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How to fix Google Plus

With Google+ in turmoil, the company’s fatal flaw is exposed. Here is a plan to fix it!

Why Ad Agencies aren’t adjusting to a real-time social media world

Ad agencies have been slow to adopt to a real-time social media world. Here is the reason why.

Examples of quantifying social influence

Is Klout the new SAT score? Should social influence scores be used in the hiring process? This corporate leader says “yes.”

Can a Fortune 500 company be more human?

By Eric Wittlake, {grow} Contributing Columnist Mark Schaefer recently wrote that “to stand out we need to be more human.” His article struck a chord with me and I wanted […]

3 Twitter best practices that unlock business success

You can only expect to discover Twitter success if you follow these three steps

The future of digital marketing will be built on fun

I have been writing and speaking on some new ideas about where I think social media and digital marketing will be going over the next few years. It seems pretty […]

Secrets behind one of the world’s greatest Facebook marketing successes

The manager behind Tourism Australia’s Facebook page — one of the most popular in the world — describes the secret of leveraging fan content and creating a presence with attitude

One million words later, I still fear publishing

By Mars Dorian, {grow} Contributing Columnist He said, “At some point in your life, you have to ask yourself: are you a doer, or are you a talker? Because nothing […]

Are the bad guys winning?

Spam killing blog comment sections. Blogs being hacked. Customer data breaches. Are the bad guys winning?

The cure for Bloggus Interruptus when there are no blogging ideas

How do you get back into blogging after an extended break? Here’s one way to generate blogging ideas

Being Banned Ain’t What It Used to Be

Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar’s latest book was banned in Qatar. Here’s why that might not be such a bad thing.

The best marketing insight I’ve received in the past 5 years

It is simple yet profound and the best marketing advice I have received in years

Almost everything I knew about starting a business was wrong

Think you need experience, connections and capital to starting a business? Think again.

How Do You Tie Your Content Back to Your Vision?

By Aaron Crowther, {grow} Community Member I’ve just sat through two-days of speakers at Content Marketing World in Sydney. On the whole, it was a good conference – interesting. I […]