Why Social Media Might Be All Hype After All

In my Top Nine Things I’ve Learned at BlogWorld post, I wrote: Many social media professionals talk as if social media is the future of media, then act exactly the opposite when camera crews show up. I can’t forget the moment.  Due to some deadlines, I excused myself from a session to get some work … Read more

Reflections from REBlogWorld '09: Branding in the Social Age

Greetings from Las Vegas — I’m not sure what time it is, even though I’ve been fully awake for, oh, a few hours.  But some of the discussions at REBlogWorld 2009 have been so great that I wanted to get something posted now. One of the more interesting sessions for me personally was the Branding … Read more

Reflections from REBlogWorld ’09: Branding in the Social Age

Greetings from Las Vegas — I’m not sure what time it is, even though I’ve been fully awake for, oh, a few hours.  But some of the discussions at REBlogWorld 2009 have been so great that I wanted to get something posted now. One of the more interesting sessions for me personally was the Branding … Read more

On Marketing Strategy: Answers to Critics

So now that Benn Rosales of AgentGenius has jumped into the fray with his latest post, which comes on the heels of Jim Marks’s critique of my Inman column (subscribers only), I figure it might be good to consolidate my responses here.  And this is not to mention the various commenters on the Inman post, … Read more

Random Thoughts from the Road

I’ve been traveling a lot of late due to business.  Who knew being an unemployed bum was such hard work?  In September, I spent 14 of 30 days on the road; I’m looking at roughly 18 of 31 days in October being on the road. So I’m becoming familiar once again with the airline and … Read more