Image by kian esquire via Flickr As I come out of the Social Media Closet and talk with some of the more well-known folks who are Social and Community Strategists, I often get asked the question, “why haven’t I heard about you before” or “I never knew you were doing that”. So… I figured it was my time to let you know what I actually do – Social & Community...

Overview: I felt it necessary to show some love to a Tool that I use on a daily basis, that has asked very little of me, as far as compensation goes. This tool can speed through your push marketing efforts in not time, not to mention the reach you get by using it (and your boss will love you for it too). Shareaholic for Firefox, is probably the only add-on for Social Push Marketing that you may ever need....

Meet our very special guest, Charlene Li as we TweetUp, August 6, 2009 at 9:30 am Eastern with Charlene Li, co-author of the Groundswell. WebEx Charlene Li will be answering some great questions and taking questions from the group. We will be using #rke #askcharlene as hashtags to follow the conversation. Here are the questions Charlene Li will answer during the TweetUp. 1. What are the 3 top questions you...

Courtesy of ChiefIngredient.com You have to see how Video is done and done right. This is Viral. This is the Future. This is Marketing. My very good friend, Steve Rankel CEO of Product180.com (awesome – click if you need a “Killer Value Proposition” you won’t be dissapointed) called today to further our strategy on a our next Webinar (details to come) and mentioned this video to me. Thanks...

So this is the personal side of me. The one many of you (I am connected to over 20,000 people across the world in business) don’t ever see from me, however, I felt so compelled to write this story, more for my close friends on my personal FaceBook Page (no business connections – I have my Fan Page for that) to see how they have affected my life over these many years in some form or fashion and...

Just a quick poll via Twitter – I am curious as I have my own opinion. Poll results are live…select 1-5 Stars under only one, Coffee or Atmosphere or Iced Drinks,  1 being not-so-much and 5 being you love it Starbucks Coffee: VN:F [1.7.9_1023]Rating: 4.0/5 (2 votes cast) Starbucks Atmosphere: VN:F [1.7.9_1023]Rating: 4.0/5 (2 votes cast) Starbucks Iced Drinks: VN:F [1.7.9_1023]Rating: 4.0/5 (2 votes...

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:06 PM Posted by Chad Parry, Gmail Engineer I wanted to get this out to as many as possible using Gmail. I use Gmail for many reasons, but mainly as the tool that allows me to synchronize, connect easily and speed through emails as I get 300-400 per day from my Social Network connections. Needless to say, I also use Gmail Calendar, to bring in various Calendars from others that allow...

If you hit the “Accept” button on LinkedIn – Stop immediately. OK…too much drama so far? Sorry, but I have seen a recent trend to quickly hit the “Accept” Invitation button with little or no research after you accepted the invitation. If you were given the chance to talk to a number of the 7,700 1st degree invitations I have accepted, you would understand how I have built...

This is not for the weak of  hearts, however, you can cut through maddening amounts of time by using LinkedIn’s Advanced Search tool and some “Code Guy” type techniques. Let’s look at how this works and then the operators that can help drive very interesting searches in far less time. Tough? Let’s look at how we can make this simple: If you would like to do a complex search (for...