How to use Twitter to report breaking news

Today, there was a small evacuation at Grand Central Station in New York City. It was so small, in fact, that the media didn’t even pick up on it.
However, all over Twitter, within minutes, the rumor mill had fueled stories of “Explosions!” “People dead!” and other mass hysteria.
Except, none of it was true. There was [...]



Affiliate Summit East 2009 Keynote

I think this may be the largest audience I’ve ever spoken to! Wow!



Speech in Raleigh

Gave a new speech in Raleigh a few days ago – I think it went well. Thoughts?



Quick thoughts on the Facebook TOS insanity

Some quick thoughts, Twitter-style.
1) If you don’t want your information owned, by Facebook or anyone else, DON’T FREAKING PUT IT ON THE INTERNETS.
2) You get a hot photo taken of you. You put it up on the Internet. Good luck “controlling your brand” once it’s online. If it’s really hot, inmates are using it as [...]



How an “Accomplished Communicator” Communicates

Usually when I’m on The O’Reilly Factor, like I was last night, I get a bunch of “We hate you, we hope you die” emails. I’m used to them. Bill definitely has a varied audience, no doubt. I delete them without a second thought.
So imagine my surprise when I received a response from a HARO [...]