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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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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.”
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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