You Can Pick My Brain. Just Not For Free.
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I was recently reacquainted with an article that came out almost a year ago on Forbes called No You Can’t Pick My Brain. It Costs too Much. I posted the article on Facebook and received a bunch …

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8 Things I Learned Speaking about Social Media in Brazil
Wednesday, 5 Jan, 2011 – 14:30 | 7 Comments
8 Things I Learned Speaking about Social Media in Brazil

In December I had the pleasure of speaking about social media and internet marketing at the FMB conference in Belo Horizonte in Brazil.
The conference was amazing – lots of very friendly and passionate people.  I …

Who Owns Social Media? Marketing, PR or Customer Service? 3 Things to Consider.
Wednesday, 22 Dec, 2010 – 14:39 | No Comment
Who Owns Social Media? Marketing, PR or Customer Service? 3 Things to Consider.

I recently did a custom corporate training program for a large marketing company and advertising agency, and one of the questions that came up (and it usually does with big companies) is “who should own …

An Impression is not an Impression Unless it Makes One
Monday, 20 Dec, 2010 – 14:37 | 4 Comments
An Impression is not an Impression Unless it Makes One

This was probably one of the best quotes of ad:tech San Francisco (yes, I know that was a while ago).
Marketers have become so obsessed with measuring how many fans (now likes) or followers they have …

Social Media to Help Find Missing Girl? (I’m on the news!)
Thursday, 14 Oct, 2010 – 15:22 | One Comment
Social Media to Help Find Missing Girl? (I’m on the news!)

Yesterday I had a news crew in my office to talk about how social media might play a role in finding a missing teenager.  You can see the news video below with reporter Joe Webb …

The Biggest Problem with Social Media Marketing? It is Free. Sort of.
Friday, 27 Aug, 2010 – 14:00 | 5 Comments
The Biggest Problem with Social Media Marketing?  It is Free. Sort of.

I was doing a keynote speech for a trade show a few months ago and was asked why so many companies struggle with social media marketing.  You don’t hear that people don’t “get” TV or …

What’s in it for me? Creating Great Marketing
Sunday, 22 Aug, 2010 – 13:24 | One Comment
What’s in it for me? Creating Great Marketing

Seriously, what is in it for me?  That is what I care about.  Whether it is your social media advertising, display ads or even traditional marketing.  What is in it for me?  Why should I …

The Secret to Visibility on Facebook: Interaction
Friday, 30 Jul, 2010 – 9:50 | 3 Comments
The Secret to Visibility on Facebook: Interaction

In a recent post on TechCrunch Facebook developers revealed some of the Secret Sauce behind the algorithm that determines what shows up on the Facebook News Feed.
The News Feed is the first thing that a …

Search Makes Social Media even MORE Important
Wednesday, 26 May, 2010 – 10:13 | 3 Comments
Search Makes Social Media even MORE Important

Last week I ran a corporate training program for a large ad agency in New York and we had a lot of discussion about search and social media.
We know that people search for things.  A …

Top 10 Highlights from Ad:tech Day 1
Tuesday, 20 Apr, 2010 – 23:22 | No Comment
Top 10 Highlights from Ad:tech Day 1

Today was a great day at ad:tech San Francisco (ad:tech is a client of my company Boot Camp Digital).  With so many smart marketing people in one place there was a ton of great content.  …

Why Digital Marketing Requires a Learning Organization
Wednesday, 17 Feb, 2010 – 15:08 | 9 Comments
Why Digital Marketing Requires a Learning Organization

I have been thinking a lot about learning and social media marketing lately (I am working on a series of white papers on this subject with some colleagues from P&G).
Today, marketers and ad agencies don’t …

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