Archive for the ‘Networking’ Category

5 Tools You Can Use to Build a Targeted Twitter Following

We’re back to tools and presence again.  This post is actually a follow-up to last week’s post on how to benchmark your Twitter presence.  A lot of you said that was helpful. Now that you’ve figured out where you stand, in terms of how you use Twitter and where your influence lies (in relation to [...]

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How Serendipity Works

Serendipity seems to happen in business much more than it used to.  Why?  There are folks like you and I using social media tools that have increased the frequency of serendipity. Yet it’s still one of the hardest things to explain to business folks.  There’s no “serendipity metric.”  There probably never will be either. Sometimes things [...]

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How To Benchmark Your Twitter Presence Using Two Tools

It’s been a while since I’ve done a “How To” user-oriented post.  Shame on me. At Incept (client), we’ve been working to train the iCME’s (client link, too) to use Twitter to connect with customers, donors and various member-based organizations.  Part of the training is also teaching each individual team member how to grow their [...]

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Getting Out to Where You Are

It’s about time for an update on where I’ll be speaking over the next few months, in case you’ll be there too. I talk to a lot of you on Twitter, LinkedIn and in the comments here, and I’m glad to have those opportunities.  But I want to meet you in-person, face-to-face.  In-person is where [...]

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Sprint EVO 4G Review #3 – App Organization & The Android Market

This is a continuation of my reviews of the Sprint EVO 4G.  I’m now two weeks in and getting more comfortable with my new sidearm. Organization of Apps There are some aspects of the Sprint EVO 4G that I really enjoy – the most prominent of which is the general speed of the operating system (and device [...]

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How the Happy Sandbox is Changing Business

It’s been interesting to see how the economy of the past two years has caused paradigm shifts in the way business is working. Even two years ago, companies seemed focused on merely surviving in the sandbox, full of staunch competitors.  Entrepreneurs, account folks and business developers were forced to wear smiles, sign NDAs and keep secrets [...]

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35 Things You Can Do To Have Better One-To-One Meetings

Anymore, I’m selective with the meet-ups and events I attend locally.  I have to be.  However, things out of my own backyard are a different story since I don’t know most of the folks there. I do enjoy going the local events, but time is a scarce resource and I’m forced to limit myself to [...]

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HOW TO Be a Good Agent Zero

For me, one of the most relevant chapters in Chris and Julien‘s Trust Agents describes the idea of being “Agent Zero”.  In June of last year (prior to the book launch, I believe), Chris wrote this short description on his blog of what an “Agent Zero” does: Agent Zero Connecting and networking and building relationships [...]

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Winning the Location-Based Applications Race

After writing a few posts on how businesses might start thinking about how they could leverage Fourquare, it’s been a topic of conversation in just about every coffee meet up since.  Today was a great conversation with Faye Stock Oney and Jan Antauer.  Jan is in the coffee business in Historic Dublin, and makes a [...]

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Finding Release

Most people are surprised when they learn I love listening to bluegrass music. I guess it’s something about the speedy melodies and thick harmonies that rings with me.  I dig the culture, too. Following bluegrass, jam bands and festivals comes with a certain set of community guidelines.  While there are no formal rules, people tend [...]

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