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The Five Surprising Impacts of Blog Comments

This week I received the 10,000th comment on my blog. That’s a big deal! And while this lucky commenter (who will be named at the end of the post), will […]

A classic take on social media

Note: This post was published in April, 2011 but became the target of controversy in July 2011 when I learned the person claiming to be the author was not the […]

Small businesses still grappling with social media benefits

Optimism about the economy and the use of social media pervade a new report called the Small Business Success Index, a survey sponsored by Network Solutions® and the University of […]

Four Easy Ideas to Humanize Your Brand on the Social Web

By Sidneyeve Matrix, Contributing {grow} Columnist We know that people prefer to connect with other people, not brands. Not too long ago, Mark wrote about how one of the biggest […]

Five Mega-trends: How Social Media is Transforming Government

I’ve had the honor of providing business strategy consultation recently to a UK agency and in the process became immersed in current uses of social media in government. I learned […]

Is Twitter for Everybody?

Is Twitter for everybody? This is the question that eventually gets asked by every person and every company trying Twitter for the first time. In the height of your […]

Five questions to help you choose your target market

Ken Rosen is an important part of our {grow} community and a wonderful strategic thinker. Today he graciously offers this guest post on choosing the right target markets: A Sales […]

Why are the “social media elite” ignoring us?

Why are the “social media elite” ignoring us? The answer may surprise you!

A Bold Experiment in Paid Content

We are about to witness an extremely important experiment in journalism, marketing and the economics of the Internet. Last Friday, the 159-year-old New York Times, arguably the nation’s most important […]

Eight Scintillating Lessons from SXSW

I heard a story about a business man who had a half-day layover in Paris. He told a local person he had four hours to see Paris and asked him […]

Content Marketing is not Journalism

Last week I attended an explosive panel discussion at SXSW. With the mild-mannered title of “Debating Brands’ Role as Publisher” sparks flew as Joe Pulizzi, founder of the Content Marketing Institute […]

Twitter at Year Five

Twitter has had a transformational effect on many individuals and businesses. Five years ago this week, the service launched as Jack Dorsey (@jack) sent the first Tweet. Here is Twitter by […]

A Scorecard on the 7 Blogging Essentials

This corporate blogging question was submitted to me by our good {grow} friend Brent Pohlman: On a scale of 1-to-5, with 5 being a requirement, which items are most critical […]

On Twitter, no one can hear you scream

I had the strangest call from Charlie Sheen yesterday. “OK man, I’ve got 2 MILLION freaking people following me on Twitter and my Klout score still sucks. Ya gotta help […]

Six ideas to get your blog out of the fog

We have an extraordinary opportunity today! Thanks to Christina Pappas, a blogger with Zmags.com, we’re going to dissect her blog as a case study! Christina came to me with this […]