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Is Twitter a Waste of Time? No, Says (Busy) Inc. 5000 CEO

by Debbie Weil | Sep 21, 2008 | Events, Social Media, Uncategorized

Note: this has been re-posted from the Inc. 5000 conference blog. Despite the fact that 39% of the Inc. 500 are blogging, I found only a tiny handful* of folks at the Inc. 5000 conference (speakers or entrepreneur-attendees) who are actively engaged in using social...

Seth Godin on the Right Way to Use Social Networking for Your Business

by Debbie Weil | Sep 20, 2008 | Events, Social Media, Uncategorized

It’s not about your number of Twitter followers or Facebook friends, Seth Godin told me yesterday at the Inc. 5000 conference in Washington DC. Seth kindly agreed to a one-minute interview yesterday after his mainstage appearance with Tom Peters, moderated by...

Live From the Inc. 5000 Conference: Jim Collins, Dell, Seth Godin, Tom Peters, Zingerman’s and More

by Debbie Weil | Sep 19, 2008 | Corporate Blogging, Events, Social Media, Uncategorized

Busy day “liveblogging” the Inc. 5000 conference here in D.C. Here’s what’s I posted today: Three Things on Jim Collins’ ‘Stop Doing’ List Dell VP Bob Pearson Listens to 10,000 Online Conversations Everyday Dell also announced...

Dell VP Bob Pearson Listens to 10,000 Online Conversations Every Day

by Debbie Weil | Sep 19, 2008 | Events, Social Media, Uncategorized

Note: this has been re-posted from the Inc. 5000 conference blog. “We’ve finished chapter 1 and we’re just starting,” Dell’s VP Bob Pearson told me, noting that 1.46 billion people are online today but only 1.6 million of them visit...

Celeb Sighting: 4-Hour Author Tim Ferriss Takes Stairs, Not Escalator

by Debbie Weil | Sep 19, 2008 | Events, Social Media, Uncategorized

I just spotted Tim Ferriss in gray sweatshirt and jeans running up the stairs at the Inc. 5000 conference here in Washington DC. Meantime, hundreds of suited entrepreneurs, whose companies are being honored at Inc.‘s annual conference, obediently rode the...

Preview Q & As Now Up on the Inc. 5000 Conference Blog

by Debbie Weil | Sep 17, 2008 | Events, Social Media, Uncategorized

If you’re interested, I’m liveblogging the annual Inc. 500 (now 5000) conference, which starts here in Washington DC tomorrow. The first few “preview” entries are up here. More to come. I’ll also be Twittering from the conference floor....
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