Archive for 2011

DenialPlus. A {growtoon}

Today’s social media cartoon takes aim at Google +. Join the growtoonists each Friday for a humorous take on marketing, social media, and current business events.

A million, a milestone, Amachi

You only hit one million views on your blog once. This is a special video celebration and tribute for the {grow} community.

How to create social media metrics that matter

Every one is interested in social media these days, but to create a program that “sticks,” you need metrics that matter. This article tells you how!

Do you want a blog community or do you just want nicey-nicey?

When I immersed myself in the social media world three years ago, one of the most remarkable things I noted was how freaking boring it was. There was an almost total lack […]

Social influence and social media activism

I want to call-out this villainous company who is distiliing our personal information and peddling it to companies as “influence” without our permission. This is what they are doing: Taking our social […]

How many Twitter accounts should you have?

How many Twitter accounts should I have? I have been asked this question three times in 24 hours, most recently by Edwin Mysogland of Indiana who writes: I received your […]

OK. 30,000 followers. Now what?

Back in college I had this hilarious geology professor who told me that “tsunami” was Japanese for “Where in the hell did all that water come from?” That’s kind of […]

Dear social web, Let’s try keeping it real.

I hesitate to be drawn into the Klout firing line again but I have had so many requests from the {grow} community to comment on the Klout Meltdown this week […]

Picking through the bones of Social Media failures

By Stanford Smith, Contributing {grow} Columnist I’m morbidly fascinated by failure. As of late, I’ve been scouring the web looking for failed social media programs. Unfortunately, I can find plenty […]