Self Publishing and Social Media Satire… Self publishing my satirical crime thriller Cut Limbo on Amazon has been an interesting journey so far, but I think I’m going to need to call in a few favors from some of MarketingM8′s old Social Media buddies. Promoting Cut Limbo isn’t totally impossible because I’m fairly well connected on social media, but getting results, unlike Cut Limbo’s plot, is a slow process. Remember the social media satire cartoons ??? Cut Limbo on Amazon. MORE >>

Social Media satire edition 7: Featuring Grandma’s Blackberry (again!) Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, juvenile Social Media gurus, Social Media start ups and much more… Grandma's still not sure about her new Blackberry! Social Media satire has turned out to be incredibly and I mean incredibly, popular! The amount of Social Media engagement I receive from each of the posts in the series confirms that I have found something that people really like! Do you know about Social Capital? Enough said! MORE >>

Social Media satire 8: Mashable offers Social Media connectivity, Twitter tools rule and PeerIndex performs as planned! Who has joined the new Mashable Social Media platform? It’s a great service and the news I pick to read about is fed to my Mashable account and I can also link and share interesting items to all my Social Media friends!! Not only that, but apparently, because I’m a real ‘social animal’ and I’m following more than 50 people I won an Alpaca badge. Social Media guru or not? MORE >>

Social media satire revisited! just had to post the cartoons that got lost during my recent battle with hackers, I also lost my post about the real value of our social media connections and platforms. However, here are the cartoons that vanished and yes, I would still like to publish a book of my Social Media Cartoons!! shall survive social media hack attacks (I hope). Social media really can help lots of businesses and no sectors are 100% exempt, but it must be done properly ! Protect your social capital at all costs! MORE >>

Leveraging Social Media Tools to Drive Collaboration and Tribal Knowledge in Field Service , and I’m very excited about seeing field service get more involved in social media. This chart shows the percent of members with approved budget for new or additional technology in 2010 and 2011, and spending on workforce optimization, parts logistics and FS mobile tools are all strong, up from last year. But a bigger surprise for me was how quickly field service teams have been adopting social media tools. Read more from John Ragsdale on The SmartVan. MORE >>