Is Social Media Causing Attention Deficit Disorder?

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Kevin Gold is Director of Internet Marketing at iNET Interactive, a social media company operating prominent online communities for technology professionals and technology enthusiasts. Kevin is a frequent contributing author to multiple publications including Search Marketing Standard, Practical eCommerce, DIRECT, Entrepreneur.com, ConversionChronicles.com, About.com, and On Target (Yahoo! Search Marketing newsletter).

6 Comments*

  1. Karina says:

    I didn’t even make it through this article… I got an e-mail that needed attention and then I lost interest.

  2. Karina says:

    Not saying it was a bad article…just driving your point home (I think).

  3. Tom Hale says:

    Right On Kevin.

    My latest blog post addresses the same issue, in a more superficial manner of course.

    I am running into some seriously stressed people in todays workforce. Not too mention my own stress in dealing with the information fire hose.

    Too much information.
    Too much Do-It-Yourself
    Too little understanding (by executive types) of the time it all takes.
    Too many “experts”, you and I included ;-)

    -T

  4. Lisa says:

    I was actually thinking about this yesterday. We are being pulled in so many directions, it is hard to keep up sometimes. Glad to hear I’m not the only one.

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