Apr

The Social Media Divide

Shailesh Ghimire on April 27th, 2010

Over the past few weeks I’ve had an opportunity to speak with many marketing minds. One thing that became increasingly obvious to me during these conversations is that there is a social media divide. For as much as the social media community advocates and believes in the power of social media (I happen to be [...]

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Apr

Socializing With Organizing Pro Jennifer Furrier: Free Your Space, Free Your Mind

Shailesh Ghimire on April 22nd, 2010

I’ve known Jennifer Furrier for over four years and she’s an impressive businesswoman. She is the owner of Essential Organizing, a professional organizing and productivity consulting business specializing in helping busy professionals get organized and efficient through realistic systems for time, space and information. She is the recipient of the 2007 National Association of Professional [...]

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Apr

Seminar to Help Parents Understand Social Media and Keep Kids Safe

Shailesh Ghimire on April 19th, 2010

Social Media is everywhere these days and your kids are on it. Whether they’re on Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare or any other social media utility, chances are your kids are interacting with all kinds of people on the web. And the truth of the matter is your kids know more about social networking and social media [...]

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Apr

Thoughts on Social Media (circa 2010)

Shailesh Ghimire on April 8th, 2010

Recently, Lauren, a student from Western Kentucky University contacted me about social media. She is doing a research brief for a class on Research in Advertising and Public Relations. Her assignment for this brief was to email bloggers with questions about their particular blog topic. Her topic was social media. She sent me a whole [...]

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Mar

Design Connection: Marketing Design and Creativity at Its Best

Shailesh Ghimire on March 30th, 2010

Creativity isn’t necessarily my strongest traits. Not at least in the traditional sense. I can be creative looking at analytics and numbers or in problem solving. However, when it comes to art, design and “creation” itself I’m pretty thin. That doesn’t mean I can’t tell when something is creative and impressive. I certainly can and [...]

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Mar

Socializing With Marc Spagnuolo: Building a Business Around Your Passion

Shailesh Ghimire on March 22nd, 2010

I sat in on Marc and Nicole Spagnuolo’s talk at PodCampAZ 2008. While they probably don’t remember me I’ve never forgotten about them. In fact I’ve been following Marc’s work online ever since that time. Specifically, I’ve been observing his use of social media and the way in which he’s been able to propel his [...]

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Feb

Four Reasons Why Google Buzz Is Doomed

Shailesh Ghimire on February 12th, 2010

“Me too”.
That pretty much summarizes Google Buzz.
It’s obvious they’re trying to take away market share from Twitter and Facebook and quite frankly its not going to work. Most tech types flock to anything Google does thinking the company has some special power. It’s almost a religious experience for techies. If you look closely though you’ll [...]