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Guest Post by Craig Kessler: Building Blocks of Me

Jul. 27, 2009

I don’t remember when I first found Ari’s blog. I recently moved from New York to the Washington, D.C. metro area to take a job helping with being the community manager of BudgetPulse, a free personal budgeting software web start-up that I knew nothing about and wanted to try something new within the internet [...]

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Guest Post by Daniel Brenton: It Comes Down to Authenticity

May. 4, 2009

Daniel Brenton is on the road to find the meaning of existence. Raised in the American Midwest and now living in Las Vegas, he is the co-author of the science-fiction novel, “Red Moon.”
“The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”
–Jean Giraudoux
I gave a 25-minute presentation last year to [...]

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Guest Post by Ethan Yarbrough: Lessons Learned

Apr. 20, 2009

Ethan Yarbrough is the president of Allyis, a technology development and staffing firm in the state of Washington.
Lessons Learned: Extrapolating value from failed attempts building social networks
I’ve read a number of blog posts that counsel readers about what to ask a social media expert before doing business with them. Invariably, one of the questions that [...]

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Guest Post by Mark Havenner: How to Cure Twitter Block

Apr. 6, 2009

Mark Havenner is an Account Manager at The Pollack PR Marketing Group, a mid-sized, Los Angeles-based, consumer products-oriented integrated PR and marketing agency. Here is the corporate blog. You can tweet Mark at @havenner.
Twitter can be foreboding. One logs in, takes a look at that ominous “What are you doing?” question and may think What [...]

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Guest Post by Brent Arslaner: The Next Generation of Lead Generation

Mar. 23, 2009

Brent Arslaner is the Vice President of Marketing for Unisfair, a provider of virtual event solutions. His biography is here. You can follow Brent on Twitter at @Brent_Arslaner.
Brent responded to a request for best practices in social media, courtesy of Peter Shankman’s Help a Reporter Out.
Increasing lead generation, while decreasing cost per lead, will be [...]

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Guest Post by Jillian York: How Twitter Enhances Me

Mar. 9, 2009

By Jillian C. York, a writer, blogger, and political activist. I am a project coordinator for the OpenNet Initiative at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and deeply involved with Global Voices Online and Herdict. (Follow me at @jilliancyork.)

As a writer and activist, I believe firmly in the power of social media. Although I [...]

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