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Thinking outside the social media (makeup) box

While shopping the other day a woman handed me a card for a free makeover at the nearby Estee Lauder counter. I was in a hurry and decided not to take advantage of the offer until the word “blog” caught my eye. What’s blogging got to do with a free makeover, I wondered. Then I [...]

Make it easy.

Sure, the Eagles would prefer for you to Take It Easy but, for my money, I’d prefer for you to make it easy–easy for me to find you, that is. Social media provides us with fantastic tools and countless new ways to meet people and make connections. But that’s only if you make it easy for [...]

ActionCampSA: Bringing social media and more to non-profits

My first job out of college was with a non-profit so not only do I have an understanding of what the people go through who are working in the trenches on some of the most difficult (and most rewarding work) out there. I also have a deep and abiding respect for them too. So when [...]

Social conversations are the new case study

The creamy nougat center of social media is social conversations. People love to talk and social media empowers and enables social conversations. If you’re not actively participating in social media, the conversation is about you. If you actively participate, the conversation is with you. By ignoring social conversations, the conversation still exists—you just don’t get [...]

San Antonio Businesses on Twitter

Updated to add: The most current list of San Antonio businesses on Twitter can now be found on my Twitter List.
Lately I’ve come across more and more San Antonio businesses on Twitter. Hooray! It’s great to see San Antonio businesses take advantage of social media tools so they can reach out to the community at [...]

San Antonio River Walk's Museum Reach Expansion

Wow. Words escape me (and the fact that it’s past 1:00 a.m. isn’t helping either), but luckily I have pictures of the San Antonio River’s Museum Reach Expansion preview tour as do many others. We also had tweets, lots and lots of tweets about the Museum Reach of San Antonio’s River Walk Expansion. And, [...]