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The Three Main Ways Social Media has Impacted Politics

Tomorrow morning I’m participating in a panel discussion on how Social Media has impacted politics. The discussion will be aired on the show Flashpoint produced by Orlando’s Local Six News. The conversation will be facilitated by Lauren Rowe and include the head of students for Barack Obama, the head of students for John McCain, the…

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Free Social Media and Marketing eBooks

Chris Brogan recently posted a great list of free eBooks on Social Media and marketing. I enjoyed them and thought I’d share them here….Enjoy! The New Rules of Viral Marketing – David Meerman Scott Marketing Apple – MarketingApple.com Masters of Marketing – Startup Internet Marketing Podcast Marketing eBook – Christopher S. Penn Google Adwords Secrets…

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Social Media’s Impact on Political Campaigns – Please comment

The emergence of social media, blogging and web 2.0 as a whole has revolutionized the way marketers reach their audience. Today the key in marketing is connecting with your customers, engaging them and building long lasting relationships with them. This model of marketing based on engagement rather then interruption, often discussed by one of my…

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IZEA’s Birthday Bash

Yesterday after GroupTable’s Promotion I attended IZEA‘s birthday party. IZEA is a really innovative social media marketing company that connects advertisers and bloggers through their two products PayPerPost and Social Spark. They have really cool, laid back and fun culture…They have Cakeplows (See the pics below…lol) for employees birthdays, tequilla shots for new hires and…

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Competition in Indiana

The competition was awesome. Going around the Indianapolis 500 race track in a limo pitching GroupTable was quite an amazing experience. We didn’t win the competition, but still won $1500 for being finalists. We also met a lot of smart, ambitious young entrepreneurs many of which loved GroupTable (Our online collaborative tool designed for college…

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Group Table Selected as Finalists in National Business Plan Competition

The Group Table team was selected as finalists in the Nascent 500 Business Challenge. We are representing UCF and will be flown to the competition in Indianapolis taking place March 29th. You can find more information about the competition by following the link here http://www.bsu.edu/entrepreneurship/nascent500/ Over 40 schools entered teams that submitted their business plans…