The Linchpin Way

February 14, 2010

UPDATE (Feb 27, 2010) This post sparked a movement! Join The Linchpin Way Community. This is not another Linchpin book review. I’ve written about Seth before. A full post dedicated to the amazing Box Set launch.  I also included Seth in a post discussing how leaders learn and I tweet about Seth and recommend his [...]

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The Social Web Ties Us Together

February 1, 2010

An internet stranger told me what was happening to my next door neighbor at the Beaumont CVB even though I was 1,800 miles away from home – thanks to the social web.  Interestingly, I was not specifically looking for info on my neighbor. This is a three part’er – What Happened, How this Illustrates Web [...]

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5 Tips on How To Avoid Twitter #fail – A Case Study.

January 13, 2010

Examples of Twitter #fail happen every day, and I just lived through one. In fact, I didn’t just live through it, I demonstrated twitter #fail myself and now I see how it can happen even if it’s unintentional.  Don’t let this happen to you. Quick Back Story – I had just gone through a great [...]

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2010 Book Reading List – 1st load

January 4, 2010

I have a habit of buying many books at once – in bulk.  Thanks to nice folks giving me BN.com gift cards, this is my first load of books for 2010.  Here’s to happy reading!

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Job Titles are Obsolete in 2010 and Beyond.

January 2, 2010

What’s your title?  What’s your skill?  Is it one or two things, or maybe three things?  If so, you’re in trouble over the next 10 years. The days of being a “plumber” or an “artist” are gone.  No more and never again will a person be able to be just one thing and be successful.  [...]

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Leaders are Readers My 2009 Book List

January 1, 2010

So, two blog post got me thinking about the books I’ve read this year.  One from Annie Sorenson which I misstated the books I’ve read and another from Lauren Leto where I ribbed her for not having any business books on her list. Anyway, I am often asked “how I know what I know” and [...]

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8 Must Know About Social Media Search Tools

December 14, 2009

I’m often asked by business owners, friends and even other marketers about recommended tools for social media and websites.  Here is a quick list of social media search tools you really must know about. Free tracking tool for your website or blog: Google Analytics – This free analytics tool will tell you everything you need [...]

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Living Your Dream

December 12, 2009

When I was a child everyone approved. I’ve been thinking a lot about my childhood and how my parents and friends parents seemed to encourage me to keep dreaming and using my imagination.  I suppose it’s “what you do” when you are an adult listening to a kid.  I was always the kid and pre-teen [...]

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No New Ideas on Jesus and Twitter

December 8, 2009

I was reading a remarkable blog by Jon Swanson and thinking about his community and role as a pastor and blogger and thought it would be neat to have someone with Jon’s writing skill, love of God, and abilitity to communicate his faith in a modern voice work on a project with me – something [...]

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Marketing Mistake: Pandora 40 Hour Limit Half Baked or Huge Opportunity?

December 6, 2009

In an earlier blog post I discussed the impact of Pandora being branded as free internet radio and promised to make suggestions for improvement.  So here’s to keeping promises. According to Wiktionary, Half Baked means “ill-conceived, unsound or badly thought out” and I think that accurately describes how the Pandora 40 Hour Limit service interruption [...]

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