Social Media

Why Do You Think Google Bought AdMob?

Posted by on Nov 11, 2009 in Google, Social Media, ty downing | 0 comments

I would love to get your feedback on this….really, what is your vote?<br /><br />&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2240946/” mce_href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2240946/”&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Why Do You Think Google Bought AdMob?&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span style=”font-size:9px;”...

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I Spoke At SMBF And Loved It!

Posted by on Oct 24, 2009 in Social Media, Social Media Events, ty downing | 0 comments

You may be asking, “What is SMBF” right? Well, this acronym was no doubt a popular #hashtag trending on Twitter. It stands for Social Media Business Forum, an event that took place just a few days ago in Raleigh, NC. A well known social media thought leader, and good friend, Wayne Sutton (@waynesutton) invited me to have a speaking part, and I took him up on it.  I had a blast at his event. He combined with Kipp Bodner (@kbodnar32), Jeffrey L. Cohen (@dgtlpapercuts), and Ryan Boyles (@therab) to create the first ever SMBF conference. The line-up they had was truly incredible, take...

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Social Media For Real Estate, A Perfect Combo!

Posted by on Sep 17, 2009 in Social Media, Social Media Events, ty downing | 0 comments

Last week our team comprised of me, Tim Moore and Lori Lorusso, had the privilege of teaching nearly 20 real estate agents from Coldwell Banker, Sea Coast Realty here in Wilmington, NC, the basics of social media.  We had a blast with them, and we equally learned a lot from them.  Social media is really an incredible useful tool for real estate agents, and as you’ll see from the testimonials, they agree.  One of the agents, Ken Keegan, actually received 2 leads after the first day of our training using LinkedIn…no joke, watch his video too.  The average home purchase...

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I’m Such A Corker!

Posted by on Aug 29, 2009 in Social Media, ty downing | 0 comments

Actually I am not. Corker is defined as “one that is excellent or remarkable” so doesn’t really fit me, however it does fit Jenni Simcoe and her business, Corkologie.com.  Jenni was nice enough to send us a couple samples of her eco-friendly cork mouse pads, and they are not only cool, but easy on the environment.  You can get custom eco-friendly names put on your own pads too.  For a live view of the mouse pad I got, take a look below at my TwitVid, I chose the “Home Sweet Earth” pad. Which one would you choose? Let me know in a comment below.  Be sure to...

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