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Change the way that Microsoft does Marketing...or Get Fired Tryin'

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Date: 04/23/2008

Fair amount of hullaballoo (at least in the virtual circles in which I run) about the social media...

Date: 04/17/2008

Let me admit upfront. This isn't my idea at all. I'm lifting it wholesale from Virginia Miracle of...

Date: 04/16/2008

Do Price and Quality go hand in hand? We know that they don't, but as consumers, we aren't always...

Date: 04/14/2008

Let's assume for a minute that you are trying to build a unique 'global micro-brand.' You know that...

Date: 04/10/2008

If you are buying advertising, how do you know you are getting "a good deal?" There's no market...

Date: 04/08/2008

It's been a few years since I read Sun Tzu's the Art of War, but Google's announcement yesterday of...

Date: 04/08/2008

Make yourself a Tweetcloud (here's mine). Good chance to take a look at HOW you are communicating...

Date: 04/07/2008

If we're truly in the "attention economy," then a book like Hypnotic Writing could definitely be a...

Date: 04/05/2008

Which comes first? The story or the work? The story or the product? Seth Godin raised this...

Date: 04/04/2008

If we've said it once, we've said it a thousand times, no company, no individual can "control the...

Date: 04/03/2008

is of course, when you have a job. And, the best time to "work your network" is when you don't...

Date: 04/03/2008

Call out to my cuz, Ben, for this one.

Date: 04/03/2008

Ok, so let's say you are a brand manager at P&G or a product manager at Microsoft... Or let's...

Date: 04/02/2008

Few things build a person's credibility with me faster than honest feedback. Met Bill from Neudesic...

Date: 04/01/2008

Veronica Kennedy is getting married in October. For the past 2 months, I've followed the wedding...

Date: 04/01/2008

The book Wikinomics offers up the idea that Internet technologies will enable companies to more...

Date: 03/27/2008

Because she listens. I posted a review of her book, Brazen Careerist, on my personal blog (as well...

Date: 03/26/2008

At first I thought, "another self-help book by a would-be know-it-all." I'd read Penelope...

Date: 03/26/2008

The appeal of blogs to a corporation is the ability for an individual to effectively scale his...

Date: 03/26/2008

More than one person (Ben Gordon and Mike Fox, for starters) have asked the question of how I...

Date: 03/23/2008

There's a lot of debate in the blogosphere about the value of a recommendation on LinkedIn. Are they...

Date: 03/23/2008

If you are a power Outlook user, there is still no SaaS/online substitute for what you do. But,...

Date: 03/21/2008

If you read my review of SuperCrunchers and are as convinced as I am about the value of using smart...

Date: 03/20/2008

Unfortunately, it's not going to happen. Ok, well it might, but the odds are seriously against you....

Date: 03/20/2008

One of the smartest things I've done in my home PC setup was to install Virtual PC (also a version...

Date: 03/19/2008

By now, you've been on the receiving end (and perhaps the sending end) of someone's vacation photo...

Date: 03/18/2008

And I'm talking to myself on that one. In this attention economy, when the headline of my blog posts...

Date: 03/17/2008

   Is doing the right thing for the wrong reason ok? Let's take T-mobile for example. I've...

Date: 03/16/2008

I know I said that the purpose of a status update is to stimulate conversation, but, I am going to...

Date: 03/15/2008

At least one part of the ad inventory that MS has purchased on Facebook seems to be directed at...

Date: 03/14/2008

In a simpler time, I had everything about my contacts in Outlook. My strategy is simple. At a...

Date: 03/13/2008

Community marketing in a nutshell: Find the people who are naturally interested in your...

Date: 03/12/2008

Once you have your status syndicated across multiple social networks, the next thing is to have your...

Date: 03/11/2008

I'll throw out there that the purpose of a status update is to: stimulate conversation... If you can...

Date: 03/10/2008

When planning an in-person marketing event, the first thing I do is put together an "Experience...

Date: 03/10/2008

I would be honored if you subscribed to the new RSS feed for Igniting the Revolution. Why is it...

Date: 03/07/2008

My dad used to say to us growing up: "Act as if what you are doing will be on the front page of the...

Date: 03/06/2008

Ok, not me, but my blog. And I need your advice, please The question: what are the pros/cons of...

Date: 03/05/2008

Here are my guidelines. It'll help you build your relationships. Don't drone on REPEAT your phone...

Date: 03/04/2008

I've had a few people ask me to blog on "social networking for business." Thought about this for a...

Date: 03/03/2008

People often say something to the effect of "networks are dead, we're in a billion channel world...

Date: 03/03/2008

Much has been made around the blogosphere about Starbucks shutting down for 3 hours yesterday....

Date: 02/27/2008

A few loyal readers (yes, I feel loved) have asked about my blogging whereabouts... Answer: My wife...

Date: 02/25/2008

Let's assume for a moment that corporations are like pyramids and, eventually, you need to move up...

Date: 02/10/2008

There's a parable that a man goes to a famous rabbi and says "can you teach me the Torah on one...

Date: 02/01/2008

If you've ever been on a Microsoft con call, this will sound familiar...enjoy.

Date: 01/30/2008

The BEST analysis I've read thus far of how branding must adapt/evolve to an Internet-enabled world....

Date: 01/27/2008

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