Angela Crocker: Tech Early Adopter, Social Media Coach at Beachcomber Communications

Angela Crocker was an early adopter for many technologies including UNIX-based ELM email in 1990, the Palm Pilot while still owned by US Robotics, and BBS or bulletin board systems. Over the last twenty years, she has worked extensively in communications, marketing, networking, corporate sponsorship, and teaching. Through her work she has been exposed to [...]

YouTube Video Promoting Microsoft
Windows 7 Launch Parties

If you’re the world’s largest software maker and an econmic bellweather for the nation, is there a wrong way to use YouTube to promote a product launch? It would seem that Microsoft, or one of its many ad agencies, has crafted several not-so-spontaneous videos to promote Windows 7 operating system “launch parties”.
One of these videos [...]

Social Media Expert Badge Now Available from SEOmoz

Let there be no doubt. You can display a Social Media Expert badge on your website or blog. The crew at SEOmoz have made it easy.
It looks like SEOmoz is giving away the badge so that you will link to their Social Media Marketing Guide, Directory and Resources page. Good idea! They leave it to [...]

Dynamic Spheres of Social Media Marketing

If this is how you see Social Media Marketing, you are not alone. Is there more to it than this? Absolutely, but sometimes it’s difficult to distinguish the hype from the “actionable insights” from the useful information.

What does a puppy wearing a crown have to do with social media?

Looking for a social media guru? Many of us are. And there seem to be just as many folks who claim to fit the bill: calling themselves “social media guru” right there on their LinkedIn profile, or “social media expert”, or “social media maven”. Some social media gurus even specialize in one service or another, [...]