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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
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?
I’ve figured out Google’s grand plan for world domination. More or less. See if this makes sense to you. It sure did last night when
The other day I was walking a client through a social media strategy workshop. At the end of the long day, he turned to me and said,
Why am I waving my fist in the air? You will just have to click on the video to see! I’m just not much of a
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 VinĂcius 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.