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You’re in marketing for one reason: Grow. Grow your company, reputation, customers, impact, profits. Grow yourself. This is a community that will help. It will stretch your mind, connect you to fascinating people, and provide some fun along the way. I am so glad you’re here. -Mark Schaefer
I was bothered by a comment on the web expressing that bloggers were keeping somebody from success. Well … they’re not.
Merav Chen gives us the rundown on Ad Injection and the implications it will have for businesses and consumers

Business is built on relationships and relationships are built from networking. How to build your networking momentum!
The answer is yes, but are there limits to social media experiments? Who owns your data?

If you are facing an uphill battle against content competition, the content code is your blueprint forward to becoming the signal in a world of noise.
Ari Lightman sheds light on using Big Data to analyze audience and influence
By Kerry Gorgone, {grow} Contributing Columnist Disclosure: it’s not just the name of a bad Demi Moore movie. Marketers, bloggers, brands and other content publishers
Your marketing success may not depend on your budget, your strategy or your people. It might be up to your company culture. Can you change it?
Technology is changing everything in business and customer connections could be readically different in the next few years!

It’s never easy dealing with complaining customers but knowing a little about the psychology behind complaining will relieve your stress!

How to find the best media and online advertising partners for your business in today’s increasingly complex media landscape.
Personal or professional. That is the question. Do I need two Twitter accounts?
The future of public relations is strong due to three advances in content marketing
Social media lurkers may love you and your company but never let you know. Can emotional content lure them in?