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The ultimate guide to blogging when you don’t have time to blog

This is a blog post for anybody who has trouble finding the time to blog. In other words, everybody. I humbly submit a few practical ideas to help you become […]

It worked for Zappos. It probably won’t work for you.

Zappos* is a successful company with a well-publicized, aggressive employee use of social media. In fact, it may be the most famous social media model in all of blogdom. They have 13 blogs, […]

8,000 Twitter followers. Now what?

Something amazing has happened. I have nearly 8,000 Twitter followers in eight months. How does somebody maintain a meaningful presence on Twitter with a crowd like that? I’m a work in […]

Kernels of truth on social media marketing

If I leave a conference with a few “kernels of truth” I can gnaw on and think about, I consider the time well-spent. Here are a few nuggets I picked […]

Ten ideas for the beginning blogger

If you look around the web, there is so much advice about blogging it’s not funny. Still, I’ve learned a few lessons that might help if you’re a beginner blogger and I […]

Get out your dancing shoes, it’s time to blog

Pop quiz: Over the next three years, what is the number one skill that will be needed by marketing professionals? Answer: An ability to entertain. I realize that is not normally […]

Does Amanda Chapel matter?

The mysterious, mean-spirited, self-proclaimed “strumpette” Amanda Chapel is the most divisive personality in the social media movement. She relentlessly shoots poison darts at nearly every voice of authority on the social […]

The social web is starting to feel like high school

A while back I wrote an article about the fortress-like tendencies of the A-List bloggers and the sycophants who follow them. I compared it to an exclusive country club. But as […]

Learning from Cosmo: My fresher, sexier blog

One thing about blogging — Headlines matter! And this is what I’ve learned from standing at the grocery checkout line: Nobody does headlines better than Cosmopolitan magazine. So I’ve decided to tear a […]

Ten blog posts that mattered

Ten blog posts that mattered in 2009

A Lite Brite Christmas

At this time of year I’m not thinking too much about marketing and business so I just thought I would tell you a Christmas Story. This is the tale of the […]

Eight lessons I’ve learned from Twitter

I’m writing this blog as a way of accepting a challenge from my friend Venessa Miemis. Always glad to be pushed in new ways! I’ve been a devoted Twitter-er for […]

How social media can hurt business relationships

The social web may be the most revolutionary marketing tool since the advent of radio. I don’t have to tell you why at this point. But for all the opportunities, […]

A futurist’s view of the “next big thing” in social media

Venessa Miemis’ Twitter bio describes her as a “Metacog, futurist and thought architect tracking emerging media and technology trends & impacts.” Now THAT got my attention. Currently pursuing a masters degree […]

Research shows small business owners struggle with Twitter

The latest research report from Business.com shows that small business owners are still trying to figure out Twitter … but those who have mastered it are seeing an advantage. The expansive […]