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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
2011 will be a year when many marketing professionals hit the social media re-set button. After climbing aboard the “engagement train” for fear of being
Here is the most colorful social media success story you’ll ever read! The story starts with paint. Colorful … get it? I crack myself up.
“How do I create the perfect blog post?” That question by a young student stopped me in my tracks. After all, is there such a
Social scoring is a new trend to identify social media influencers. Could it catch on with brands?
It seems that Mitch Joel and I are becoming the Social Media Odd Couple. I like Mitch. He’s smart. It’s just that I think he
I have this new habit. When I’m alone on a long car trip I will put out a tweet asking people to call me and
One possible answer:Â Â The Enterprise. No, no. Not the Star Trek kind of Enterprise (although that would be pretty cool). Â I mean using social
This week we continue to put {grow} in the hands of the community by featuring Nashville marketer Laura Click and her ideas about why companies
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

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
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