Category Archives: Social Media

Why Groupon should buy Foursquare

So last week during my panel on location based services I brought up an interesting (to me) theory that foursquare would be a great fit for groupon. This came about because my presentation was about facebook places and their having … Continue reading

Nov 23
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Beyond Foursquare & Gowalla in Location Services – Pubcon 2010

Location Services – Pubcon 2010 View more presentations from Brian Breslin. Above are the slides from my pubcon 2010 presentation on Location Based Services beyond foursquare and gowalla. Full writeup coming soon.

Nov 09
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Twitter apps and trends – Pubcon Vegas 2010

Below is my presentation at the pubcon 2010 panel about Twitter apps and trends. Twitter apps – Pubcon2010 View more presentations from Brian Breslin. Key tools mentioned in the presentation: Assistly Cotweet More links coming soon. As well as the … Continue reading

Nov 09
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Why do location based services still suck for businesses?

After millions of people have willingly handed over their location data to a multitude of companies running location based services, I ask you this question: Why do the tools the businesses have still suck? Why is there no simple business … Continue reading

Jul 22
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The only five tips you need to get started with in social media

I speak about social networks, social media, viral marketing, yada yada, all the time and figured it was time to use my pulpit to dispel lots of the myths and bullshit we’re seeing out on the web these days. So … Continue reading

Jul 08
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What is good social media advice?

A couple weeks ago I was on a panel at the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce annual goals conference, and the topic was getting noticed using social media amongst other tools. On the panel with me were a PR specialist, … Continue reading

Jul 07
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My retweet/digg/reddit policy

So after getting tons of requests for people to either retweet, digg, reddit, vote on, stumble, whatever, I’ve decided I’ve had enough. Those of you who know me, know I RARELY ask anyone to rt my stuff or digg or … Continue reading

Mar 11
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MySpace: He’s Only Mostly Dead

Or How I’d Save MySpace But Brian, MySpace isn’t dead, why does it need saving? Hah! What’s that expression, you’re dead you just don’t know it yet. Well MySpace isn’t dead just yet, but its got the path and the … Continue reading

Jul 02
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