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When Your Friend Gets Hacked

Dec 3rd

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“Help, I’ve been mugged in the United Kingdom!”

If you do see this pop up in a Facebook chat, don’t freak out.

It means your friend has been hacked. It usually starts with their email address being compromised, and the identity thief uses that to take over other online accounts.

Here’s what you need to know to help your friend (and here’s why you don’t want to try to hack my friends.)

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The Field Guide to Social Media Weasels

Jul 20th

Posted by Ike in Marketing

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I wish I had a nickel for every Social Media Guru.

And I wish I had a quarter for every one of them that ran from that description.

It’s time for the Guru to die, because as a term it’s too generic to mean anything useful. For that matter, “Expert” and “Maven” need to go, because they don’t give you enough information either.

Besides, when it comes right down to it they’re all Weasels.

The next time you see that link to a “Guru” or “Expert” or “Maven” or whatever, there are two questions you need to ask:

What exactly does this weasel do?
What exactly do I need from a weasel?

Three years ago, this list wouldn’t have been necessary because the field of people who could really help you was small. But there’s enough solid thought and experience out there to be tapped online, you’re better off with awareness of the types of help you can get. It’s also useful to know, because the people who deliver you value in one area might be very ill-suited to be useful in others.

You’re better off with several different types of Weasel in your RSS zoo. More >