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Punch Out or Burn Out: Why the Most Successful People in Marketing Pursue Hobbies

Smart marketers know they need to punch out before they burn out. Learn how marketing leaders pursue their hobbies to create balance in their lives.

Frustrating Favor Requests: Freelance Doesn’t Mean “Free”

I am deluged with requests for free help. If I ignore you, I’m not being rude, I’m being smart.

The ultimate guide to blogging when you don’t have time to blog

This is a blog post for anybody who has trouble finding the time to blog. In other words, everybody. I humbly submit a few practical ideas to help you become […]

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 […]

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 […]

Social Media’s Economy of Giving

In the first article in this four-part series, I defined the three elements that contribute to business benefits through social media: Connections + Meaningful Content + Authentic Helpfulness = Business […]

Social media time shock strategies

This is Part 4 of my interview with Dr. Ben Hanna, former eBay exec, online marketing pioneer and VP of Business.com. Part 1: Four breakthrough Twitter insights Part 2: Essential […]

It’s time for digital de-tox

Smoky Mountains National Park — The site of my digital de-toxification! Yesterday I commented on the increasing time commitments and frustrations of social media maintenance. To get released from the […]

Social media exhaustion

I take my first sip of fresh-brewed coffee and sit down in front of my computer for my 15 minutes of morning social media updating. Blog reader. Let’s see what […]