Not Right Now

We should be in social media – just not right now. We should start a company blog – just not right now. We should be making our website more user-friendly – just not right now. We should be doing a lot of things – just not right now. Not right now – it’s the phrase… [Continue Reading]

What’s Going On at BlogCatalog?

Update October 21 2010: This post was originally written from certain conversations. Events after this post put the following content into question and whether the full story was told here. Hence the strikethoughs. I’m sure the real story will come out sometime… From its inception, BlogCatalog has been a resource for bloggers to both submit… [Continue Reading]

Case Study

Don’t wait to read case studies in your industry – be the case study instead.  

Team Building

Companies put a lot of effort into team building. They spend thousands on booking events and locations to foster team spirit. Weekends away, surviving in the wilderness, setting tasks to pass to create a better understanding of teamwork. Thing is, it’s very often a false economy. Team building exercises like this can work, but often… [Continue Reading]

Blog Awards, Recognition, And Your Part in It

Young Entrepreneur Top 10 Marketing Blog

When I first started this blog just under two years ago, I had one clear goal – fostering thought connections. Sure, I’d be using it to offer my views on the still-emerging (at the time) social media platform, as well as ideas and solutions on how you could get the most out of the new… [Continue Reading]

Putting the I in Social Media

Whenever I used to meet with a potential new client that was interested in a social media program, I always used to take a piece of paper with a little drawing on it. The surprise on their faces was always entertaining when they’d ask for my ideas for them, and instead of presenting a huge… [Continue Reading]

Prelude…

Facebook Fan Page Evaluation Fun with Vitrue

Danny Brown Facebook page evaluator

One of the reasons I set up a Facebook page was to offer an outlet where folks that were more comfortable on Facebook could connect and interact. Yes, my blog is my home space, and then there’s also Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and other social profiles where we can connect. But not everyone likes reading blogs;… [Continue Reading]

Coming Soon…

Bonsai

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Community, Loyalty and the Power of Give

Last night on Twitter, I was part of the #sbt10 chat, part of the Start Blogging Today project (disclosure – I’m a partner in the project). As usual, there were a ton of great topics discussed on how to make your blog work better for you. One of the conversations that arose was how to reward… [Continue Reading]