SEAN TINER

This post is #5 in a #17 post series about workcations. The learn more about workcations and see the full eBook, check out  Workcation. Have the best life now!  on Amazon. It's free to borrow, if you have a Kindle device or Amazon Prime.  This post is short, but it’s important. It’s full of statistics to share one important takeaway with you: take advantage of your rest time! No matter how you spend your time, it’s important that you spend it pursuing activities that interest you and to use your earned time off! In today’s era, more and more workers, particularly Americans, are failing to take their vacation days. According to a recent study by Harris Interactive, an Internet-based market research firm, 57 percent of Americans ended 2011 with unused vacation time, failing to take, on average, 11 of their allotted days off — or 70 percent of what they rightfully earned. Other national surveys have calculated that as many as 66 percent of us keep working when...

Happy Gilmore is a classic comedy. The film features Adam Sander as Happy Gilmore, a mirthful struggling hockey player who finds his way on the PGA golf tour. Gilmore qualifies the tour by having an impressive 300+ yard drive, but ultimately struggles with his putting game. In the film's major setback, Gilmore desperately tries to win money to purchase his grandmother's home. As he struggles to perfect his put swing, he is told to go to his own happy place, a place where everything is perfect and happy .  (Spoiler alert) Ultimately, Gilmore envisions his own happy place, perfects his short golf game and is able to win enough money to save his grandmother's home from foreclosure. Although most of Happy Gilmore is ridiculous, the concept of going to "happy place" is refreshing in today's era of hyper-connectivity; where social media updates and text messages keep us connected to all of life's twists and turns. To give an example of how connected we ...

I'm extremely excited that my first eBook, InstaSuccess! The Secrets of Marketing on Instagram is published! The eBook is available on Amazon for digital download on several devices including, the Kindle, iPad, and iPhone. If you are an Amazon Prime member you can " borrow " the book for free! The 69-page book is a collobration of Instagram marketing strategies and personal experience. Enjoy! If you have an extra moment, please take a second to write an Amazon.com book review! I'd be very grateful and you'll earn some good karma! :-)

Listed Below are some cool (no pun intended) resources shared from the speakers at the recent Twitter Conference in San Diego, CA. Key Resources: * Bit. ly : Creates a Tiny URL and allows creators to track the links * Cli .gs : Creates a Tiny URL and allows creators to track the links * Tweetlater : Schedule your tweets * Future Tweets : Schedule your tweets * ParaTweet : Streams real time tweets at conferences. At the event, people were encouraged to add the hash tag # ctc to their tweets. A moderator then approved the tweets, which were streamed on a projector for everyone to see. It is a concrete of incorporating social media in the real world. * Tweetphoto : Quickly upload pictures via mobile or traditional Internet connection and share with community on Twitter. * Tweetdeck : Easy way to organize tweets * Twtpoll : Create polls for Twitter. * PollDaddy : Another online poll resource * Trottr : Record your voice via a mobile phone and post on Twitter or Facebook * Mgive .com : SM...

Using Twitter to Engage Constituents v1 Enjoy the slides from my recent presentation at the Cool Twitter Conference in San Diego, CA.

Jason Calacanis , one of the internet's most influential tech bloggers, recently "retired" from blogging. He promises not to pull a Micheal Jordan or Jay-Z and come out of retirement. Calacanis cites that blogging has become too impersonal, polarized and would rather distribute a small eNewsletter. Will this be a new trend for other bloggers? As companies, brands and individuals create a presence across Web 2.o media, including Facebook, Twitter and blogs, how long will that existence last? Facebook recently celebrated its fourth birthday, but will users keep tagging pictures for the next 5, 10 or even 20 years? Will Perez Hilton keep posting celebrity gossip for the next decade? Maybe, but what if a user wants to leave a social network or stop updating a blog? What's the proper etiquette? Do you deactivate your account, make a formal announcement or simply don't do anything? Calacanis' retirement announcement illustrates the importance of keeping the conversa...