Archive for the ‘Personalities of the social web’ Category

Want to be a social media consultant? Here’s some advice

Jay Baer was the keynote speaker at the recent Social Slam conference and I had a chance to corner him for a short video interview before one of the events. […]

Let’s not have a Quor-gasm

I don’t like Quora. As far as I can tell I stand alone in this sentiment. Every blogger this side of Silicon Valley has lined up behind Robert Scoble’s opinion that Quora […]

Can you make money from your Twitter stream? Mack Collier just did it.

Very quietly, a significant milestone occurred last Sunday night. Blogger and consultant Mack Collier monetized a Twitter conversation. That’s right. Mack made money from other people’s tweets on a free […]

A place where bloggers are royalty (video)

During my recent trip to France I had a chance to catch up with {grow} community regular and video blogger extraordinaire Michelle Chmielewski, who is now working in Paris. Our […]

Small business? THIS is how to work the social web!

Over the past year, some of the most powerful marketing lessons I’ve learned haven’t come from a book, a guru or a webinar. They’ve come from Chandra Michaels. Chandra is […]

An interesting interview with SAP’s social media director

I pleased to present today an interview with William Robb, Director, Social Media Marketing for SAP. SAP is the world’s largest provider of business software and the social media role […]

Want to “go viral?” Think again!

Seems like everybody wants to produce content that goes viral. Speaking from experience, you should be careful about what you wish for! Last week I followed with tradition and posted […]

Guy Kawasaki is the devil

Before I convince you that Guy Kawasaki is the devil, let’s look at his secret identity as described in his “official” bio. Guy Kawasaki is a managing director of […]

Meet the captain of the world’s first viral marketing success

Can you imagine being in charge of marketing and watch your product become the first-ever “viral” success story? It was just five years ago. YouTube was brand new. Facebook was just […]