50 Shades of World Domination

I'm listening to a podcast of a session I missed at Book Expo America / uPublishU. The session is "50 Shades and More of Self-Publishing." According to the info in the session/podcast, so far 10 million copies of...

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GMail & Google+ & Google Integration

I use Gmail for half of my email correspondance (the other half is done via my own email system for work). What this means for me is that ALL email I receive or send to a Gmail account shows that person's contact info on the...

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Becoming Fearless

Congratulations +Michael Lazerow on the sale of +Buddy Media 😉 Thank you for being fearless. I hope your story & success inspires others to live their lives fully, in the sunlight, and with those people they love. Too many...

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Seth Godin's Purple Cow

This book by +Seth Godin affected me so much I wonder if it had anything to do with why I wear purple all the time (or dye my hair purple). In honestly I was a purple freak well before I read the book, but it has absolutely...

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What I See Google+ As

I have been talking to a lot of people (and companies) about Google+ lately. I'm "back on the saddle" after my surgery & excited to be out in public again! What it comes down to me is this, the "how"...

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Do you know your 20%?

There is an old adage that floats around that says 80% of your business comes from 20% of your customers. Or the 80/20 rule. You get the idea. So my question is this… do you KNOW who your 20% are? Do you reward them? Do...

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Social Media Business Life Conference

tl;dr : Reading this to the end will completely change how you talk to non-Google+ers about the platform, how you think about Google+, and how you use it from this point forward for your business.I had a blast yesterday at the...

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Calling All Facebook Admins

Finally. A 'super admin' function, or at least the ability to control which admins / managers get to control what functions. I remember back in the day when I had a client put an intern (!!!) in charge of their Facebook...

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Don't wait to be "asked" to learn

+Steve Garfield is the father of video blogging as far as I'm concerned. Take 30 minutes and watch this interview from +Passion Hit TV & +C.C. Chapman and find out how Steve just didn't sit back and wait for someone...

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20 Things I Should Have Known at 20

+Julien Smith is an amazing writer and an even more profound thinker. My favorites:5) Don't waste time being shy (I'm painfully shy in person / crowds)8) Find people that are cooler than you and hang out with them too...

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Why is Your Mom on Facebook?

This video is by far my favorite talk I've EVER given (Ignite Wilmington). I was really nervous because the slides auto-advance and you need to stay on topic and on time. Thanks to +Brett Bumeter who dug it up & put it...

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