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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
The other day in my Twitter stream @joe_sharkey asked:  “As a new graduate, how do I stand out in the social media jungle?” I promised I
It’s hard to believe but my three year Twitter anniversary is approaching so I’ve been reflecting on this channel and what it has meant to me.

I have such a special treat for you today. One of my first Twitter friends was Michelle Chmielewski. What started as a silly little tweet

A Thai Food Court offers a spicy lesson on how to make the best website, and while it may seem like a paradox, less is more in business, website complexity
It’s been about a year since I wrote anything significant about Foursquare so I thought it was time to check-in. Check-in. Get it? Oh, never
“No.” That’s the short answer to a question that was posed to me in Focus (which seems quieter and more manageable than Quora). It got my
Proud to intoduce Kacy Maxwell of Nashville as our newest {grow}toonist. Together with Joey Strawn, I’ve got the best one-two cartoon punch on the

From time to time I have been pleased to feature the research of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research. They’ve uncovered some fascinating

I thought it was a guest post. It was a ghost post instead.
I knew my book The Tao of Twitter could help a lot of people de-mystify Twitter but I never expected the out-pouring of praise and
I crossed the line. I think I have become a social media slut. Before I tell my tale, let me relate a few of my experiences
