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February 2, 2012 Written By: Leave a Comment

Social Pros Podcast – Super Bowl Social Media Command Center

This is Episode 1 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. This episode features Taulbee Jackson, CEO of Raidious, the social and content agency that built and is managing the Super Bowl Social Media Command Center. Read on for insights from Taulbee, our “Work It Out” advice segment,

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November 2, 2011 Written By: Leave a Comment

Will You Abandon Your Friends to Seek Real Relevance

The End of Business As Usual_ Rewire the Way You Work to Succeed in the Consumer Revolution (9781118077559)_ Brian Solis_ Books

(video production by my friends at Candidio. Fast, inexpensive video editing and production. Check em out!) Excerpted from the video: I was happy to interview Brian Solis, a futurist, new media raconteur, and principal at Altimeter Group. Brian recently published his 5th book, The End of Business As Usual which I believe to be his

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October 30, 2011 Written By: Leave a Comment

B2C Facebook Results Are 30% Above Average on Sundays

Last week I did a Webinar with my friends (and Convince & Convert sponsors) Argyle Social about social media timing. I use Argyle Social to send most of my tweets, Facebook and Linkedin updates et al, and the guys at Argyle (which specializes in advanced metrics and social reporting) agreed to put some of my

September 23, 2011 Written By: Leave a Comment

Treadmill Desk and Multi-tasking

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Here’s video proof of my new treadmill desk. I like it a lot. I have significantly more energy in the afternoons, and while I’m not logging a ton of miles (too much travel inhibits usage), I figure 2.5 miles/day (approximately) whenever I’m home is a net positive. I can type (I wrote this blog post

August 30, 2011 Written By: Leave a Comment

6 Takeaways From 23 Years as a Consultant

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This is an interview I did for my friend Debra Ellis for her blog series Lessons Learned and Learning. I write a lot about the importance of humanization here at C&C, so in an effort to follow my own advice, I repost the interview here, hoping you’ll learn something about me you didn’t know. ——————–

August 3, 2011 Written By: Leave a Comment

The 3 Keys to Social Influence

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This is an interview I did with Klout for their Klout Stars series, where they ask “influencers” about their background in social media. 1. How did you get started in social media? I was originally a political consultant, helping manage campaigns for Governor, U.S. Senate, and President. I moved out of that industry into digital

April 27, 2011 Written By: 18 Comments

The Reality of Competition in a Maturing Social Marketplace

Interview with Steve Lundin from Big Frontier when I was in Chicago for a presentation of The NOW Revolution. We discuss: Competition and social media gurus, wheat, and chaff; The future of Twitter and its stickiness problem; Agencies stubbing their social media toes; Do social crises create measurable business declines; The path to social ubiquity

October 28, 2010 Written By: 55 Comments

Destroying the 7 Myths of B2B Social Media

B2B social media is one of the most nettlesome of all social media marketing topics. There are plenty of half-truths and misunderstandings about what, where, why, and how B2B social media works (or doesn’t). I tried to dispel the most common B2B social media myths in this Webinar for Genius.com and Focus. Destroying the 7

September 2, 2010 Written By: 56 Comments

11 Whys I’m a Social Media Addict

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Connectivity Social media brings me closer to people with whom I ordinarily would seldom interact. Family, friends, colleagues. As my co-author Amber Naslund put it once “with social media, my relationships aren’t bound by geography or circumstance.” Exactly. Humanity People always slam Twitter for people talking about “what they had for lunch” but the blending

August 16, 2010 Written By: 54 Comments

Blastoff for My New Social Media Newsletter

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Last Monday was the world premier of my new social media newsletter, the 3-2-1. 3 must-read articles about social media (plus a bonus from the Convince & Convert vault) Sent twice per week (usually Monday and Friday) Sent at 1pm pacific time 3-2-1: it’s the greatest newsletter in the history of social media newsletters. If