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It’s Not Who You Know

You've been told that it's not what you know; it's who you know. That's almost true. It's who you know ...
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/ Business, How To, Marketing

If a Recession is Coming Soon, We Have to Prepare

The data is piling up. Nobody says we're headed for a recession definitively because no one really wants to be ...
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/ Business

Who Put Chocolate in my Peanut Butter?

In his book, Choose Yourself, James Altucher turned me on to the concept of "idea sex." Mash two things together ...
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/ Business, Chris Brogan

10 Years After Trust Agents

Just about ten years ago, Julien Smith and I wrote and published a book called Trust Agents. It talked about ...
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/ Branding, Business, How To, Marketing, Social Media

No One Is Reading Your Blog

Traffic is down all over. It's not just you. No one is reading your blog, and no one is reading ...
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/ How To, Social Media

What I learned at the Boston Pride March 2019

The other day, I went with my Jacqueline and her mother to the 2019 Boston Pride Parade. We marched on ...
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/ Business, Community

Connecting Isn’t REALLY About the Technology

Okay, sure. Technically, you might have to learn a tiny bit about how to make something happen with technology to ...
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/ Business, How To, Technology

Self Expression is About Other People

The modern business world is all about conveying a lot of information digitally for those times when you can't be ...
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/ Business

You Don’t Have to LOVE Making Video – You Just Have to Make It

I've been creating (almost) daily video lately on YouTube as part of an impromptu "challenge" with Joel Comm. The process ...
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/ How To, Internet, Social Media

Maps From the Old World

When I was growing up, the map was simple. You went to school, did what you could there, and went ...
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/ Business, How To

Sell Clean

In July of 2006, I first learned of Humpy Wheeler, one of the foremost promotors of NASCAR. He was a ...
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/ Uncategorized

We Don’t Want to Fit In. We Want to Belong

There has been a big shift in how people interact with brands. In the old days, a product or service ...
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/ Business, Marketing

Why Your Company Needs to Understand Memes

This picture is my 13 year old son's recent project. He printed out the Sunday funnies (we don't get a ...
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/ Business, Chris Brogan, Internet, Marketing, Social Media, Technology

Marketing is About Connecting With Your Customer’s Story

Working with companies lately, I keep coming back to the same starting point: marketing is about connecting with a customer ...
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/ Business, Marketing

If I Were Selling Real Estate Today

The world of real estate has become a lot more software driven in recent years. Sure, ultimately, a buyer interacts ...
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/ Business, Community, Conferences, Content Marketing, How To, Marketing, Speaking

Here Are The Two Types of Videos to Post

We create videos with the goal of educating and entertaining people. Beyond that, we are all at the mercy of ...
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/ Content Marketing

My Simple Live Video Setup for Mac

In 2019, I intend to deliver quite a lot of video as part of my media making. This includes live ...
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/ Business, Content Marketing, Social Media

My 3 Words for 2019

Instead of a New Year's resolution, I practice a ritual called "My 3 Words." The idea is that you think ...
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/ How To, Social Media

Most People Use LinkedIn Wrong

I feel bad for LinkedIn. I think it's one of the least understood tools and platforms in the modern digital ...
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/ Business, Content Marketing, How To, Social Media

Customers Want You to Understand Their World

I want to tell you the tale of two companies both trying to reach part of the community they serve ...
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/ Business, Community, Social Media