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There are no blog how-tos for the hard stuff

From wordpost
June 24, 2010 at 12:37 pm
image credit: mikebaird You won’t find the secret to business success online. So stop looking. Because everyone is scrambling to produce better content ... (more)

The Stressless Manifesto

From wordpost
June 4, 2010 at 2:25 am
Disclaimer: This is not another self-help pitch. Given Amazon returns over 31,000 books on stress, and WebMD has a “Stress Management Center,” there ... (more)

The Voice of the Org in Social Business

From wordpost
May 13, 2010 at 11:13 am
As the roles of marketing and PR orient themselves away from the industrial practices of the last century to something more socially aware, I think it’s ... (more)

The Open/Closed Fight is About Philosophy, Not Facebook

From wordpost
May 4, 2010 at 9:55 am
image credit: openDemocracy The catalyst Not surprisingly, Facebook’s Open Graph has raised a series of complaints about lack of objective “openness” in the whole ... (more)

Facebook found a way to Kill Google

From wordpost
April 22, 2010 at 3:15 am
image by jaycameron Okay, so maybe Facebook won’t kill Google, but I’m predicting they will supplant them as the largest and most ubiquitous web app. In ... (more)

Broadcast 2.0 v. Open Market

From wordpost
April 7, 2010 at 12:24 am
Beyond all of the iPad hype, beyond the lovers and the haters and the blenders, there’s a really serious question lurking, and Doc Searls nailed it in his ... (more)

Why the iPad won’t save Publishers (and what to do about it)

From wordpost
April 1, 2010 at 9:52 am
Photo Credit: Renato Mitra With print sales falling faster than tween girls are falling for Justin Bieber, book publishers are getting a bit panicky. In not so ... (more)

Happy Birthday wordpost

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March 24, 2010 at 11:11 am

A little over a year ago I launched wordpost.org with an observation about the Bernie Madoff Experience. So I guess it’s birthday time.
If you still remember

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A case for rethinking product and brand

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March 23, 2010 at 5:02 am

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Although I originally submitted a variation of post below as an entry for the Social Business Edge 4×4 Slam, I’m fairly certain

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A couple of facts about revolutions

From wordpost
March 17, 2010 at 1:35 pm
The Internet in all of its social splendor is revolutionary, some would say the most revolutionary change in the the history of the world when to comes to the way humans communicate. It’s ... (more)

Back to Basics: An Open Letter to Publishers

From wordpost
March 12, 2010 at 1:35 pm
image credit: Dave Bleasdale Dear Colleague: As a fellow member of the publishing industry, I’ve been struggling a bit lately to wrap my head around our ... (more)

Think Small: Rapid Innovation

From wordpost
March 9, 2010 at 9:59 am
image credit: Feliciano Guimarães In my most recent post, I asked if enterprise should think small. But as a close friend said to me, it’s one thing to ... (more)

Should Enterprise “Think Small”?

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March 3, 2010 at 3:01 am

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As social business concepts emerge, there is a clear and growing divide between those companies that have embraced social modes of work and those that are

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On Shifting Online Business Models: Death to Ads!

From wordpost
February 23, 2010 at 10:29 am
image credit: A. Drauglis Furnituremaker It’s one thing to talk about how to leverage new social platforms to do business better. It’s another to talk about shifting ... (more)

10 Steps to Writing a Popular Blog Post in no Time Flat

From wordpost
February 19, 2010 at 10:00 am
In a recent email, someone accused me of not being snarky enough lately. HA! You asked for it: Here they are, 10 steps to writing a popular blog post in no time flat: Spend 2 ... (more)

Are You a One-Trick Social Media Pony?

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February 16, 2010 at 9:57 am

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I’m talking to you, young, hip, fancy social media blogger/guru/maven. You get engagement, community management, and customer interaction.
At

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Project 7: Change the Score

From wordpost
February 11, 2010 at 7:00 am
As part of my commitment to offer free ad space on wordpost.org in 2010, I recently interviewed Abby Wambaugh about Project 7, a socially-conscious, socially responsible, social ... (more)

Guest Post: R.I.P. Face-to-Face Customer Service

From wordpost
February 9, 2010 at 10:06 am
image credit: icathing Although I’m hesitant to proclaim that any traditional form of marketing or customer service is completely dead, the shifting social landscape has ... (more)

Silence and a Celebration of Failure

From wordpost
February 4, 2010 at 7:07 am
Last week Carlos Miceli again proved profundity can be carried in 140 characters when he wrote: Reflection is the most painful and effective way to become wise. I think it’s ... (more)

A Defense of Grad School

From wordpost
February 2, 2010 at 9:00 am
Last month, a few other young professionals, namely Nicole Crimaldi, Matt Cheuvront, and (to some extent) Shane Mac suggested that the best education is self-education. As one ... (more)

Why “iPad” is a brilliant name

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January 28, 2010 at 10:16 pm

Despite the obvious connection between a certain feminine hygienic product and “iPad,” I think the name is brilliant. In fact, I think that Apple may have done it on

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Fail Fast, Fail Cheap applies to your career, too.

From
January 26, 2010 at 3:38 am

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To be honest, this post has less to do with failure and more to do with personal innovation from within the corporate structure—the struggle to make change

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A Defense of Blogging

From wordpost
January 20, 2010 at 4:50 am
image credit: Andrew* Yesterday Rebecca Thorman contested that “bloggers are not writers” and “blogging is not writing.” I happen to disagree, but this ... (more)

Guest Post: Writing as a way of thinking

From wordpost
January 19, 2010 at 6:52 am
I had the opportunity to guest post over at Srinivas Rao’s personal development blog, The Skool of Life. Stay tuned too, because tomorrow my interview in the “Up and ... (more)

Help Haiti Blog Challenge

From wordpost
January 15, 2010 at 5:50 am
Image Credit: United Nations Development Programme (uploaded 01/14/2010) [tweetmeme]In watching the horrid events unfold in Haiti (and yes, those boxes in the photo above are coffins), ... (more)