Posts Tagged ‘Communication’

Mobile-Only Households Are Growing

You probably have a mobile phone of some sort.  I’ve had an iPhone since 2007 and really couldn’t imagine life without the sidearm.  My fiance, Sarah – after a short period of resistance – just got her first mobile device this year.  She and I were able to build our relationship without it (thanks in [...]

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What I’m doing in 2010 – Being Out There

I was really happy with how 2009 came together for me, in terms of speaking and events.  This has always been something I have been passionate about, and I humbly credit Michael Bowers with giving me my first big opportunity at last year’s Ohio Growth Summit.  Last year’s conference was out of this world, with [...]

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Why I’m Now Using Tungle to Manage My Calendar

This week’s been about what I’m doing in 2010 and my firm, Social Business Strategies.  There’s still more to let you in on, but I had to break from that today because I’m just so impressed with a cool calendar application called Tungle. I first learned about Tungle from my friend, Tiffany Odutoye, another Columbus-based social entrepreneur [...]

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What I’m Doing in 2010 – About My Firm, Social Business Strategies

Yesterday was spent in Canton, Ohio, working with the good folks at Incept Corp.  Incept is an inbound and outbound call center that helps blood banks with donor recruitment. We’ve been tasked with helping them to develop a strategy for using social media and new technology to build stronger relationships with their employees, their customers [...]

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Social Marketing Sucks. Focus Your Humans on Existing Customers.

My good friend, Perry Maughmer, brought this article from FastCompany to my attention today.  Seems like everyone is writing their predictions for 2010 this week.  Here’s an excerpt that caught my attention: “Social marketing progresses on the hype cycle. Marketers will realize that social marketing is not free, and it is not a panacea for reduced [...]

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Mark Whitman on How To Get a Job – Know Your Strengths & Purpose

Mark Whitman and I are back with some tips on how to get a job.  Today, we discuss how candidates can gain a competitive advantage by thinking through their strengths and purpose, and then using that thinking as a foundation of a job search strategy.  Mark also shares some resources that can help you prepare [...]

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Santa Monica’s Public Electronic Network (PEN): Learning From the First Municipal Online Social Network

My brother, Nick, is pretty smart, and doing interesting work.  He’s currently chasing after his advanced degree in Applied Communications at the University of Tampa, researching the implications of the rise of social media, and what that means to human beings in terms of how we communicate with each other.  Needless to say, he stays [...]

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Using Facebook to Build Focus Groups: Featuring Bryna Jones of Engine Communications

I’m delighted to have a guest blogger today.  Many of you have probably already started following my friend and fellow social web enthusiast, Bryna Jones.  I’m a BIG fan of Bryna’s work, as well as the work her firm, Engine Communications, is doing up in Ontario, Canada. Here are a few other things that amaze [...]

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Human Branding Part II: Writing a Brand YOU North Star

Last week, I was delighted that my friend, Bryna Jones, and the good folks at her company, Engine Communications, invited me to write a post on Building Brand YOU. It was a tricky request in that there’s a lot of information to share when discussing a methodology for human branding on the web.  Space wise, [...]

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How To Use Facebook Fan Pages & Get Results: Making the Case for Organizations

I’ve been helping the wonderfully talented Sarah Bednar (disclosure: my fiance ) with some ideas on how her non-profit, LifeCare Alliance, can use their Facebook Fan Page as one more productive business tool in their communications tool box.  She’s done a great job of building things up and getting people involved. Watching her figure out [...]

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