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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
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
Johnny Spence has been one of the most consistent and entertaining contributors to {grow} over the past year so it only makes sense that I
Over the past year, some of the most powerful marketing lessons I’ve learned haven’t come from a book, a guru or a webinar. They’ve come
Sure the social web is filled with rants and quacks, but I’ve also been thinking about how the science and technology of this channel lifts
I don’t make a habit of putting my life on display on the blog but I wanted to pass along some news that I’m excited
In graduate school I took a class on “Leaders and Leadership” that I hoped would give me respite from the grind of finance and economics.
Sometimes it feels like my social media presence is about to fall off a cliff. Over the past months I’ve shared my journey as I’ve