To anyone in the Seattle social media scene, it is no great surprise that I have had personal conversations with hundreds (if not thousands) of like-minded entrepreneurs, business executives and coffee addicts. As someone who has been “in the trenches” of social media since before it was social media,  the massive amount of information and resource tracking skills that are integrated into my business life is pretty massive.

To help streamline my own calendar and prevent schedule conflicts, I decided to revamp my old seattlesocialmedia.com site that was used as a personal test site and provide a useful tool to the community focused around three problems I personally experienced Continue Reading »

I hope you have a minute to grasp this concept and take the time to read through. If you have any questions regarding the concepts behind it, please comment below. You can also follow me @barryhurd on Twitter.

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In working with our existing influencer analysis service, I wanted to share some insight to how digital communications are changing our lives. As individuals each of us has excelled beyond singular data points. In the wired web, our technology has moved beyond our inherent physical ability to connect with other individuals and has  accelerated us into connecting with hundreds or thousands of people.

Many of us have heard the phrase “six degrees of separation” – per Wikipedia: (also referred to as the “Human Web”) refers to the idea that, if a person is one step away from each person they know and two steps away from each person who is known by one of the people they know, then everyone is at most six steps away from any other person on Earth. Continue Reading »