Lessons Learned

When Attack Comments are Cries for Help

November 18, 2011

Context is everything. Yesterday this point was driven home to me by a comment on my blog that suggested that I was better suited for government work. My first thought when I read the comment was “what is he thinking?” Fortunately before responding I realized that we were talking about two different things and both [...]

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Lessons Learned: How to Use Twitter as a Marketing Tool

September 9, 2011

Active participation on the Twitter social networking platform is a time management black hole if you don’t have a well defined strategy and the discipline to execute it. Since joining the Twitter community in 2008, I’ve tested multiple strategies from being a twitterholic to a ghost. There have been lessons along the way. The biggest [...]

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My Most Important Business Lesson May Surprise You by @LisaPetrilli

August 31, 2011

This is a guest post by Lisa Petrilli. She is the Chief Executive Officer of C-Level Strategies, Inc. and is passionate about Visionary Leadership. Lisa empowers executives and emerging leaders to create clear, compelling visions for their companies to transform them and grow them exponentially, and to then bring their vision to fruition with clear and aligned [...]

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Online Social Networking for Businesses: Know Your Audience by @hfitzy34

August 25, 2011

This is a guest post by Henry Fitzgerald. Henry is a technology consultant located in Seattle. Besides being tech gadget and social media obsessed, he spends his free time learning to cook as well as sailing. When I was in college, I helped companies expand their social network presence. Some had never dipped their toes [...]

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Lessons Learned by @MackCollier: The Biggest Blogging Lesson Learned? Fish Where the Fish Are

August 18, 2011

This is a guest post by Mack Collier. Mack is a social media strategist, trainer and speaker located in Alabama that specializes in helping companies better connect with its customers via social media. He has been actively immersed in social media since 2005, and in that time, has helped businesses of all shapes and sizes [...]

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