Success Stories

How Twitter Search Changed the Life of a Stranger in a Coffee Shop

This post started out as a how-to but I decided to scrap it to get to the story of how twitter search changed a strangers life in a coffee shop. If you want to know more about real time conversational search just subscribe to my feed as I will cover it more in depth in [...]


I was told my success came from my job!

Many of you know about my affinity for skype. It’s my power tool of choice for connecting with new people and staying connected with friends. Last week I was on a call with a friend of a few years. A friend that has seen me go from social media rookie to social media professional. A [...]


Are you a profile Clone??

There has been a flood of new people jumping into the twitter and social media space in the last few months. The weird thing is, that it seems to be a bunch of profile clones with different avatars, or no avatars at all. Why am I writing about this? Everyone is sick of twitter right? [...]


Sharing a Social Media Story from the Arts

I have been asked recently for more and more stories that revolve around from how I got started in social media to how I landed working professionally in social media for Best Buy Remix. Today, I am not going to give the whole picture, but I am going to share an anecdotal story about how [...]


Actions, Intentions and Opportunity

Today I was inspired by a article from Chris Brogan. Yea, I know ~ Whats new? Chris’ post revolved around a quote by Thomas Kempis that says, “The object of education isn’t knowledge, it’s action” Chris goes on to say, “Even if our efforts are intended to inform, what we really seek is action.” I [...]


Tim Coyne, The Hollywood Podcast, and ‘Chuck’ – Creatives and Community Podcast #2

Just this weekend I had the chance to talk with Tim Coyne of the Hollywood Podcast for episode #2 of the creatives and community podcast. We talked about everything from his podcasting and new media efforts all the way to his debut tonight at 8PM EST on NBC’s show Chuck.
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Interview with Natasha Wescoat

Today I had a chance to talk with artist and web 2.0 extraordinaire Natasha Wescoat. I have been following Natasha’s career for a few years now and I am thrilled to be able to talk with her. If your an artist, business person, social media enthusiast or just a fan of art this interview is [...]


Welcome to keithburtis.com!

Hello old friends, new friends, and friends to be. This is my newly created personal blog. I decided that I wanted to create a place where I could talk about community, social media, business, work, life, family, love, hope, success and not feel constrained by the limits of a specific niche. Many of you may [...]