Twitter – It's a whole LOT more than you think

Just came across an very interesting image showing Twitter at the center and all the services and applications that surround it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/briansolis/3570379944/sizes/o/ This shows several things; How deep a a niche a business can explore A simple tool and have multiple uses Ideas for partnering with existing companies to do something innovative It’s more than [...]

The Big Switch

In the next few days Spinningsilkmultimedia.com will be switching over to a new back-end content management platform. This may be the last post on this blog before the switch to the new platform. In the mean time, stay abreast of the most current updates by following us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/spinningsilk, our Facebook fan page, [...]

New Media 101 Seminar Price Reduced – Value the Same

A few days ago we posted information on a 3 Hour seminar we will be holding at our office in Greenville,SC. We have reduced the price to $74.99 from $99 for this highly interactive and cutting edge class. It is designed for the business person or organizational representative who wishes to use, and come to [...]

$75, 3 Hours, 10 people and a more profitable and connected future

A few days ago we posted information on a 3 Hour seminar we will be holding at our office in Greenville,SC. This $74.99 highly interactive and cutting edge class is designed for business people or organizational representatives who wish to use and come to grips with some of the most effective tools in what is [...]

New Media 101 Seminar

Our first New Media Overview seminar is coming up on January 16, 2009. The cost is only 74.99 USD for this unprecedented, 3-hour seminar. Think of it as a new media survey course for business owners. Includes an appetizing lunch that will be catered in, plus educational materials. Location: Seminar room at our office–528 Howell [...]

Introducing Twitter to Facebook Friends

I’ve got quite a few friends on Facebook, most are friends, family, co-workers or fellow business people in my local community. One comment I have received is, “Wow, you sure do spend a lot of time on Facebook!” Want to know a secret? I don’t spend as much time as you think. Almost all of [...]

Overheard

At one time one of the biggest fears and concerns was something called, “Big Brother” but because of the Internet and new media tools like social networks, blogging, micro-blogging, photo sharing sites I think we have to be more concerned about what I like to call, “little brother.” Sometimes big government is called big brother. [...]

The Demise (or Morphing) of Cable TV

I came across an article on the New York Post web site today. It’s called “Cut the Cord, Thinking out of the Box: Cable-free TV”-written by Sara Stewart. It is an interesting read–I’ve only actually paid for cable television at one point in my life–during the early days of my marriage (after graduating Furman and [...]

Social Media Expectations

I was just reading through my blog collection in NetNewsWire when I came across a post on Church of the Customer citing a bit of research done by Cone–see the official report. When I talk to business people, many times I find that there is confusion about new media in general, but many don’t understand [...]

Thinking like a Teenager for Business Growth – Part 3: Social Life

One of the most significant turning points of my life was the evening of my high school graduation. It suddenly hit me that evening that I would not be seeing a lot of these people again for a long time or even ever. Mine as not a large class, a class or 42 in small [...]