I remember my hesitation to join Foursquare when it first came out. "Why do people need to know where I am?" "Is this opening myself up to crazy stalker situations?" etc., etc. But, I finally gave in (as I always do to social media) and quickly began checking in, having…
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The concept of “six degrees of separation” is hardly a new one. But in case you’ve been living under a rock, I will say it’s an experiment from the 60’s that has turned into a sociological phenomenon, a movie and even a game involving Kevin Bacon. OK, great, we’re all…
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Writer Blake Snow recently posted an article on CNN.com’s Tech section about Facebook, its increase in deleted user accounts over the last month (a projected 7 million in North America alone) and suggested reasons why this might be the case, appropriately titled Why Some Dissatisfied Users are Shunning Facebook. In…
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As a part of the Social Media Breakfast series, on Friday June 17th several of our Charlotte employees attended an event titled It’s not just Tweeting Anymore: Why You Can’t Succeed in Social Media if You Don’t Understand Business. Lead by Katie Morse (@miskatiemo), account representative and strategist at Boombox,…
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To say that I like food would be an understatement. I flippin’ love food. I love the patience a good pan of gravy requires, the creativity behind a homemade sauce and the trust required to put away the cookbook and replace measuring cups with “pinches” of this or “dashes” of…
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