We live in the age of information. With a simple Google search we have access to just about anything we could ever want to know. We’re bombarded with information every time we log onto Facebook or check our Twitter feeds. … Continue reading →

You gotta take a few minutes out to see this.  It’s Gary speaking on MSNBC Morning Joe about the meaning behind The Thank You Economy. Thanks to a close trusted resource for passing this along! Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, … Continue reading →

This is what my students in my college course at St. Nobert are reading as part of the class on the science of social networks, thought leadership and social media.  Talk about something that could have an extraordinary effect on … Continue reading →

I couldn’t resist grabbing the mindmap that SEOmoz had on the site today. This prediction from Rand Fishkin about how SEO will evolve to something more inclusive is, in my opinion, completely dead-on correct. There are too many facets to … Continue reading →

Advancing technologies and their swift adoption are upending traditional business models. Senior executives need to think strategically about how to prepare their organizations for the challenging new environment. – McKinsey Quarterly McKinsey recently published an article entitled Clouds, big data, … Continue reading →

As more small businesses get on board with social media marketing to improve relationships with customers and gain new ones, they report that the primary benefit of such efforts is greater exposure. Read the full article at eMarketer.

Déjà vu. We talked about this reality that we were seeing in the mobile market where the browser with a mobile-optimized site would likely unseat the ‘app culture’ and cause organizations to focus more on their sites and making them … Continue reading →

This blog post was oringially published on the Marketing Profs blog, the MPDailyFix at www.mpdailyfix.com As bloggers and social media pundits, we’re often scouring the data from reports to get a firm grip on what’s really happening in the worth … Continue reading →

Last week at AMA’s Advanced Social Media we talked a lot about influencers, the good, the bad and what it takes to make the most of them.  I was brewing up a post when i came across this article from … Continue reading →

I had previously dismissed a recent article by The Economist on the concept of “thought leadership” as just an opinion, until someone posted an intriguing comment on a MarketingProfs blog post that I wrote last year on the strength of … Continue reading →