Archive for the ‘Leadership’ Category

Social influence and social media activism

I want to call-out this villainous company who is distiliing our personal information and peddling it to companies as “influence” without our permission. This is what they are doing: Taking our social […]

OK. 30,000 followers. Now what?

Back in college I had this hilarious geology professor who told me that “tsunami” was Japanese for “Where in the hell did all that water come from?” That’s kind of […]

Dear social web, Let’s try keeping it real.

I hesitate to be drawn into the Klout firing line again but I have had so many requests from the {grow} community to comment on the Klout Meltdown this week […]

Social media sewage … and hope

I’ve started and trashed this article at least six times. As you will see, I have my reasons to be conflicted about publishing it. Yet I can’t deny this gnawing […]

The evolution of social media power and influence

I was recently interviewed about Klout and social influence by Vinícius Cherobino of Galileu, a scientific magazine in Brazil. I thought his questions were especially good and wanted to share this […]

My blog is my gun.

Alvin Tatum describes why his blog is his gun.

Happiness, joy and a big fat Klout score

The reality of a big fat klout score

Not Everyone Knows as Much as You Do About Social Media

A guest post by David Lifson … Small business owners. They’re an impressive group that must handle every element of their operation – from accounting to inventory, and hiring to […]

Debating the future of social media leadership and strategy

This is a video of me sleeping. Holy crap what a lousy picture. Nevertheless, you are going to love this video. Jay Baer and I usually see eye-to-eye but when […]