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Viral Marketing

By + on July 30, 2011 in Social Media, Thoughts

Image via Wikipedia Have you ever tried to make a viral video? Good luck! It’s hard to do. Here’s why… “Content, no matter how brilliant, creative, abstract, or controversial, is not inherently viral. Yet, we’re asked repeatedly to create viral videos, posts, and other social objects that will trigger an endless array of retweets, pages [...]

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Meeting Dr. DiSalvo

By + on May 24, 2011 in Just in case, Social Media

I recently had the honor of meeting the new president of Marian University, Dr. Steven DiSalvo. The words on the Marian Website cannot do justice to the man I met… “Dr. Steven DiSalvo currently serves the Marian University community as President. Bringing to Marian a wealth of experience in higher education and philanthropic fundraising leadership, [...]

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#hottoppix for May 21, 2011

By + on May 21, 2011 in Infographics

Here are the topics I’m tracking for you… I Hate Selling, So Now How Do I Convert Leads 5 May 20, 2011 I Hate Selling, So Now How Do I Convert Leads 3 May 20, 2011 How to Turn Your Dream Into a Plan In Five Simple Steps May 20, 2011 Links for 2011-05-20 May [...]

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Use Prey to prevent equipment theft

By + on May 15, 2011 in Social Media, Technology

A man’s laptop is stolen, but he’s able to track it remotely and with the help of social media, recover it. (NSFW language. More story links at bottom.)

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John Spence on Building a Culture of Accountability

By + on May 6, 2011 in Just in case

Inability to effectively execute key strategies… and then lack of accountability for that failed execution… is probably the single most costly business issue today. Most organizations are not held back by a lack of creativity, innovation or a supply of good ideas. What hamstrings most businesses is the inability to translate all of those great ideas… [...]

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How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me)

By + on April 8, 2011 in Just in case

via austinkleon.com Wow. This is a simple, yet deeply profound list of thoughts around the creative process that I strongly encourage you to read. Follow the ‘via’ link and ponder Austin Kleon’s perspective with me…

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How do I get more business using social media?

By + on March 26, 2011 in Facebook, Social Media, Thoughts

Image via Wikipedia It’s always easier to just buy an ad.  There are people that will take your money and use it to produce a commercial, tv spot or print ad.  People will see your ad and a few of them may even come into your store if your ad has a good call to [...]

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Why I’m sold on Facebook Advertising

By + on March 22, 2011 in Facebook, Just in case

A client approached me today and asked whether or not I thought it would be a good thing for her to advertise in the Yellow Pages. I said I dunno — let’s look at the numbers… Over the past 13 months, her Yellow Pages campaign had generated 5,500 impressions and a little over 60 clicks. [...]

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Living in “Everwood”?

By + on October 3, 2009 in Uncategorized

I’m not a big television guy, in fact, there’s a lot about television that I hate. Don’t get me started… There was, however, a television program that I really enjoyed several years ago called Everwood. One of the leading characters was a New York City doctor that moved to the fictional Everwood, CO to rebuild [...]

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I love my ‘job’…

By + on September 19, 2009 in Social Media

…and one of the reasons why is that I love people and I get to meet so many interesting ones along the way. Earlier this week, I had the chance to interview rising Ag star Eric Kamler at Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island, NE. Here’s our chat…

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