It’s been too long since my last post, but that’s what happens when one gets busy with too many new and exciting things. The last post, an interview with Westchester140 founding member Sarah O’Grady, was extremely well received. That post was timed to coincide with the January 21 tweetup at the Jacob Burns Film Center’s [...]
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Interview With @WestchesterLife’s Sarah O’Grady
Today’s article is an online interview I conducted with Westchester140 founding member Sarah O’Grady. O’Grady became involved with the Westchester TweetUps from the start, while she was consulting with POUR Cafe and Wine Bar owner Anthony Colasacco as he integrated social media into his marketing efforts. POUR was the host of the first two extremely [...]
Social Media Event Comes to Pleasantville
“Be the Media” Author Mathison to Speak at Media Arts Lab
Update – Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 - 12:10 a.m. — As of this update, the event is fully booked. All 80 spots have been taken less than six days after the event was announced.
PLEASANTVILLE – There’s something brewing in Pleasantville — and I’m not talking about [...]
Why Comments Are Worth Far More Than You Realize
Taking the time to write a comment after reading a blog article sometimes seems like more trouble than it’s worth, but after nearly a year of experimenting with what works and what doesn’t in social media, I’ve come to the conclusion that comment writing is one of the most undervalued activities one can engage in [...]
Roofer Created Best Westchester Business Video of 2009
Every day brings with it the opportunity to learn new things. Sometimes, just when you think you have things all figured out, you discover your first thoughts were wrong. One day in early November, I noticed I was being followed on Twitter by @MarkFranzoso, owner of Franzoso Contracting. I was not motivated to follow Mark back [...]
Blythedale Continues Using Social Media in Creative Ways
Children’s Hospital to Use Live Twitter Feed During WPLJ Broadcast Concert and Fundraiser - Rob Thomas, Colbie Caillat & Jason Mraz scheduled to perform
Tomorrow morning (Monday, December 21, 2009) at 6 am, Blythedale Children’s Hospital will be rocking and rolling as 95.5 WPLJ FM holds its 18th Annual Holiday Broadcast Concert and Fundraiser. Featured music performers include stars Rob [...]
Social media — Hard to Predict, but Here to Stay
My 4 Twitter Goals for Next 6 Weeks – and How You Can Help
I’ve learned a great deal over the past eight months — writing columns and articles for this site, and attempting to catalyze the progress of social media in the Westchester area and beyond. One of the most important things I’ve learned is just how unpredictable [...]
Waiting list forms for 2nd Westchester TweetUp at POUR
Twitter Event Will Help Junior League With Holiday Sharing Drive
After the extremely successful 1st Westchester TweetUp held last month at Pour Cafe and Wine Bar in Mount Kisco, it was only a matter of time before Westchester Tweeps would start asking for a second TweetUp. The organizers of the event (of which I am one) [...]
Westchester’s 1st TweetUp a big hit at POUR Cafe
The 1st Westchester TweetUp was held last night at POUR Cafe and Wine Bar in Mount Kisco, and by all accounts the event was a smashing success. The nearly 50 attendees, many of whom knew each other only through the online microblogging service Twitter, had the chance to meet and greet while sipping fine wine [...]
POUR Cafe & Wine Bar to host 1st Westchester TweetUp
Tonight is the night many Westchester Twitter users have been looking forward to for months — the 1st Westchester TweetUp to be held at the POUR Cafe and Wine Bar in Mount Kisco. Tweeters who know each other only through exchanges of 140-character messages on Twitter will finally get to meet their peers in person [...]
