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Wouldn’t it be great to hear, the FDA issues a social media policy. Though the FDA loves to plan to discuss, to plan to create, to plan to someday maybe act on planning a social media policy and guideline for use by those whose jobs and businesses rely on the FDA’s approval and clearance, the FDA has remained, like much of our government, indecisive. Currently, the FDA’s site likes to direct ...

Google+ Circles need work. Granted it’s in beta, but what is missing shows a clear lack of understanding by Google Developers on the users of social networking platforms. This isn’t surprising though as their track record with social media has been a bumpy road. Google has done a lot of things very well. They launched a search engine in 1997 that changed the way we find information. Between 2000 and 2003 ...

Note: This is my first look at Bloomfire. The following are initial reactions to the first peak at an alpha release. That said, these opinions are based solely on what is available, though understanding that any of this could change. Today I spent an hour playing with the Bloomfire Alpha. Without going into specifics that might change during testing, the idea is a content distribution outlet for companies, though technically individuals ...

Recently I was talking with someone who was of the mindset that print is not just an essential media but will always be required. His reasoning wasn’t knew, it was based on people liking something to hold in their hands, and when I asked about his experience with devices such as the Kindle, Sony E-Reader or the iPad he admitted to not looking into them nor was he interested in ...

A couple years ago if you had asked me what the best high level strategies were for Twitter followers I would have given you two examples. John Doe is following 4 people / 1,002 people are following John Doe On one hand you have celebrities, who follow only their close friends, if any, perhaps a business associate as well. While they’ll interact with their audience they won’t follow them back. This is ...

I attended my first Silicon Valley Tweetup the other week and overall I have to say, this is one of the best uses of social media I have seen. For those who haven’t jumped on the new social bandwagons there is a group based here in San Jose known as the Silicon Valley Tweetup. It’s based around a group of Twitter power users who group together once a month, the third ...

I’d find it hard to believe that anyone hasn’t heard about Facebook’s new bag of tricks popping up all throughout the internet like a wildfire through the California hills. That said, here is why you should care about Facebook’s new “Like” button. The Like button is a great feature to offer your website visitors as it allows everyone who visits your site a one click opportunity to promote your site to their ...

So Google has finally decided to merge their mail service with user profile pages in a way that allows content to be fed in and named this Google Buzz. I’ve probably over simplified it, but essentially you now have the option on your Google Profile of sharing information from your other websites with people you frequently email. This allows your Google Profile to work much like FriendFeed in that you can ...

SM for Business Whether you’ve mastered your social media outlets and are conversing with thousands or not interested in checking out Facebook and Twitter just yet, you’ll want to take a look at these three sites. More importantly, you’ll want to make sure your customers are looking at these sites: Yelp.com Yelp is currently the most popular online review site, from restaurants, to convention center facilities and everything else. If a business or facility ...