The importance of an editorial focus and calendar for your blog

An editorial focus and calendar that reinforces it may be the single most important thing you can do if you want to blog for thought leadership. In his ground breaking book 'Brand Stand', Craig Badings writes... The more research you do on the topic [on which you choose to focus] the more you will understand … Continue reading The importance of an editorial focus and calendar for your blog

Pinterest. Kool-Aid or cool?

Things are getting Pinteresting in social media -- Pinterest is the hottest, latest trend to rock the social media world. I spent a good chunk of the weekend working alongside local Pinterest goddess Kerry Geocaris of MarketingSavant and had the chance to consume massive quantities of Pinterest Kool-Aid. This morning, however, my jury is still out...

Shareaholic…

Here's my new, favorite Firefox plugin... "Shareaholic makes it easy for you to submit the web page you're on to your favorite sharing or bookmarking service, including: digg, del.icio.us, facebook, friendfeed, google bookmarks, google reader notes, kaboodle, magnolia, mixx, myspace, pownce, reddit, stumbleupon, tumblr, twitter, and ycombinator. You can also e-mail the web page directly … Continue reading Shareaholic…

How Shareaholic Reached 2+ Million Installs Of Its Browser Add-On

http://mixergy-cdn.wistia.com/flash/embed_player_v1.1.swf via mixergy.com Sharing -- that basic skill you learned in kindergarten -- is foundational to social media. No tool allows you to do it better or faster than Shareaholic. Watch the video to learn why...

“Creating beats consuming”

Auren Hoffman has a great post on consuming vs. producing. He says..."We are meant to be both creators and consumers. Today, however, most people consume far more then they create. Part of the reason for this is because being both a consumer and a creator at the same time is very difficult, and because goods … Continue reading “Creating beats consuming”

Every once in awhile…

...I stumble upon something that I had used once and had forgotten and can't remember why I stopped. This morning I fell in love with Shareaholic all over again... "Shareaholic makes it easy for you to submit the web page you're on to your favorite sharing or bookmarking service, including: digg, del.icio.us, facebook, friendfeed, bit.ly, … Continue reading Every once in awhile…