Hospitality is @RogerSmithHotel (#tweetuprsh)

Every commercial for travel, wine, restaurants, tourism, etc. all end up being about lifestyle, hospitality and the extraordinary lengths to which the hosts will go to take care of you during your stay with them.  Once you have the essentials met, a comfortable bed, room essentials (iron, mini fridge, mini bar, toiletries, wifi, i-home …) [...]

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Too Much Connectivity?

Depends on your purpose.  Though I am hooked, what can hyper-connectivity do to add value to my life and, indeed, to the lives of mainstream America (and beyond) without making us a bunch of glow-y faced screen junkies?  There’s no formula…at least I couldn’t work by one, but I find myself missing twitter, the web [...]

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Yes it Works: But not how you think.

Proof of ROI in Social Media:
That’s for the boss’ bottom line.  But I think the real ROI isn’t measured by the bottom line.  The most valuable investment we all make in social networking is our time and ourselves.  Without those two things invested…and invested authentically, there is no real return.  How do you measure and [...]

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2009 Goals: More Wine

Taste more wine
Share more wine
Learn more about wine
Buy more wine
Sell more wine
Gift more wine
Enjoy more wine
Discover more wine
Diversify my taste in wine

Welcome to my short list of goals for 2009.
With enough time off to unplug and enjoy friends, family as well as rest and recharge, I continue to come back to the precious value in [...]

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Opportunity: Don’t Be Left UnConnected

It’s getting pretty weird out there. Well, it probably has been for awhile. So what are you going to do about it? You have some options: My least favorite and perhaps one of the most popular positions is the fetal position. Either mentally or physically, people may consider adopting a [...]

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