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I’ve figured out Google’s grand plan for world domination. More or less. See if this makes sense to you. It sure did last night when

Google Plus won’t be the Facebook killer gurus predict because the psychological switching costs are too high.

Posting on Facebook is like getting an emotional boost
One of the most frequent questions that comes up in my classes is “With Facebook, do we still need a website?” Certainly this is a
I’ve had the honor of providing business strategy consultation recently to a UK agency and in the process became immersed in current uses of social
Here’s a wonderful guest post from {grow} community member John White — one of my favorite writers on the web! “Daddy, tell me about Grandpa.”
Here is one of the toughest marketing challenges I can imagine — engage customers with a medical practice, which of course is surrounded by patient
Why is it easier to change your home than change your social network? A surprising answer!

I first connected with Nathan Dube in 2009 when I fell in love with his now-famous destroy your printer contest. This guy has a knack
I have one of the world’s best points of brand differentiation — I’m the only business blogger you know old enough to have a daughter-blogger!
While President Obama’s use of the social web to connect with voters and raise funds has been well-documented, it may be Scott Brown’s impossible 2010 senatorial win that
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