May
23

The pros and cons of multi-column social media dashboards

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For this week’s #shehechat at 8 p.m. Central Time tonight, we are going to take a look at the pros and cons of multi-column social media dashboard tools like Hootsuite and Tweetdeck. We mention these two dashboard products because they are ones with which both Shelby and I have experience. I’m certain neither of us…
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Jan
13

What are your indispensable smartphone apps?

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We burst out of the gates after our holiday break with a great #shehechat last week. We shared our social media goals for 2013 and then had a lively and engaging hour of chat around topics related to the goals that Shelby and I had established for ourselves. (Just a reminder: Our chat occurs on…
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Nov
15

What online content are you willing to pay for?

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In this online world coupled with today’s smart phone technology, no one should have much trouble searching for and finding information – or content. Through Google searches, news media apps and even 24-hour radio and television broadcasts, content is available to us every minute of every hour of the day if we want to find…
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Apr
19

Pinterest is Instagram on Steroids

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I’m still trying to get over the fact that Shelby admitted to being wrong about Pinterest yesterday. She was so wrong in fact that she not only opened a new account for herself, but also one for my company ColorMetrix. You can read about that yourself, however, because now it’s my turn to share the…
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Apr
05

A He’s Takeaways From She Streams

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Let’s get this out of the way right away: It was weird being one of maybe a dozen men at a conference of 200 women bloggers (mostly of the mom variety). I’ll get back to that weirdness in a moment; but first I want to make sure you didn’t miss Shelby’s takeaways yesterday. She even…
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Nov
17

Changes with Google Reader (and other interfaces) – Shelby Says

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This is another in our “She Said, He Said” blog series. Please join us on Twitter tonight at 8 p.m. CST using the hashtag #shehechat. Last week during our Twitter chat, one of our WordCamp Chicago friends, Adam McCrimmon, requested that we focus one of our topics on Google Reader in an upcoming #shehechat. Yesterday,…
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Nov
16

Let’s chat about the Google Reader changes

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This is another in our She Said, He Said series. Our #shehechat happens on Twitter at 8 p.m. CST Thursday. Be sure to return tomorrow for Shelby’s viewpoint on this issue and our topics for our chat! Google Reader is a powerful tool that lets you access the power of Really Simple Syndication or RSS.…
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