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I recently moved the delivery time of my beloved newsletter to be Sunday morning (well, that’s when it launches here, though my...

This post was written in April 2012. I’m just dating it so we can check in later and see if it’s still good. Yes, like a freshness date.

If I were a business person looking to understand how to use various digital channel making...

When I post something new to this blog, I make the effort to go onto Twitter and ask a question that leads back to the post. I also do some things to get people’s attention via Google+. It’s become part of what every media maker does. Most people who run...

I get a variation on this email quite often: “I wish there was a job in social media for _____, because I’m really skilled in _____.” What’s fascinating is that the person is waiting for permission, and worse, waiting for someone else to create...

Where do you belong? Where are your communities? For instance, I’m just getting into Soundcloud as a music and audio...

I read a phrase in some article (I forget where) that said that sharing (social sharing) is something that brings a measurable uptick in the opportunity for business. As people are often scrambling to understand the “ROI” of using social networks and social media, that might well make for a decent start to the conceptual math required to talk about it.

A “share” is the opportunity for business.

With Great Sharing

Think about this, though. If...

One aspect of doing business is access: who can you reach and at what level have they surrendered their borders to you? For instance, if one has a website selling quality industrial bags like RJ...

In previous years, and including this year, I tend to talk negatively about South By Southwest Interactive (also known as SXSWi). It’s an annual event in Austin, Texas, that has turned in recent years into lots of frail attempts at...

When you wake up, what are the first actions you take? If you’re like most people who read this blog, you probably reach for your phone or iPad and check your email, texts, tweets, and other notifications. You might do...

Several months back, times were feeling tough for me and my business. I had made lots of decisions that didn’t play out the way I wanted them to go. I bit off more than I could chew. As a way to start digging back out, I accepted some deals and offers...