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Social Email: A New Role for an Old Favorite

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One of the fallacies of the high technology industry is that innovation is a linear progression, in which new technologies completely replace old ones.  That isn’t always the case. A number of smart companies are hosting cloud applications and virtual desktops on … Continue reading

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Secrets of Social Media Revealed — in 1966

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It seems that lately, everybody has been talking about Klout scores, and targeting social media influencers (individuals with large networks) to build awareness for brands. Finding and persuading those with high Klout scores and identifying the influencers has become the … Continue reading

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“Facebook Juror” Faces Jail — Defendent Goes Free

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A couple of months ago, I  wrote that jury duty has a new list of potential pitfalls for social media users.   Seems I overlooked one potential pitfall in that post.  This week, a juror in the U.K. was found guilty of … Continue reading

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Technogranny: Copyright and Social Media Rules


I was thrilled to have this blog featured on the Technogranny show this morning.  We talked about: Things you can’t say online (First Amendment limits) Keeping your job while having your say (Employee rights) Copyright issues for social media users … Continue reading

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Training: Step One in Preparing for a Social Media Crisis

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A couple of weeks ago, lawyers from up and down the Atlantic coast of the U.S. gathered at the Marriott Marquis in New York’s Times Square York City for the 23rd Annual Corporate Counsel Conference East Coast. Like attorneys everywhere, … Continue reading

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Drawing the Line Between Personal and Professional Social Media

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Over the past week, thousands of new readers have visited this blog in response to an article on regulation and compliance in social media.  So  I’m happy to announce that’ I’ll be helping to put together a free webinar on July 14 that will … Continue reading

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What’s a Copyright Worth?

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I was reading posts in a LinkedIn Group the other day, and came across a question about whether or not it was worthwhile to register a copyright on a blog.  Copyright can seem like a jigsaw puzzle with some of … Continue reading

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How to Deliver Happiness

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In 1999, at the age of 24, Tony Hsieh (pronounced Shay) sold a company he co-founded (Link Exchange), to Microsoft for $265 million. He then joined Zappos.com  as an advisor and investor, and eventually became CEO, where he helped Zappos.com … Continue reading

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Who Owns Your LinkedIn Profile?

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On Wednesday, I saw this headline in a financial trade publication called Finextra: Actiance: All your LinkedIn profiles belong to us The accompanying story talked about compliance and social media software vendor Actiance, which had announced some new features for financial … Continue reading

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5 Things B2B Marketers Need to Know About Twitter

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I had lunch the other day with a colleague.  She’s a divisional marketing manager at one of the largest corporations in the world, and she’s gotten interested in social media as a marketing tool for her division.  About two years … Continue reading

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