I’ve had a several conversations about marketing on Facebook lately. They usually go something like this. Business owner: Can I just use Facebook instead of a website? Me: Sure, you could scrap your business website (or for new entrepreneurs not get one in the first place) and just use Facebook. I wouldn’t recommend it though. […]
Category Archives: Strategy
The opportunity in Foursquare
I’ve written about the locative media service called Foursquare and used it for awhile. Today Jeff Turner, a renowned non-Foursquarer ignited a fascinating discussion by people way smarter than me about how Foursquare is or is not useful. Here are my current thoughts on the topic.
An interview about Bahrain and Burlington
In the continuing adventures of the #BTV Twitter hashtag I was interviewed recently by Matt Austin of Fox 44 News here in Vermont. I pretty surprised by the difference between the conversation he and I had at Thoughtfaucet HQ and the story he ran that evening on the news. I was going to let it […]
Social Customer Service: a mindmap of Bill Gerth (Comcast) & Morgan Johnston (JetBlue) presentations to the Burlington VT Social Media Breakfast (#BTVSMB)
[Please welcome a new voice to the Thoughtfaucet blog: Apprentice Entrepreneur Brett Chalupa. He is a freshman college student with exceptional initiative. I hope you value his thoughts and observations as much as I do. –Gahlord] Social customer service was the topic of the March #BTVSMB (Burlington, VT Social Media Breakfast) this past Monday. Social […]
Listen locally
One of the things I guess I’m known for is talking about listening. [blackbirdpie id=”35819072495026176″] I’ve written a little bit about listening and strategy before, too. In this post, I want to cover some things on listening and location. So instead of saying “Who do you listen to?” or “What do you listen for?” there […]
Seeking feedback: Crowdsourced research on Google Algorithm change and real estate
Update: Google’s algorithm has spread to all the proxies I have access to. So the research will change accordingly. A shortened version of what I discovered before the changes when examining four different markets in the US can be found in my Inman Column on the new algorithm. Free on March 1st, 2011 and paid […]
Three questions about your website — Google’s “Farmer” algorithm update, with real estate as an example
Will Google’s “Farmer” Algorithm update hurt the real estate agent and broker website rankings?
Social isn’t a strategy.
Can social media save small business?
Tech trends from Stefan Swanepoel
Stefan Swanepoel’s Tech Trends as a mind map.
Google, Real Estate and Maps: A recorded conversation
Image via Wikipedia Yesterday Thoughtfaucet hosted a call about Google’s recent decision to drop GoogleBase and, in the process, remove real estate listings from Google Maps. There was a large and eager audience for this event which was put together in less than 24 hours. On the call were: Dustin Luther of 4Realz.net Rich Bailey […]