When Superstorm Sandy bore down on the Northeast U.S. last month, millions of people instinctively turned to their smartphones for news, help, and communication. Mobile is usurping more than just the desktop computer. In many ways, our phones and devices have also replaced weather and FM radios, walky-talkies, and even flashlights. Furthermore, if we’ve learned…
As many of you know, I’ve spent the last 19 months working on obtaining my Executive MBA at Fresno State. While most of you were sleeping in, we had class on campus every Saturday, from 8a – 5p, for 1 year. We averaged 20 – 40 hours a week on assignments, plus building my internet marketing…
The effects of social media are everywhere as business owners looking to grow their operations while connecting with customers and prospects use social media to yield tangible results. The Visalia Chamber of Commerce will host a half-day seminar designed to help business professionals implement social media tools and will highlight several local social media “success…
There is a very tricky bit of semantics here, because useful is a very subjective word that is somewhat associated with “productive”. Social media is no place to be productive, because how on earth could you ever measure it. If we concentrate on the word useful as a means of achieving a goal then the only goal…
The generation of Americans born between 1983 and 2003 has become pessimistic about their employment prospects. They were told that college would be the gateway to a bright future, and they believed it. More students have flooded American colleges and universities during this period than at any other time in history. However, once these students…
In today’s fast-paced society communication skills are more essential than ever. Technology is a driving force in delivering and exchanging information to individuals and groups of people worldwide and we depend on this to stay connected and communicate. I’m sure we’ve all experienced a time when our email was down or our phones couldn’t get…
How Social Networking Helps Business Remember when the World Wide Web was first introduced? Some resisted the technological change while others ran with open arms to embrace the new world of virtual exploration. There was an Internet boom and an Internet crash but all in all the virtual world survived and at the same time…
How Social Media Is Changing the Way We Communicate Social media technology is nothing new, and neither on mobile devices, but it is something that is new for the way we communicate. It was relatively a short period of time ago, since there were “beepers” a device that beeped to tell you to return a…
How People of All Ages Are Using Social Media to Connect Since the earliest days of the Internet, some were predicting that it would change how people live in modern society. The first years of the World Wide Web had only a modest effect, but the booming popularity of social media is now transforming developed…
New iPhone 5 May Not Be Compatible With Your Car Do you hear that? Listen real close. That’s the buzz of excitement coming from millions of people ready to pop their plastic, renew contracts, and line up for hours to own a brand, spanking new iPhone 5. The phone is gorgeous but that’s to be…