Posts Tagged ‘business relationships’

8,000 Twitter followers. Now what?

Something amazing has happened. I have nearly 8,000 Twitter followers in eight months. How does somebody maintain a meaningful presence on Twitter with a crowd like that? I’m a work in […]

The social web is starting to feel like high school

A while back I wrote an article about the fortress-like tendencies of the A-List bloggers and the sycophants who follow them. I compared it to an exclusive country club. But as […]

Is blogging a man’s job?

I read a blog post yesterday that staggered me. It was about a woman who could only find success as a blogger and freelance writer after she posed as a man […]

The curious case of the Twitter Quitters

One of my customers is a brilliant management consultant. An engineer by training, he does not come by marketing instinct naturally and asked me to help. This is a customer tailor-made […]

How do I get my boss to understand social media?

In my position as a teacher and a consultant, this is one of the most common questions I hear. So let’s get it out on the table and take on […]

Five social media myths that MUST STOP NOW!

These five social media myths must stop now!

Studying U.S. keeps East European marketer a step ahead

I decided it would be fun to feature some of the great people of the {grow} community from time to time. You’ll probably recognize the name Kimmo Linkama as a regular contributor who has distinguished […]

The social media country club

The economy of social media is built on favors, creating a dysfunctional social media country club. Are we building a world of group think?

The case for social media marketing and "Extreme B2B"

At one point in my career, I had one of the largest (if not THE largest!) sales positions in the world. I had just one customer and they bought more […]