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Linda Sherman Healthy Longevity Advocate and Board Director

Boomer Tech Talk Managing Editor, Linda Sherman is passionate about senior health care and healthy longevity. Start-ups and board service in this field are of interest. Linda has a distinguished background of international subsidiary CEO/CMO experience. These include CEO Club Med Japan, Barilla Japan and CMO Wal-Mart Japan. After setting up Coors Japan, Linda devised and implemented an innovative guerrilla-marketing plan for ZIMA in Japan that produced a lasting, profitable success. Linda Sherman has been featured and quoted in Forbes, The New York Times, Christian Monitor and other leading publications. Connect with Linda on Twitter and Instagram @LindaSherman.

About Linda Sherman

Boomer Tech Talk Managing Editor, Linda Sherman is passionate about senior health care and healthy longevity. Start-ups and board service in this field are of interest. Linda has a distinguished background of international subsidiary CEO/CMO experience. These include CEO Club Med Japan, Barilla Japan and CMO Wal-Mart Japan. After setting up Coors Japan, Linda devised and implemented an innovative guerrilla-marketing plan for ZIMA in Japan that produced a lasting, profitable success. Linda Sherman has been featured and quoted in Forbes, The New York Times, Christian Monitor and other leading publications. Connect with Linda on Twitter and Instagram @LindaSherman.

White House Coronavirus Briefings Opinions of Interest

April 11, 2020 By Linda Sherman Leave a Comment

John Oliver Explains OAN on Last Week Tonight

A small round up of recent opinion and perspective. I file this in my Sustainability category on "Ask Linda Sherman" because our response to the Coronavirus has so much to do with sustainability in America. These opinions are also of great interest to me because of my passion for Healthy … [Read more...] about White House Coronavirus Briefings Opinions of Interest

Filed Under: Sustainability

Huawei Security Considerations From a US Expat Perspective

April 11, 2019 By Linda Sherman Leave a Comment

Linda Sherman at Huawei booth CES 2018

The Los Angeles Times published a lengthy article on Huawei April 10. I went through and selected the most cautionary elements. Why? As an American who lived and worked in Japan as an executive for 22 years, including market research on the small business marketplace for IBM in both China and … [Read more...] about Huawei Security Considerations From a US Expat Perspective

Filed Under: Commentary

Richard Milgrim Tea Ceramics Exhibition

October 27, 2017 By Linda Sherman Leave a Comment

Richard Milgrim with some of his tea bowls (chawan) with lids

My cousin Richard Milgrim and I separately ended up in Japan, I for 22 years, he for 40. My grandfather, Ira Knobel and Richard's grandmother, the well-known dress designer, Sally Milgrim, were siblings. Richard holds the distinction of being the only non-Japanese person to reach the heights of … [Read more...] about Richard Milgrim Tea Ceramics Exhibition

Filed Under: Japan Tagged With: art, travel

Solutions to Twitter Taking Away Your Social Share Counts on Nov 20

November 15, 2015 By Linda Sherman Leave a Comment

social share button on BoomerTechTalk article by LindaSherman

Twitter has decided they don't want incur the cost to continue to provide the API necessary for Social Share plug-in developers to include a "count" of how many times your blog was posted on Twitter. The official pull date was November 20th. This article starts with the sad story of how and when … [Read more...] about Solutions to Twitter Taking Away Your Social Share Counts on Nov 20

Filed Under: Social Marketing Tagged With: Social Share Buttons, socialmedia, WordPress

Getting Your Newsletter Shared on Social Media

October 4, 2015 By Linda Sherman Leave a Comment

social share and email on social comparison

Building an opted in email list is an important goal for your current and future marketing health. Making it easy for your current recipients to share your newsletter in a variety of ways is a methodology you should not overlook. You probably already have "forward email" at the bottom of your … [Read more...] about Getting Your Newsletter Shared on Social Media

Filed Under: Social Marketing

Useful Social Media Features Infographic

July 30, 2015 By Linda Sherman Leave a Comment

Useful collection of social media features for beginners. Even if you're not a beginner, sometimes it's just hard to keep up. For instance, Twitter now allows you to post four photos. Twitter rolled that out in March 2014 but for people who don't specialize in marketing or social media, these … [Read more...] about Useful Social Media Features Infographic

Filed Under: Infographics Tagged With: socialmedia

Hilarious Article Defining Selfies

July 24, 2015 By Linda Sherman Leave a Comment

Selfie at starting line of run. snapshot by Ray Gordon

Former FastCompany and current Maxim editor Jason Feifer hit a home run submitting an opinion piece for The New York Times on selfies. He was inspired by the misuse of the word "selfie" by the press.  As Jason runs through what is and what is not a selfie, he will have you laughing out loud. … [Read more...] about Hilarious Article Defining Selfies

Filed Under: Social Marketing Tagged With: humor, personal branding

Video thumbnails

June 13, 2015 By Linda Sherman Leave a Comment

checking Debra's thumbnail We now have updates with last names. 74 years old Background street noise in 2019 May Frank L video. 2015 Frank L Video Note he says Frank Long in the 2015 video 70 years old Dropped out last name Following is Justin with Dad - Rick says only this … [Read more...] about Video thumbnails

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Why I am Switching to a SiteGround Server Host

April 3, 2015 By Linda Sherman Leave a Comment

siteground server coverage

Which is the best server host is a recurring topic of discussion in my WordPress user groups. For some time, Host Gator was a popular host. Then WPEngine. At the moment, the darling host of many people I know is SiteGround. I have been trying them out with several clients for the past six … [Read more...] about Why I am Switching to a SiteGround Server Host

Filed Under: Social Marketing Tagged With: Server Host, WordPress

Twitter Group DM

February 4, 2015 By Linda Sherman 3 Comments

Twitter Group DM illustration by Ray Gordon

My first reaction to hearing about Twitter Group direct messages was negative. "Have a private conversation with anyone on Twitter, even a friend of a friend." Sounds like a motivation to begin culling who you follow on Twitter. On the other hand I can see possibilities. Learning more about the … [Read more...] about Twitter Group DM

Filed Under: Social Marketing Tagged With: twitter

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