Tag Archives: Internet Marketing

Why We All Hate Consultants (and Why It’s Okay)

When my company is stuck, I’m just as inclined to hire an outside advisor as other leaders are. But I hate it. Hiring a consultant means something needs to be fixed, or grown, or that I don’t know what to do next. I’m not talking about contractors whom I hire to do what I need [...]

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Internet porn

via holykaw.alltop.com Disturbing in so many ways. Good to know that social media is now more popular than porn on the internet… Posted via web from e1evation, llc

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AGCO wins with social media

AGCO continues to rock the ag world with social media — this time taking a ‘best of’ award at NAMA… Because social media is just getting started in the ag world, there was no category for social media per se. Instead, AGCO dominated in the ‘broadcast news’ category demonstrating again the value of social media [...]

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Study Shows Time Pays With Social Media Marketing

Have you asked this question: Is the time I invest with social media really worth it?  Whether you’re new or an old hat with social media, chances are you’ve wondered if the time commitment is really worth the return on investment (ROI). Make no mistake about it:  a true investment of time and resources is [...]

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[Lifestyles of the] Lazy and ‘low-bandwidth’ed

Almost every advancement in simplifying my social media toolkit comes from the simple fact that I do most of my news consumption and production with a 1Mb/s connection from a hundred year old farmhome in rural Wisconsin over a cellular modem. I simply have to be effective in order to be productive! My ‘low-bandwith’ lifestyle [...]

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Everyone’s an expert

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Thought leadership tools

This is the start of a new series on how to use “good, fast, and cheap” social media technology to become a thought leader on the internet. The first step to becoming at thought leader is to realize you are an expert — no one gets to this point in their life without being great [...]

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THE Jay Baer and Zena Weist

It’s not easy being social

Image by tysongoodridge via Flickr Better said “It’s easy, but not simple”. Jay Baer’s got some great thoughts on adding social media to your mix… “Social media isn’t inexpensive, it’s different expensive. In the QA portion of recent speeches, I’ve frequently been asked this is great, but doesn’t it seem like it will take a [...]

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Practical, tactical social media

Tomorrow I’ll be speaking on ‘Practical, tactical social media’ at the monthly luncheon of the Ashwaubenon Business Association. Lunch starts at noon at the Ramada Plaza, 2750 Ramada Way, Green Bay, WI 54304 (920) 499-0631. The cost of lunch is free to members and $11.00 for non-members. It might be a nice idea to give [...]

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Thread Heads meet Micki | SXSW 2008 - Austin, ...

I talk to strangers

Image by Moth via Flickr The social media elite are gathering in Austin, TX this week for SXSW. Here’s a reminder for the rest of us… “No matter how shy you think you are, the person next to you may be even more shy. So be the one to break the ice, and just say [...]

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Want to beta test my new course?

A couple of weeks ago, I announced that my “Social Media Academy” course would be available April 5. I’m looking for three to five beta testers to help me perfect the content. The course is very much still in it’s infancy stages, but I am looking for a few people who would like to participate [...]

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