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I know lots of people who include Facebook advertising among their services. So trust me w ...

PR News is a pretty big deal. They're much more than just a magazine for PR practitioner ...

If you have a problem with someone and you really don't want to read another update of the ...

At long last, the telltale signs are in the air. The seasons are changing once again. Th ...

Lists are all the rage. The Top 100 This. The Best 50 That. The 200 Top Thingymajig Inf ...

There's been a lot written recently on how old people should - or shouldn't - be when ...

This is a tale of hubris. Over the next few days, expect to read many articles in many ...

A couple of weeks ago, I got a news pitch from a PR firm on behalf of their client (I forg ...

I like Seth Godin. I think his short-form blog posts are often full of punchy insights, ...

Over on his Google+ page, blogger Robert Scoble called out Twitter as the new social m ...

A lot of social media purists will tell you that you’re the spawn of the devil if you us ...

I've been thinking about the value of following myself. Years ago, I thought that if I ...

So - that PinPal site, huh? Matching singles on social media and putting them in a private ...

Stop it. Just STOP IT. This week alone, I've been bombarded by tweets of bacon coffins, ...

First things first: The views expressed in this post are mine and mine alone and do not n ...

Sure as the earth spins on its axis, bloggers will find a way to link any major event to t ...

Folks, it's time to grab your thick eyeglass frames, with no lenses, your Ballantine Beer ...

Image by ActiveFree The commercialization of the social web by advertising-hungry blogg ...

For more than a few years now, marketing strategists have been tripping over themselves ...

What a choice! But most people forgo a black and white response when they are called ou ...

As the great philosopher, Dale Bozzio (and lead singer of the 80s group "Missing Persons") ...

One of the advantages that blogging holds over other forms of media is the often unfiltere ...

Guess what, when you fire something off, people are pretty darn likely to fire back. And y ...

I read something recently by a friend that’s both interesting and sad at the same time (an ...

Over the past few months, too much energy has been wasted over who is following whom o ...

I am a patient boy I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait My time is like water down a drain ...

One curmudgeon's attempt at the recent wave of inspirational typographical posters. ...

You could live an entire lifetime and not witness a more cringe-worthy political moment th ...

I’ll let you in on a secret: one of my big goals in life is to teach. I don’t necessa ...

Personal brands – like them or hate them, it’s irrelevant. They are there. Kind of ...

Participating in online communities and social media peer groups has become the norm for p ...

A client gave me a call Tuesday afternoon after seeing posts on Facebook about Google+ bra ...

We all want to be famous, whether we admit it or not. We all want the glory of recogn ...

These days, it seems as if being a Social Media Guru isn’t being Jack or the Giant; it’s b ...

There is a double standard that has evolved in social media. It is one where we hav ...

The issue of defining influence has been the hottest of hot potatoes over the last few mon ...

Shouldn't it pause our hearts every time we think of the power we possess, in having a ...

Okay, confession time. I was never a "punk". Nobody who knew me as a teenager would ever c ...

I have a confession to make: I used to work in advertising. Not local Pennysaver ads - ...

Let me say up front, "Jesus, that is (maybe) a terribly misleading headline." Klout has ...

There have been a slew of stories about Klout and their opt-out policy (i.e., there wasn ...

This social media world is an odd one, isn’t it? Sometimes, we develop lasting and mean ...

If you're reading this inaugural post (and thank you if you are!), you're probably wonde ...