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A good deal of my time is devoted to singing the praises of online marketing — especially social network marketing — to small and medium size companies in traditional industries. Adaptation is slow, although moving at a much faster pace than two years ago.
Why do you think adaptation is slow? Why aren’t all companies […]

So I’m sitting at the Old Towne Pub having a beer with my friend Joanna Young, who popped in from Scotland to say hello, and she starts telling me about how much she loves Twitter. And I’m thinking …
Twitter. That’s just what I need. It’s like IM for grown-ups. I have enough distractions without hearing […]

(Now everybody will have something to do tomorrow!)
The Saturday New York Times crossword puzzle is a tough test, some say the toughest. Word nerd that I am, my favorite part of Saturday morning is sitting down with a cup of tea and taking a crack at it. About 90% of the time, I can solve […]

This post is part of Robert Hruzek’s latest What I Learned From … group project. This month’s topic is Mashing It Up, and I decided to take it literally.
The Preliminaries
When I was in high school, our family lived in Colorado. So let’s begin by talking a little about school, relatives, and recreation. When it […]

Here’s a question for the SOBCon08 folks (and anyone else who’d like to chime in, of course). It’s been on my mind.
Now that the Yahoo - Microsoft deal appears dead, is this good or bad for Microsoft? And considering the non-deal solidifies Google’s monopoly on search and search advertising, is the non-deal good or bad […]

Confused Blogger Seeks Clarity
Friday at SOBCon, a few of us were talking about whether every word in a blog post title should be capitalized. Does anybody know?
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Should Every Word In A Blog Post Title Be Capitalized?”, url: “http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/copywriting/capitalize-blog-post-titles/” });

When you get a sales lead, do you always tell the lead source how it turned out? You should, because that’s how you get more leads and better leads. It’s a matter of common courtesy. When people go out of their way to help you, they want to know what happened. Otherwise, they may assume […]

SOBCon08 is my first (abbreviated) blog conference. Lots of fun! I like talking to Chris Cree through blog comments, but talking to him and his wife Lisa on Lake Michigan looking out on the Chicago skyline at night — even better. Phil Gerbyshak makes everyone feel welcome … a finer social director you could not […]

My good blogging friend Joanna Young came all the way from Edinburgh to be at SOBCon08, and happily, she added a few more miles to her trip to visit me in Geneva. (Hometown background courtesy of Robert Hruzek.)
It was incredible to actually meet her after two-plus years of virtual friendship. A phrase like “virtual friendship” […]

RSS Leadership by Example
Large, top notch companies far removed from the tech sector now offer RSS feeds, a most welcome development. They use RSS mainly for news feeds, and although many of us are more interested in RSS for blogs, anything that popularizes the technology helps the blogging cause, don’t you think? Here are […]