Can we please have 5 more minutes, why was her life taken so soon? I have asked myself these questions and many more maybe a million times since June 6th 2017. That is the day that I lost my Wife, the mother of my children, and quite honestly my best friend. Back in December of 2015 when she was diagnosed with kidney cancer the doctors told us that it was very unlikely that she would go into remission and we knew this day would come, but as I have learned/screamed/cried […]
June 19, 2014 in Non-Tech, Social Media, Uncategorized
Okay so this announcement may not be as dramatic as LeBrons and maybe it’s a little bit more north than South Beach. I have found that in life the some of the best opportunities present themselves when you’re not looking for them. Over the past 10 years at Dell I have moved around to a few different teams and even some of those opportunities were just dropped in my lap. I started of working on the tech support side and quickly moved up and was approached by the community team to help […]
June 14, 2013 in Uncategorized
Social media tools are critical in helping brands efficiently and effectively manage the conversations taking place around their content. Making sense of the data available to you and gleaning insights from it will allow your social media campaign to come full circle, aligning with your business needs and helping you achieve your goals. There are literally hundreds of social media tools available, but chances are just a few will suit your particular needs. Altimeter Group has very handily segmented social media tools according to five use cases and here, we […]
June 12, 2013 in Uncategorized
Finally after getting back from vacation I have a little time to actually play with this Nokia 920. Since the camera is said to be one of the best on the market we will start with it. It is equipped with an 8.7 MP camera with a Carl Zeiss Tessar lens. It also sports a fast maximum aperture of f/2. Combine that with a 4.5-inch WXGA LCD touchscreen with Touch AF, a built-in flash, and Geotagging and you have a nice set of features. Nokia’s site list the main camera features as […]
So a few weeks ago I jokingly sent a tweet out to Nokia asking if I could “test” one of there devices. Within the hour John (at Nokia) responded and pointed me to a form to fill out. So I entered my information and what I would like to test on the phone and hit submit. @dennismsmith @nokia OK big boy, give it a shot! conversations.nokia.com/trial-a-nokia/ — John Pope (@JohnatNokia) May 22, 2013 Now, I have filled a lot of these forms out for many different products so […]
Businesses of all sizes – from small retailers to large, multi-national corporations – are looking for ways to increase traffic to their websites through social media. Real-time, highly mobile channels such as Twitter are uniquely qualified to convert users to customers, by enabling marketers to use a wide range of popular topics to gain visibility and sales. Here’s the tricky part, though: how do you align social and web content to help prospects find your website and take the next step in their journey to becoming a customer? Third-party analytics, used correctly, […]
Neither do you. You wouldn’t believe how many times I hear “Oh, you’re the social media guys” or “Oh, your team does social media”. The first thing I think people need to realize is that social media is a tool, it’s really that simple. Your job is not social media. Don’t get me wrong, social media plays a huge role in my job. My job is to deliver content that helps customers. To do this, I create content on Dell TechCenter around Dell solutions and then amplify that content through social channels. […]
After many months of friends and colleagues telling me to do it, I am finally starting my own blog. Now to find some interesting things to talk about :). Some of the things I plan on talking about are: – Networking – Storage – Virtualization – Servers – Of course anything sports related. For now you can find out more about me here, or by following me on Twitter.
