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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 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

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
This has been a week of reminiscing for me. I had a business opportunity come up that gave me a good excuse to talk to

A few years ago, I was in a graduate leadership program at Carnegie Mellon University and took a class from a talented educator and author
One of our local news anchors, Tearsa Smith, has done a masterful job using the social web to connect to viewers in a personable, accessible
In my recent post on the time-sucking dragon known as the social web, Jody Pirello offered some comments on how she keeps up with the latest
In my role as an educator and an advocate for social media marketing, this is a question I get asked at least once a week.Â
This week, I’m featuring personal case studies to demonstrate how the social web can provide tremendous business benefits … often when you least expect it! Today’s example started
 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
A few months back I did a fun interview with Susan Wassel, the social media voice for Sharpie pens. Susan made me a believer. If
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