Our story was set in motion during those wonderful college years. It starts long before the term social media was coined and meanders through graduation, relocation, marriages, children, careers, and over 25 years of life. It ends, or rather begins, with LinkedIn and Facebook. During the early 80’s, as students at Missouri State University in… [Continue Reading]
What could be better than traveling the world on an open ended tour? At Soultravelers3, we have been amazed to find absolutely stunning opportunities, beautiful connections and world wide collaborations through social media. When we began our open ended, family world tour in 2006 we had no idea that it would play such a big… [Continue Reading]
Everyone’s talking about community. Brands are shifting strategies to demonstrate how much they care about theirs. Small businesses and nonprofits are being told that engaging with theirs leads to more sales and donations. Not just hippie love If you haven’t defined your community, you could be wasting a lot of time pulling the wrong levers.… [Continue Reading]
This is a guest post from Matt Cheuvront and is part of the Guest Blog Grand Tour over at Life Without Pants – an epic journey of over 75 guest posts. Want to learn more about Matt & see how far the rabbit hole goes? Subscribe to the Life Without Pants RSS feed & follow… [Continue Reading]
This is a guest post from Jim Mitchem. Jim is a father, husband, copywriter and founder of the virtual ad agency smashcommunications, llc. You can find him at his Obsessed with Conformity blog, and on Twitter @smashadv. One of the things I hear most often from colleagues who attempt to justify why big brands need… [Continue Reading]
This is a guest post from close friend and writer Christina Kingston, who blogs over at CtKingston.com and is one of my 10 Bloggers to Watch in 2010. If you’re online right now then… Who’s watching rickety, old, near-death grandpa? Who’s feeding the children? Who’s French kissing the wife? I was chatting with good friend and… [Continue Reading]
This is a guest post from John Haydon , who has a brilliant blog over at JohnHaydon.com. John inspires me every day and is one of the most giving and genuine folks around. Every New Year, I think about what I’ve accomplished the previous year. When I’m done, I’ve felt refreshed and ready to get to… [Continue Reading]
This is a guest post from Shannon Boudjema, who writes over at ShannonBoudjema.com. Shannon is one of the most passionate folks I know, lives social media, and is someone I’m proud to call my friend. My hat is off to one incredible year for the social industry. I think if I had to sum up 2009… [Continue Reading]
Phone > Email > Text > SMS > Blogging > Facebook > Video > Twitter: that’s a quick & dirty look at the basic evolution of our communication channels over the past few years. We’ve grown faster, smarter, technologically savvy, and more efficient with the tools and services we use to communicate with one another… [Continue Reading]
Danny Brown is VP, Product Intelligence at Jugnoo Inc., an internet and media technology company for consumers and business. An award-winning marketer and blogger, he is also the author of The Parables of Business, offering business strategies and advice through the art of storytelling. [Read More…]
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Why Would You Bother to Comment?
This is a guest post following a great chat I had with Valerie Merahn Simon, and is a nice follow-up on my recent post about Twitter and blog comments. If you’re like me, you read a lot of blog posts. Many of them are good posts. Some you’ll even share via Twitter or email. But… [Continue Reading]