this younger generation.” “If this is the best this country has to offer, we’re going to hell in a hand basket.” “Can anyone get through to these […]

Dear Facebook, Huffington Post Wants Your Action

From news.discovery.com: “Now that Facebook has gone public and is struggling to get a steady valuation, the company is looking to find new ways to make its money and prove its worth to investors. One option Facebook is exploring is enhancing ad sales by more effective targeting of increasingly specific demographic groups, using location data […]

Ben, It’s Me, Dave

Searching For Ben Affleck Have you heard the story about the blogger and the movie star? The blogger, an aging Baby Boomer, gets a man-crush on Ben Affleck after seeing Argo. He writes a few posts about Ben, how much he loved Argo’s movie inside a movie idea, and how shocking the story unfolded with […]