Ways Twitter Lists Fall Short. Tweet The LBS market is exploding, as it has been for some time now. With Facebook’s continued work with with their Places product (first the launch, now with Deals) the category has received even more exposure among users and business alike. But much like social media marketing of several years ago, not all business know exactly how they should be using LBS apps, what services to use, or even what the offerings are. Here are six ways that a business can leverage location based services in their marketing efforts. Use Virtual Goods. Give to Charity. MORE >>

Colin Alsheimer Digital & New Media Strategist About Lifestream Contact How to Pitch Me Guest Post Guidelines Disclosures RSS Feed Twitter Facebook 6 Ways Twitter Lists Fall Short By Colin – 11/01/2009 Posted in: Social Media , Tools Share Last week, just about every­one on Twit­ter finally received the much talked about Lists fea­ture.  Mov­ing For­ward While I appre­ci­ate Twitter’s effort at inno­va­tion, I’m not sure if lists will ulti­mately sat­isfy my thirst.  After the ini­tial rush of new­ness, I found the fea­ture to be lack­ing in sev­eral key areas.  MORE >>

Colin Alsheimer Digital & New Media Strategist About Lifestream Contact How to Pitch Me Guest Post Guidelines Disclosures RSS Feed Twitter Facebook Ten Tips for Using Brand Ambassadors in a Social Media Campaign By Colin – 07/12/2010 Posted in: Featured , Social Media Share Lately, it seems to be all the rage ( +1 ) to cre­ate social media cam­paigns for com­pa­nies that fea­ture influ­en­tial brand ambassadors. Be mind­ful of this to avoid over­step­ping any bound­aries. The last thing you want is a time-??strapped Make it fun This one should be a no-??brainer. brainer. MORE >>

In order to be an expert at social media, first you need to write “social media expert” in your bio on twitter. They’re the Twitter person, or the LinkedIn person, or the Facebook guy. They might help you get the most out of your Twitter presence, but they won’t take you very far beyond that. The Experts are quick to tell you how much more they know about social media and are the ones putting “social media expert” in their Twitter profiles. Do you read The Oatmeal ? Number five on the list was social media websites. It’s really complicated stuff. Read the full comic. MORE >>

Colin Alsheimer Digital & New Media Strategist About Lifestream Contact How to Pitch Me Guest Post Guidelines Disclosures RSS Feed Twitter Facebook Foursquare: Do You Accept Friend Requests From Strangers? asked this question to Twitter the other day, and got a lot of mixed responses.  Why You Should Accept Requests At its core, Foursquare is much like Twitter in that it facilitates connections.  Sure, you could always update your Twitter or Facebook status, but its not the same as broadcasting your local travel habits to people who you may not know very well. MORE >>