Vegas baby. Vegas. Yep, after almost two years away, I was back in Sin City for the National Speaker's Association Annual Conference. It felt so good to be back paying $12 for sparkling water fluctuating between 116 degrees outside and -47 inside. Besides reconnecting with many of my speaker friends, I heard some amazing presentations [...]
This past week, I got the chance to take over the National Speaker's Association Instagram account for one day. As a 10+ year member, I took the opportunity to share reasons why I'm a devoted member and help promote their national conference coming up in July. It provided me with some positive exposure, their followers [...]
Reports this week say that both Facebook and Instagram will begin to roll out a feature that will allow publishers the option to hide 'like' counts on posts. The option will go for both personal as well as business posts. Here is my response to being asked what my stance on this change is and [...]
I don't know about you, but my bracket was busted before it began. On the contrary, if Baylor wins, my wife and daughter will win the whole thing – gotta love March Madness! Yesterday I was asked to do a customized virtual workshop for a group of high-end kitchen & bath dealers – so I [...]
I have been a huge Dale Carnegie fan since I took the course back in 2004. His principles have impacted my life both professionally and personally, and I am a firm believer that they are just as relevant today as ever before. When it comes to creating compelling content, this Dale Carnegie Principle should be [...]
Prior to the pandemic, I was a habitual Starbucks visitor. People would jokingly refer to the local Starbucks as "Corey's Starbucks," as they'd see me there, in my same chair, day in and day out. I favored other local coffee shops for their specialty coffee but still found myself at "Corey's Starbucks" more often than [...]
Years ago, QR codes were all the rage for businesses to promote their website, online directory, or social media profiles. The goal was to make it easy for people to pull out their phones and quickly get to these sites and take action. Here at Impact Social, we generated codes for our clients and created [...]
If you've been connected with me for any length of time, you already know my stance on flashy new social media sites - I believe you should focus on a few instead of being a Jack of All Social Media Sites, Master of None. However, I also believe we should be taking full advantage of all the [...]
I was chatting with a friend of mine about the content on his LinkedIn profile. He told me he was trying to avoid being like the squawking parrot. That reference made me laugh as I'd never heard it before. I asked him where he'd heard that mentioned. "From you, man! You said it in a [...]
Today I have the privilege of delivering a presentation to one of my favorite repeat clients, Virtuoso Travel. They are the leading global network of travel agencies and travel advisors. And as you can imagine, it's been a tough 12 months in the travel industry. So as I help them develop a social media strategy [...]
