Chicks Who Click 09
I’ve been struggling with finding the right words to describe the #cwc09 weekend. I say weekend because, for the most part, the conference didn’t really end until the last few distant travelers made...
View ArticleMillennio.us
One of my good friends Alana Marie Edmunds, of Techyness fame, has launched a podcast with her friend Eric Hanson. It’s called Mellennio.us and it offers the point of view of a millennial generation...
View ArticleMillennial Love and George Smith’s Future Wife
Eric and Alana, starting with their fourth podcast, brought up the idea of Millennial love – the way romance and love have changed with the addition of all this technology. As a single 28 year old,...
View ArticleThreatened at BlogHer
Someone tried to blackmail me at BlogHer. Seriously – I don’t even know how to summarize the story in complete detail as the past few days in Chicago have been quite the whirlwind. I understand that,...
View ArticleThe Real BlogHer
While my anecdote created a lot of press in the last 24 hours, I wanted to highlight what I thought was far more representative of the time I spent in Chicago. The real BlogHer is about a community of...
View ArticleI Don’t Pitch Bloggers
With all the discussion on blogger’s relationships with brands, I wanted to talk about how I go about crafting relationships with bloggers. And, to start things out simply – I don’t pitch bloggers. The...
View ArticleQuestion: Why Do You Blog?
Growing up, one of the few lessons from childhood that I retained was that my father always encouraged us to ask, “Why?” After all, this question is at the crux of all innovation – it is the curiosity...
View ArticleWhat’s Next for Me: Empire State of Mind
Last week, I announced on Twitter that I was leaving Crocs to pursue other opportunities. Today, I’m proud to announce what my actual plans are. I am leaving Boulder and the great state of Colorado...
View ArticlePositively 47th Street: Brian Simpson and The Roger Smith Hotel
New York has always been a hub for people to gather and collect. Neighborhoods formed based on ethnic and social realities. Places are dubbed hot and cool often based on their cross streets. So much...
View ArticleId and Ego: My Posterous Blog and No Sense of Time
I have recently decided that my Posterous blog – georgegsmithjr.posterous.com – and this blog are my Id and my Ego, respectively. All it takes is really one look at the content on each to come to that...
View ArticleESPN is doing it wrong…Maybe
Based on a recent tweet by ESPN anchor Ric Bucher, the interwebs exploded with cries that “ESPN is doing it wrong” when it comes to their approach with Twitter. (BTW – thanks Chris for the positive...
View ArticleThe Deuce: ESPN’s Memo and my Reaction
I wanted to reserve my right to an opinion until the memo came out and the guidelines were recently posted on an NBCSports.com blog (which I found via Mashable, of course). I read them a few times and...
View ArticleAugust Social Media Reading List
I really enjoy reading books on Social Media – even if many of them contain redundant information or easily wrapped catch-all philosophies that are easy to write but a bit harder to practice in the...
View ArticleTime Out
If I could have anything, I think it would be the ability to call a time out – a la Zach Morris. Keeping up with activity around Sponsored Blogging, FTC regulations, Sponsored Tweets, and all things...
View ArticleSpreading the love
I wouldn’t be where I am in life if it wasn’t for friends. Friends have pushed me through high school, prodded me during college, and inspired me during my career after. Since moving to Boulder,...
View ArticleA Real Community: Prayers for Anissa
Over the last few months, mainstream media has questioned “Mommy Bloggers” and the ethics around it. There have been FTC regulations, blog posts questioning the authenticity and trust of these...
View ArticleThe NBA set to Unveil Social Media Policy
After the NFL and ESPN’s recent attempts to control the way employees and athletes interact in Social Media, the NBA is set to unveil their official rules regarding communicating via social networks....
View ArticleTounge Wagging at Izeafest
This past weekend, I headed down to Orlando to speak at Izeafest. I was speaking entitled “What Advertisers Want” with John Andrews of Collective Bias, Zena Weist of Embarq, and Joseph Jaffe of...
View ArticleRecapping Blog World Expo
What happens in Vegas, pretty much gets posted on the Internet – at least when you’re attending Blog World Expo (Editor’s Note: Minus 10 points for using the same line that probably 100 other #BWE09...
View ArticleFor @Mona: How to Block Facebook Applications
The other day, I was on Twitter and had a quickee conversation with my friend Mona about blocking Facebook applications. Turns out, she didn’t know how. With the feed feature being flooded constantly...
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