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Forget your marketing PLAN? Have I gone MAD?? Every good social media plan STARTS with a solid marketing strategy but social media efforts are sub-optimized
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.

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
On a webinar last week, I briefly covered an idea I call the information eco-system (or social footprint) and received a lot of questions about
Complexity has been a theme through many posts on {grow}, most typically connected with the word “STRESS!” I had a fascinating discussion with one of
Zappos* is a successful company with a well-publicized, aggressive employee use of social media. In fact, it may be the most famous social media model in all of
If I leave a conference with a few “kernels of truth” I can gnaw on and think about, I consider the time well-spent. Here are
 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
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
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
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