The world of business has drastically changed with the introduction of technology. No longer are businesses in control of their message. We all know that. Control has gone out the window. Sure, we all know that technology like social media has given a voice to the customer, but simply being on social networks like Twitter, Facebook, or Google+ isn’t enough. It’s starting to be more about just having a page and occasionally answering questions that people post on there. We know that there’s so much noise out there and lots of …

In just one week from now, thousands of geeks, nerds, entrepreneurs, investors and marketers will be converging on Austin, Texas in one of the biggest celebrations of technology, innovation, social media and networking. For over 25 years, the South by Southwest conference has been one of the shining parts of the year that has helped launch companies, musicians and films and in 2011, it looks to only grow from there. Each of the past several years that I’ve been has seen attendance double with more sessions, panels and even …

Last month in Seattle, I was fortunate enough to attend Gnomedex 10 – supposedly the last of its kind run by tech geek, Chris Pirillo (@chrispirillo). While I thoroughly enjoyed the presenters who gave rousing talks about how technology has affected their lives and their jobs, I took to the hallway to find out what these self-described “geeks” really think about social media and what glimmer of information they could provide on how businesses could leverage the power of the web. In some way, this turned out to be more …

I’m back from my second year at the South by Southwest interactive conference and I must say that it was a totally new experience for me. And while there have been posts written condemning SXSW as a place full of douchebaggery and others praising it for being a great one, I’d like to think that it was a bit of both. Now, don’t get me wrong…there were some things that I’d like to see done differently, but I would still recommend SXSW to be one of the conferences that everyone …