Striking a Content Chord with Color Commentary

In music, melody is a sequence of notes that leads your ear through the song. The hooks that stick in your head tend to be the tune’s melody. Many of the most popular artists of all time—The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Queen, and The Eagles quickly come to mind—vastly increased the appeal of their music […]

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

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Content Without Advocacy is Just Words and Google Bait

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 […]