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A Social Media Go-To Market Strategy...

Ok, so let's say you are a brand manager at P&G or a product manager at Microsoft... Or let's say you are a sales executive at a professional services firm... And let's say that you believe 100% that traditional marketing is dead and that social marketing

Facebook as Outlook Killer?

If you are a power Outlook user, there is still no SaaS/online substitute for what you do. But, Facebook's recent feature add of "Lists" is the closest thing I've seen to the 'Categories" feature that is so critical to my relationship management

Get Rich by Blogging...

Unfortunately, it's not going to happen. Ok, well it might, but the odds are seriously against you. Mark Cuban had a great post on this at More on Blogs, The Long Tail and Following vs Leading . So, if you are not going to get rich and famous by becoming

It's the Headline, Stupid!

And I'm talking to myself on that one. In this attention economy , when the headline of my blog posts are syndicated via twitterfeed , to Twitter and then on to FB, Skype, and Plaxo, the key is to have a good headline (and now I've added FriendFeed to

What makes a good status update?

I know I said that the purpose of a status update is to stimulate conversation , but, I am going to modify that slightly. The purpose of the status update is to build your online brand. Or, as Hugh MacLeod might say, your " global micro-brand " So, how

Advice Needed: Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?

Ok, not me, but my blog. And I need your advice, please The question: what are the pros/cons of moving my blog off the msdn platform? The Pros Individual Brand Equity - Look, let's face it. I'm not going to be at Microsoft forever. At some point, I move

Meeting Your Idols...

When I interview people for a position, I often ask them about their passions outside of work. You know why? I like to find people like me. People who, in their own free time, pursue activities that are similar to what they get paid to do. On my own time
 
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