Don’t trust anyone who says they’ll reveal the “secrets of social media.&# There are no secrets of social media. As someone who has seen the bubble of the early web and new media business burst, I’m feeling a sense of deja vu. The 5 C’s of the Web and Social Media. MORE >>

They also monitored the social media activity of employees at many companies in the US, and ranked them according to overall activity. Their NetProspex Social Index (NPSI) was used to score and rank social network activity across a number of social networks, including Twitter, Linkedin, and Facebook. MORE >>

This afternoon I’m spending a half hour on a Skype video conversation to share a bit of how I use social media. figured it would be good to exercise my memory a bit and unearth some of the key stories that led me to to my social media use today, and perhaps surface some of my patterns. Social media enables this. MORE >>

Tomorrow morning I am giving a keynote to the managers of a national shopping center group about the power of social media in retail, focused on fashion. The Power of Social Media in Retail. Social Media Strategy : A run through our well-known Social Media Strategy Framework in the context of fashion. MORE >>

Just the other day, someone told me that they are afraid of social media. They have have a website for their business, but don’t have a Facebook account, a Twitter account, or even a LinkedIn account. Social media is not rocket science. Start with a search on Amazon for “social media.&# MORE >>