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Why Joining 38,943 People is Bad

Nov. 5, 2009

Copyblogger is among the blogs I’ve read for about 18 months. Not every day, not every week; but it’s always among my list of subscribed and go-to sites for useful advice. I’m a Brian Clark groupie.
His writing aside, I don’t approve of his focusing on the number of people following him on Twitter as a [...]

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Social Media: Banning vs Blocking

Oct. 29, 2009

I am sorry I have to write this but it appears some of the leading technology journals are unable to agree on the difference between a ban and a block. If I didn’t know better, some editors might think the two verbs are synonyms.

The facts
On October 6, 2009, IT staffing firm Robert Half International released [...]

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How to Connect Your Mother to Me in 5 Random Steps

Sep. 24, 2009

Step 1: Your mother is a frequent reader of online business tips on Chris Brogan’s blog.
Step 2: Your mother tells you that Chris is no dummy and you should read his stuff, too.
Step 3: You subscribe to Chris’ blog, tell him you work for Uncle Sam, and ask if he knows anyone skilled in the [...]

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Questioning Why

Sep. 3, 2009

Five ways this, five ways that.
Seven ways to do this, 10 ways for that.
I’m as guilty as anyone else creating lists that share WHAT you could do and HOW you could go about doing it–but wouldn’t you rather read best practices arguing WHY it’s important to do it?

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Why Social Media is a Fad

Sep. 2, 2009

When you hear the term, social media, what do you think about? If you say proper nouns like Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Twitter, you’ve proven social media is a fad.
But if you refer to proven best practices like responding to customer inquiries, learning from consumer review, crowdsourcing your employees, boosting product sales, or sharing data, [...]

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Why?

Aug. 22, 2009

In the spirit of a conversation in the 2003 film, “The Matrix Reloaded,” why are you reading this question?
Merovingian: The question is, do you know why you are here?
Morpheus: We are looking for the Keymaker.
Merovingian: Oh, yes. It is true. The Keymaker. Of course. But this is not a reason. This is not a “why”. [...]

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5 People I Would Interview Tomorrow

Aug. 14, 2009

“If you could have a one-on-one with anyone about social media or corporate word of mouth, who would it be?” asked Aidan Nulman to me last month.
That’s a good question. I’ve written about being inspired by Seth Godin and led by Chris Brogan–but I wouldn’t place them on a pedestal for learning word of mouth [...]

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