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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 woke up Thursday morning to a shocking development. My ego had been knocked down 60 pegs. On the right hand column of this blog
Brian Rudolph is leading the social media charge for some of the world’s biggest brands and in this short video interview, he provides insights on
If you hate Klout … and you probably do … try to take a deep breath and read ahead with an open mind. Nothing
It is almost too much to bear to report that another dear friend, and social media marketing titan, has passed away. Â Imad Naffa, a consistently
A guest post from {grow} community member Taryn Erickson A perpetual ‘go-getter’ by nature, when I jumped into the Social Media scene it was a
It’s all about the conversation. Have you heard that a thousand times? It’s a ubiquitous mantra of the social web to the point where sometimes I think

The death of Trey Pennington shook me up and made me reflect on the role of social media in this tragedy.
My friend Trey Pennington, one of the most popular figures on the social web, committed suicide today. I have been trying to figure out how to
I had my eyes opened to the massive growth of the crowdsourcing industry at a SXSW panel earlier this year. Ever since then, I
Social media usage may have reached a tipping point, according to a new report from one of my favorite sources, The Pew Internet and American
I’ve started and trashed this article at least six times. As you will see, I have my reasons to be conflicted about publishing it. Yet
I was stuck in traffic and had not moved for nearly an hour. I was quite bored. I had a thought. This is a dangerous
Rebecca Denison is an outstanding, bright young professional and one of my favorite Twitter friends. She also happens to take exception with some of my musings on

Many people dream of writing their own book and luckly today you don’t need an agent or contact to experience success. How do you self-publish your book?