1 Comment Posted in blogging, branding, business, content, My Life December 22, 2009

My Top 20 Posts of 2009

I know.. a little egotistical right? That’s why I am splitting it down the middle! My top 10 posts from 2009 and my favorite post from the REAL geniuses of social media.

Just trying to showcase the more popular (community driven) posts from 2009. I am going to be taking the rest of the week off in the beautiful San Luis Obispo, CA to be with family. I can’t wait to hook back up in 2010! Have a restful and joyous holiday week!

My Favorite Posts of 2009

  1. The Magic of Dynamic Pricing from Seth Godin
  2. The Four Spheres of Social Media Strategy from Jason Falls
  3. 11 Must-Dos for the Serious Blogger from Jay Baer
  4. Sometimes, You Need To Fire a Customer by Lorraine Ball
  5. So What’s Facebook Good

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4 Comments Posted in blogging, business, content December 21, 2009

A Look Back at 2009 and One Prediction

I know. I know. Everyone writes a post like this..blah blah blah.

Looking back at the last year… recanting exciting testimonials of accomplishing goals and just being generally… excited!
There is nothing wrong with “looking back at the year” posts which is why I am writing this today.

I can be a cynic and a little negative but not during the Holiday! :-)

Speaking of accomplishing goals…

This post is actually number 500 on this blog. Crazy right? 500 posts about everything from Twitter marketing, Liberty Tax girl I almost hit with my car, music, and grammar in blog writing.

First off, thanks to everyone who reads, comments, and joins in the overall human think tank known as the Internet. I absolutely love everything about social media and the thought … Read more

7 Comments Posted in Bloglines, Corporate Strategy, social media, social media marketing December 17, 2009

A Philosophical Debate Over Personal Branding

I decided to move the conversation happening over on Facebook (surrounding personal branding) regarding my post on Dan Schwabel’s Personal Branding blog: From Identity to Personality. Be Remembered.

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Dave Bennett:
Dear Social Media Expert, twitterific and facebookish Kyle Lacey,

First off let me say that I respect what you’re doing in marketing, you’re pushing the edges of the field, you’re making people money, and you’re (hopefully) doing something that you love. All things I respect and root for in this world.

I have some issues, a few philosophical peccadilloes that I need to pick with you and the industry you participate in. So from one double major in philosophy to another (I think I remember you being involved in AU’s philosophy program) let me start my being acerbic and … Read more

2 Comments Posted in twitter December 16, 2009

Twitter Announces Enhanced Business Applications

We have been waiting… and by we I mean every social media consultant on the face of the planet… for Twitter to announce business friendly applications and developments. It finally came on Monday with the announcement of the development of what is called Contributors (and other applications).

From the Twitter Blog:

“The feature we are beta testing is called ‘Contributors’ – it enables users to engage in more authentic conversations with businesses by allowing those organizations to manage multiple contributors to their account. The feature appends the contributor’s username to the tweet byline, making the business to consumer communication more personal; e.g. if @Twitter invites @Biz to tweet on its behalf, then a tweet from @Twitter would include @Biz in the byline so that users know more about

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6 Comments Posted in social media, Social Strategy December 15, 2009

The Dynamics of Online Relationships and Delving Deeper

Do online relationships have the same depth as relationships off line? Can they obtain the same meaningful purpose as your friends you see in day-to-day life? What do you think?

I have had some interesting conversations recently with people in the social world about the friendship dynamics between online and off line relationships. I have only been debating this because of the increased time I have been spending on social media platforms over the past few weeks. I have had the opportunity to ‘meet’ some interesting and extremely intellectual people through feeds at Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIN.

The problem that exists, for me, is the overwhelming urge to know more… The desire to get deeper into a person’s psyche and actually understand where they are coming from and where they … Read more