Posts Tagged ‘Relationships’

Social Media Landscape is a Scam Artist’s Green Field

My grandfather called me for the second time yesterday, to ask me if I was in Canada. A few weeks back, he had called me with the same question.  Someone, pretending to be me on the phone, had called their house and frantically asked for a good amount of money to be sent via Western [...]

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Blogging & Dependency

Lunch today with Eric Vessels was a cool experience.  We first met on Twitter and then through OWL.  Eric has been an internet entrepreneur since 1999, when he and a college buddy decided to start WhatTheyThink?, a targeted news and editorial website with content designed for the printing industry. Working right up the road in [...]

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Tweetdeck Just Changed Twitter & Global Communications

Tweetdeck just pulled ahead in the race for designing a better Twitter application.  A recent update has, in my opinion, taken the company to the lead of the pack in “…racing Seesmic to see who can be the most innovative social media browser across multiple social networks.” That quote up there comes from a post [...]

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Customer Service is New Marketing

Technology has made us all potential publishers and helps increase the speed at which we form new relationships. Zappos has been a good example of a company who understands this idea.  Seth Godin wrote about Zappos’ customer service back in April.  I wrote my own thoughts about the acquisition of Zappos by Amazon in July. [...]

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Thank You for Helping Us with TweetMyTime!

You rock!  Yesterday, I asked for your help and you totally ran with it.  You used your social graph and capital to spread the word about TweetMyTime by tweeting, responding on Facebook, and even replying with personal messages of support.  The swarm yesterday was all YOU, so thank you – from all of us here [...]

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Brand Huddle

“There’s no I in team.”  This famous quote hangs in just about every sports team’s locker room you might step into. I was reminded of this yesterday after I finished up a talk with Ohio Web Leaders in Columbus.  (If you attended, thank you so much!)  Here’s a link to the deck, if you would [...]

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Brand Ownership

I’m happy to be speaking tomorrow morning. A group of smart business people involved with Ohio Web Leaders will wake up early to allow me to share some ideas on how they can start Building Brand YOU.  (BIG thank-yous to Tom Augustine & Amy Marshall for the invitation.)  We’ll be talking about everything from what’s [...]

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Digital Relationship Context

Answers.com defines the word “clique” as a particular social group: circle, coterie, crowd, set. Informal bunch, gang. The organic formation of cliques is an inherent part of networking and using social media communication tools.  My clique consists of people like Cheryl Harrison, Ryan Bauer, Jim Borchowski and Michael Bowers.  Guys like Bryan Huber, Dave Culbertson, [...]

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Happy Birthday Kaden

If you read this, you probably know I’m nuts about being a dad.  Yesterday was a very special day as it marked my son Kaden’s third birthday.  This post is for him, in hopes that someday he can read this and be reminded of just how much he means to me. Dear Kaden, I can’t [...]

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Picking Your Coach

There are thousands of coaches out there to investigate. Making sure to pick the right coach for your situation will be a key decision you will face. Here are some things to consider when you are doing your due diligence:

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