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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’ve been a skeptic about Foursquare but this guest post from small business-owner Helen Wilkinson (above) describes a new perspective on a monetization activity with
I have one of the world’s best points of brand differentiation — I’m the only business blogger you know old enough to have a daughter-blogger!
I would like to introduce Stuart Mease of Virginia Tech University to all of you. Stuart is a member of the {grow} community and flat-out
I just read a fascinating (and lengthy!) report from McKinsey on tech-enabled business trends to watch and thought it was important enough to summarize for
The other night I was having a beer with a friend who is a beginner blogger. He was lamenting that he was not attracting many
[youtube https://youtu.be/OewGHfz631s] You probably know by now that I like to shake it up with something light-hearted on Fridays but I think today’s video sends
I frequently receive questions about how I blog. Where do I get the ideas? How long does it take? Where do I come up with
I think I figured out why nearly every social media blogger sounds exactly the same — commonly referred to as the “echo chamber.” I’m learning that copying

The know-nothings. You know who I’m talking about right? Social media “marketers” who have never practiced marketing. Maybe have never even had a sales
I pleased to present today an interview with William Robb, Director, Social Media Marketing for SAP. SAP is the world’s largest provider of business software
“How much time should I spend on Twitter?” is a question I get asked repeatedly. And last week one person upped the game by asking,


Unless you’ve been in a cave this week, it would have been hard to avoid the splendid, amazing and entertaining Old Spice media blitz, which
Let’s have some fun with my buns. Cinnamon buns, that is. One of the myths we recently discussed on {grow} was the claim that every
OK, we’ve heard all the great business success stories about connecting and learning through Twitter. But the human race is made up of all kinds