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An open letter to France

Dear Country of France, I’ve crawled around your country about a dozen times over the years and each visit has been filled with beauty, culture, history and fine food. But […]

A place where bloggers are royalty (video)

During my recent trip to France I had a chance to catch up with {grow} community regular and video blogger extraordinaire Michelle Chmielewski, who is now working in Paris. Our […]

A World Without Flaws – The Social Media Stepford Wives

An email with a subject line of “You Made Me Cry” gets my attention! And that is exactly what Jamie Lee Wallace wrote to me last week after reading the […]

Five steps to prepare you for the social media marathon

The world of work is different today. It’s not a 9-5 daily sprint, it’s an always-on, always connected, all-out communication MARATHON. And like any athlete preparing for an intense and […]

Social media and the Rutgers suicide

I’m sure you were disturbed, as I was, by the story of a young man who committed suicide when his sexual encounter was secretly captured on a video and posted […]

This is why you will have a career in social media

I’m about to make a prediction that surprises even me. Social media management will not be absorbed into most company marketing departments and instead will emerge as a stand-alone professional […]

Social media and the big conversation “fail”

I am feeling sad and a bit ashamed of myself. Something happened — a wake-up call about this notion of social media “community” and “conversation.” It’s making me pause and […]

Can social media change your company’s culture? I doubt it.

Mitch Joel mentioned to me in a recent exchange that he thought social media was changing corporate cultures. As I pondered this possibility, I’d like to suggest that this scenario […]

Marketing observations from Europe

I crawled through the nooks and crannies of the UK and France over the past two weeks and while I enjoyed my share of fine food, history, art and monuments, […]

When it comes to social media, there’s no place like home

Arminda Lindsay has become one of the most steadfast {grow} community members in 2010. Here’s Arminda’s story about finding her new career in social media marketing in a very familiar […]

Is your company creating a social media ghost town?

This week we continue to put {grow} in the hands of the community by featuring Nashville marketer Laura Click and her ideas about why companies abandon their social efforts: A […]

Is ANYBODY LISTENING out there?

Next up on {grow} “Community Week” is Kristen Daukus, a fellow marketing entrepreneur, social media lover and consultant: “I am afraid to use social media because people will use it […]

How do you measure a personal brand?

I am so proud and happy to shine a spotlight on Rebecca Denison in today’s Community Week post. She was one of the first true fans of {grow} and one […]

A simple strategy to convert blog visitors into sales leads

If you’ve read {grow} with any consistency you’ll recognize Jon Buscall as one of the most vibrant intellectual voices in our community. Today Jon tackles the tough issue of monetizing […]

No budget? Apply guerrilla marketing ideas to the social web

I first connected with Nathan Dube in 2009 when I fell in love with his now-famous destroy your printer contest. This guy has a knack for making something out of […]