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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
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

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.
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
 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.Â
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.
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
Mark Schaefer makes 12 predictions about the future of social media
I have never used this community to comment on another person’s blog but today I’m just so happy, so enthralled, so downright giddy that I could kiss my
One of my customers is a brilliant management consultant. An engineer by training, he does not come by marketing instinct naturally and asked me to help.
I’ve had the great privilege of teaching a college-sponsored class on social media marketing and as usual, I’m learning more from the class than what
For the last two months I have been eagerly anticipating the results of Dr. Ben Hanna’s Business.com 2009 survey of corporate social media utilization. Why is
The GE Social Media Team: Gary Sheffer, Jen Walsh, Sean Gannon, Lisa Lanspery, Mike Eisenreich, Megan Parker and Vivek Kemp A few weeks ago I
In my position as a teacher and a consultant, this is one of the most common questions I hear. So let’s get it out on

These five social media myths must stop now!