Delivering a quality sales lead in 10 minutes (for free)

January 16, 2009

This is a true story. It’s one of many that occurs every minute – by the hundreds, if not thousands – on the Internet Social Web.
Today I answered some questions posed by users on LinkedIn. Answering questions is a great way to network, grow your business, and establish yourself as a thought leader and credible [...]

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Web usability: Dismissed in bubbles, embraced during trouble

January 15, 2009

It seems just like yesterday when “design usability” was all the rage. I recall it was right around the time of the dot-com crash, with ecommerce sites folding like a bad poker hand, that “usability” became royalty. Companies that were eagerly rolling out the red carpet during those tough times were often the same ones [...]

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It’s 2009: Got Plans?

January 4, 2009

Note: Video is compliments of Life in Perpetual Beta (a remarkable name for a remarkable blog!). If you haven’t yet visited, I highly recommend it.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 
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Creating new blog: Request your suggestions for improvement

December 28, 2008

Next month, I’m launching a new and (hopefully) improved version of Diablogue. Please take a moment to respond to the following poll, which is the second in a short series. I want to know more about what you want so I can provide more value to you.  Thanks in advance.

How to improve Diablogue?
(polls)

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Living and breathing social marketing

December 21, 2008

Recently I joined “Fridays and Five,” a weekly get together of a local group of business professionals. I am glad I joined because this is not your typical chat-rub-elbows-grip-and-grin crowd.
As individuals and business professionals, members truly embody the essence of “social” networking. And they are literal, human examples of social marketing…as members of the group [...]

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