Online ad firm uSocial is selling Facebook friends, Twitter followers and more. Basically, you pay them money and they’ll make you APPEAR to be big on the internet. However, I really have a problem with this whole business plan. As numerous people have said many times before, social media is [...]

Twitter is truly revolutionizing how we get our news. Everything is easy and in real time. We don’t have to rely on individual news articles that sometimes lack the very specific details. By following something such as a trial via Twitter, we are able to easily receive every little detail [...]

As PR pros, we know that perception is EVERYTHING! If the public thinks your company is bad, guess what? It is. You can spend millions and millions of dollars on marketing, but if your customer service sucks…you’re just wasting your money! And when your customers aren’t happy [...]

While doing my routine Monday morning blog catchup, I noticed an article via Mashable about Twitter’s turn toward entertainment over news, tech, etc. The post struck me because as an avid twitter user, I just don’t feel like Twitter is predominately entertainment-based. Yes, I tweet when I like a movie and I’ve seen those I follow do the same. However [...]

@PRSarahEvans has released the voting for the Top 50 Tweeple contest…and I’m on the list…along with a lot of my other fave tweeps! So go vote! And if you happen to feel that I add a little something to your network, vote for me! Think of this as the “people’s choice” of Twitter. If someone just joined [...]

Have you seen District 9 yet? I haven’t…but I’m planning on it because of all the rave reviews I’ve seen on Twitter. The funny thing is, I actually DIDN’T want to see the movie when previews started. It just looked a little too weird for my liking. However, seeing all my trusted tweeps tweeting about how [...]

If you live in Knoxville or plan to visit the area on Thursday, September 10, I encourage you all to check out Knoxville Twestival! It’s only $25 to attend and it’s sure to be a good time! PLUS, all ticket sales will be donated to the Salvation Army of Knoxville [...]

Clearly, venting via Twitter is useful! But how much is too much? I’m obviously using my Twitter account both personally AND professionally, so does it make me look back to complain? In my opinion, no! Just because I work at a marketing firm doesn’t mean I can’t act like a consumer too! HOWEVER, the venting needs to be done professionally [...]

If Twitter charged a fee to its users: would you pay? Let’s think about it. Twitter currently has about 20 million users, we’ll say 40% of which are truly active. So that’s 8 million. If only half of these active users (4 million) were willing to pay a mere $5 a month, Twitter would make $20 million a month from these fees. But would people be willing to pay? [...]

As many of you know, I’m heavily involved with the first annual Knoxville Twestival on September 10, 2009. So far, we’ve gotten a lot of great charity submissions, but we’re still taking more (until Friday, August 7 at 11:59pm)…so please get yours in if you’re interested in being the beneficiary charity of this big event! [...]