“Likeonomics” and Other Trends for 2011

The world is coming to us all in real time now.. We still value great content, a thoughtful post, an entertaining video or a quiet conversation with friends.. but we get so much none stop 24/7 content, the value of curating and quick help is accelerating This is one of the 15 trends. Watch the [...]

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Spammer #FAIL of the Day

I picked a outrageous claim in my Twitter box auto DM for the “Dumb Auto DM of the Day” today.  (I post one of these with the tag #DADM on most days when I can to remind people who might have forgotten that they set up one and how they never are personal). I don’t [...]

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Let Your Peers Make A News Page For You

Linkedin announces LinkedInToday, a system for automatically creating a page of news from the companies, industries and people you follow Peer based news generated automatically I have been experimenting with curating tools like LinkedIn Today and like how this one allows you to tweak the setting after it’s created.. meaning you you get better content [...]

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How to Market on Facebook Using Lists

by Jennifer and Brian Bourn Unless you live in the middle of nowhere with no TV or internet access, it is impossible not to have noticed all of the noise surrounding social media marketing, particularly Facebook. Chances are, you have a Facebook profile, and maybe even a Facebook business page, and are trying to figure [...]

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What Makes a Good Leader?

I love to see authors, bloggers and experts using sites like Linkedin to engage in discussions about their topics of expertise. I notice this one standing out.. and reemphasizing my position that listening and engagement are the future of business Click the “see results” link to see the graphic display.. while you are there, look [...]

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Should You Automate Twitter?

What’s a bot? Internet bots, also known as web robots, WWW robots or simply bots, are software applications that run automated tasks over the Internet. Typically, bots perform tasks that are both simple and structurally repetitive, at a much higher rate than would be possible for a human alone. Whenever I share the tweets I [...]

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Social Media Creates Intimacy

I was walked up to a group of friends at an event last week and saw several gathered on a group of chairs and sofa in the hotel lobby… each with their smart phone out texting. Disconnected? Not really. The group had been together for hours, out to dinner and very good friends.. but each [...]

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LinkedIn Doubles Size. Can It Double Your Profits?

My friend Lewis Howes and I have an ongoing conversation about the businesses wasting time on social media. He holds that there is one sight that is pure business.. LinkedIn I agree with that. In this video, Lewis explains how he build a huge network of business professionals using, and taught others to do the [...]

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