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Del Williams was at the center of my social media community and many others. But in the end, it didn’t matter much.

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This small market baseball team was a perennial failure until Jesse Cole turned the Savannah Bananas into a marketing rebellion of his own.

Seth Godin is a brilliant marketer and a superb writer, but his new book made me squirm.

We create content, but content also creates us. Building an audience takes authenticity, but it can also take it away.
Social media can help us connect in amazing ways but it can also be a hurdle to forgiveness when things go wrong. The answer? Baby pictures.

Humor is a powerful elements we can add to our marketing efforts. But humor in marketing is difficult. Here’s some real advice from The Marketoonist

A lot of people advise to ignore social media haters. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt. Here is some real-world advice about dealing with the pain.

When someone disagrees with an influencer, people can turn into social media piranhas. Clayton Carroll shares the how and why this happens.

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