Social Media, Pretend Friends, and the Lie of False Intimacy

R.I.P. Trey Pennington of Greenville, SC | One Day at a Time

It’s not an illusion. We really are doing more with each 24 hours, as technology enables (or forces) us to interact and intersect and do and consume with unprecedented volume and vigor. We live our lives at breakneck speed because we can, because we feel we have to keep up, and because every macro and

Content Without Advocacy is Just Words and Google Bait

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Mike Stelzner knows a little something about building a successful company from thin air. He’s the founder of Social Media Examiner, currently ranked the #8 marketing blog in the world on the AdAge Power 150 (we’re lagging at #19 here at Convince & Convert). In just one year – from a standing start – SME

14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media

This is a video interview that my friend Mike Stelzner of Social Media Examiner did with me a few weeks ago. Other than the extraordinarily unflattering camera angle, it turned out pretty well (especially the super cool SME opening animation) 14 key points are below: Jay Baer Interview from Michael A. Stelzner on Vimeo. What

You’re Invited to the Socialpalooza

I’m excited to let you know that I’m an instructor for Social Media Success Summit 2010. I believe this will be the most comprehensive, useful collection of Webinars (education in your jammies rules) ever compiled about social media. Over ~30 days, there are 24 sessions about everything social media, and because it’s totally virtual, one