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What Will We Do With Influencers

Monday, February 15th, 2010 Posted in Blog, Business, Communications, Community, Marketing, Online, Social media, Uncategorized, Web | No Comments »

What will we do with influencers? Do you even know who they are in the case of your organization? Do you then know how to reach them? Lots of folks ask these questions and I bring you some thoughts from Chris ...

In with open, Out with closed

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 Posted in Blog, Business, Communications, Marketing | No Comments »

I found Seth Godin's post called the scientific method interesting because it encourages questions and openness - not defensivness and close-mindedness. He correctly makes the point that in many interactions, people tend to take a defensive posture - to defend ...

Good marketing meets social media

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in Blog, Business, Communications, Marketing, Online, Social media, Web | No Comments »

I found Chris Bogan's post on marketing trigger points and how to marry online social media really timely. We’re all fighting through an overwhelming amount of messages in all different forms to try to get people’s attention. It’s enough ...

“Why can’t we be nice…”

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 Posted in Blog, Community, Leadership, Uncategorized | No Comments »

Obama inauguration ceremony on C-Span "Why can't we be nice to each other like this all the time?" After all the analysis and punditry around the inauguration of Barack Obama as our 44th president, this statement is one of the most enduring ...

2009 goal setting made simple!

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 Posted in Blog, Communications, Community, Uncategorized | No Comments »

Hi and Happy 2009! I'm actually really excited for this year. I had not considered any "new year's resolutions" until my daughter asked me if I had made any. Heck, I gave up on those a long time ago. Instead, I've ...

Food for thought and fru heading into 2009

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Blog, Business, Communications, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Uncategorized | No Comments »

Modern marketing as we've known it has been all about consume, consume, consume. The more you consume, the better a citizen you are – you're fueling the economy. But that's starting to change as consumers embrace what the Boomer Consumer ...

Create relationships. Don’t be a flirt.

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Business, Communications, Marketing, Online, Social media, Web | No Comments »

I found this fascinating quote and insights about personal branding today courtesy of my colleague and friend Kyle Lacy, and wanted to share it. Create Relationships. Don’t Sleep Around.November 22nd, 2008 by Kyle Lacy Posted in Marketing, branding, small business | Kyle ...

Talk the talk with Gen Y

Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Business, Communications, Marketing, Online, Social media, Uncategorized | No Comments »

Market segmentation is really nothing new. It still requires organizations to recognize their markets, what they want and need, and how best to reach them. Today, many companies and their communicators are eager to make a meaningful connection with the ...

Using social media for business success

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Business, Communications, Community, Marketing, Online, Social media, Web | No Comments »

Skeptics take note. Evangelists rejoice! Everyone else might want to pay a little bit more attention. Online social media CAN contribute to business success in different ways. At least, that's according to Beeline Labs, which recently released the findings of ...

Announcing debnew.com

Friday, October 3rd, 2008 Posted in Blog, Business, Communications, Marketing, Online, Social media, Web | No Comments »

Hi! This online social media world is a pretty interesting place. I've found myself blogging or participating in several online sites, plus living in the "real world." I'm trying to figure out how it all works together, and this site - DebNew.com - ...