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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

The author recovered from his creative burnout by indulging in a massive amount of popular fiction. Here’s what he learned from his content binge.

Creating a new social network is a perilous proposition but Amazon Spark may beat the odds. What marketers need to know about this new entry.

Marketing personal services takes a human touch. People are buying you, not your content so there is an imperative to bring a human dimension to marketing.

“Creating controversy” may be popular advice on how to to create traffic for content but does it represent a legitimate strategy?

You probably don’t realize it, but the planning fallacy is the likely the culprit if you often find you’re late or suffer from poor planning.

Facebook is for family and friends. But under some circumstances, you might consider using Facebook for business networking.

Messages are flying around the Internet from Facebook, LinkedIn, email, Snapchat and many other messaging systems. For some, this means massive confusion!

You might not want to post employer reviews on Glassdoor anymore. Attorney Kerry O’Shea Gorgone explains why your reviews are no longer anonymous.

Smart speakers have become part of our lives and voice search has profound implications for marketing. What happens when Google search goes away?

If your content niche is saturated, should you give up? No! But you will need to find your place on the web with a little research and resourcefulness.

Are you trying to differentiate your business through great customer service? The author says it’s time to re-visit that strategy.

What is an ICO? Tokens, ICOs, and cryptocurrencies are all buzzwords right now. Do you know what they mean and how to talk about them?

Freedom is a core, human value. As stewards of responsible, digital citizenship, here are four ideas to begin the process of viewing freedom differently.

When was the moment your social media “on” switch flipped for good? And how would your life be different without constant digital immersion?

Sometimes I’m happy. Sometimes I’m bemused. Sometimes I need to rant. This is one of those days. Bring on the social media rants.