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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
By Srivinas Rao, Contributing {grow} Columnist If there’s one exercise that continually causes my blog to grow, it’s conducting a quarterly review. If you want your
I’ve been researching and thinking about the psychology of the social web and our Internet relationships. There are many common psychological techniques you can use
I was recently interviewed about Klout and social influence by VinÃcius Cherobino of Galileu, a scientific magazine in Brazil. I thought his questions were especially good
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.