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One-On-One: Social Without The Media

03.29.2011 blogging

There’s a little coffee shop in St. Paul called Kopplin’s.  On Wednesday morning it was snowing, heavily, but we had plenty of time before I had to be at the airport. So Patrick took me there and bought me a cup of coffee. At the counter in this tiny shop he asked the owner to [...]

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Vacation Tips In This Over-Connected Age: Queue Up Posts & Tweets

07.28.2010 Business

Yes, I’m on vacation, but you’re getting a fresh post. How is that? I wrote them all last week. I always write them a week ahead. I’m actually working TWO weeks in advance so not only do I have fresh posts to publish while I’m on vacation, but there will also be finished posts completed for [...]

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Why do businesses need to blog and tweet?

03.31.2010 Uncategorized

The Week of Why continues! This may seem a bit like preaching to the choir, but this bears some consideration: why do businesses need to blog and tweet? If you’re a blogger or a heavy Twitter user, you may think it’s obvious. But to many small and medium business owners it is far from clear. [...]

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Greetings Blog Spammers! A Word Or Two About Your Career Choice

03.22.2010 marketing

This morning when I checked my blog to moderate comments I noted one blog spammer calling herself or himself “Beverley” had slipped into the comment queue hoping I’d approve them and they could grow their link farm. The spam filter, Akismet had caught 76 others. I glanced at them quickly, and then deleted them all. [...]

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Short, Sweet, and Missing The Point

09.22.2009 Business

Can you really get your point across with 140 characters? Not always – especially if there’s real thought involved. Tweet if you must, but practice those skills you learned in high school and work on that 500 word essay.

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