Repetition is In and Blogging Is Back
I don’t like to repeat myself. But as I’ve been blogging for SIXTEEN YEARS, it’s unavoidable. The good news is that’s OK.
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Why I Attend Seth Godin’s Live Events
I always come away from Seth’s live events re-charged, provoked and inspired. But the best part is friends you reconnect with and new people you meet.
read moreSweets and Tweets: Tony Hsieh Isn’t the Only One Delivering Customer Happiness
Forget shiny object syndrome. Does the widespread adoption of social media mean that companies are doing business in a better way by listening more closely to customers?
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is well known for delivering (aka selling) customer happiness as…
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Why Writing a Corporate Blog Can Be Fun (and Profitable Too)
Kudos to my newest guest blogger Susan Harris for her post below explaining exactly why being a corporate blogger can be fun. She hits all the relevant points (how she coaxes posts out of the staff, how she finds…
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To Blog or Not to Blog (Nine Years Later)
Nine years seems like a long time. Depending, that is, on the event or phenomenon you are marking. Today is nine years exactly since 9/11. Although I live in DC, I happened to be in New York that day. I was in Union…
Grazing the Web on Saturday Morning
Meetings at Web 2.0 Expo
Midsummer Madness Sweets and Tweets
Keynote and Workshop for American Camp Association
Social Media Marketing Books I Recommend
Summer Reading Issue
Business books I’m reading this summer include the newly revised edition of Accidental Genius by Mark Levy. It’s an insightful guide to using freewriting to jumpstart idea generation – whether you want to solve a business problem or articulate a book concept. Highly…
Managing Both Objections and Reputation Through Social Media
I’m delighted to welcome Douglas Karr, co-author of Corporate Blogging for Dummies, as a guest contributor. His point about one-to-one vs. one-to-many (sales vs. marketing) is an insightful one. More about Douglas below. Take it away, Douglas:
Social media caught many companies off…
Summer Projects: Cooking a Goose, Learning to Draw, More Sumi-e Painting
There is something about summer – and especially spending a few weeks on the coast of Maine – that makes me want to try new things. I guess it’s the “kid at camp” syndrome where you sign up for riflery even though…
Six Linchpins Speak at Midsummer Madness Sweets and Tweets (Hat Tip | Seth Godin)
Listen to six Linchpins who stepped up at the July 21st *Midsummer Madness Sweets and Tweets for delicious pre-Seth Godin cupcakes and to riff for three minutes on how each has made him or herself indispensable at work. Linchpins (and the flip side, self-sabotaging Lizard…
read moreIt’s Seth Godin Week in DC
Here’s why: Seth Godin is coming to town for a rare live seminar in DC on July 22, 2010. And his army of local fans is rumbling and ready.
I’m hosting a Midsummer Madness edition of
Q & A With Peter Corbett on Sex, Lies and DCWEEK
I spoke recently with Peter Corbett, CEO of iStrategy Labs and one of DC’s tech celebs. Corbett has been named one of the Most Influential Washingtonians Under 40 and one of 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers by Government Technology Magazine.
DW: 1.…
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