Free Download of “Situational Influence”: Chapter 5 of Influence Marketing

Influence Marketing book

With less than four weeks until Influence Marketing: How to Create, Manage and Measure Brand Influencers in Social Media Marketing is released, it’s time to offer a little taste of what you can expect when you buy it. So I’m delighted to have Chapter 5, “Situational Influence: A New Model for a New Era” available [...]


Global Survey Shows Influence Marketing Seen as Lead Generation Tool, Not a Branding Exercise

Influence marketing survey

Mention “influence marketing” today and it’s a good bet that the majority of people will think of social scoring platforms like Klout, Kred and PeerIndex. These early movers in the influence space have carved a niche for themselves and the brands they’re looking to work with, by attempting to provide data on who the most [...]


Using the Google Analytics Trackbacks Feature to Create a Content Strategy

Social media and HR

This morning, I noticed Google Analytics had added a Trackbacks section to their Social Analytics data. This, to me, is very big news. While bloggers will know all about Trackbacks and why it’s nice to get them, businesses may not be aware of their importance. Yet as the social web in particular continues to be [...]