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Trust Agents by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith: A Review

Trust Agents is the most anticipated book on the Internet, Web 2.0, and online reputation management for marketing purposes of 2009.READ»

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How Trust Agents Become One of Us

We trust people who seem more like us than not. It's human nature. How do you make this true on the web?READ»

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Bring Your Own Dialtone

Of all the ideas in Trust Agents, this is the one that's perhaps the most powerful. How did our current U.S. President win? Here's one thought. READ»

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Scale: The Importance of Cafe-Shaped Experiences

What if getting bigger and bigger isn't the way to do business? Instead of bigger, what about the notion of more instances of small and intimate?READ»

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FTC Cracks Down on Blogging Endorsements

The blogging community was shocked this week when the Federal Trade Commission announced on Tuesday an update of its guidelines for advertisers, which now extends into the realm of social media. In an effort to maintain full disclosure, honesty and transparency among brands and consumers, bloggers and other social network users must disclose their affiliation with a company for any product review, advertisement, or endorsement, whether it be a paid review…READ»

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Trust Agents: The Essential Startup Social Media Guide

This month, the Sparxoo team read Chris Brogan and Julien Smith’s Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust. As top social media specialists themselves, Brogan and Smith have a lot of knowledge to share, and did not hold anything back. We want to share some key points and takeaways, and encourage you to read it...READ»

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6 Sources of Inspiration for Tech Bloggers

Corvida Raven, author of the blog SheGeeks.net, made the Fast Company list of "The Most Influential Women In Technology: The Bloggers." Here, she shares her sources of inspiration. Sarah Perez - SarahinTampa - The most influential ...READ»

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Sending Coaching Clients To Make Their 1st Impressions

Recently, I read a blog post by uber-blogger, Chris Brogan. He made some great points on how to navigate that difficult minefield, “the first meeting at an event.” After reading it, though, I thought, I’d give my coaching ...READ»

Interview with Chris Brogan and Ronald Lewis About Social Media

Last week while at SXSW, I sat down for an interview with Chris Brogan, as he guest hosted John Havens's New Media Havens show on BlogTalk Radio. Ronald Lewis of lijit was also there, for a discussion that focused on media making, ...READ»

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Fast Company's Most Innovative Marketing Expert Blogs, Part II

Marketing has changed. We're in the age of one-to-one marketing, where the customer actually has a role in shaping the messaging for your brand. Social Media--blogs, Twitter, Facebook, wikis, user-generated tools--have given her all ...READ»

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8 Experts Predict How Web 2.0 Will Evolve In 2009

With the economy in a slump and budgets being cut in traditional print and TV advertising campaigns many will be looking to the Web 2.0 world to reach their constituents. So what should be on your Web 2.0 radar for 2009? Web 2.0 gurus give you the low down.READ»

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Is the Original Blogging Dead?

In the tech world, where tools and gadgets are way cool one day and so 2004 the next, is blogging really dead? According to Paul Boutin, who ironically writes for the Sillicon Valley gossip blog Valleywag, blogging is out and being ...READ»

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Be the Priest, Build the Church

When you make your own game, you have the opportunity to build a platform. What you DO with that platform is up to you.READ»

My Favorite Blog Posts of July

Wow. The summer is flying by. My virtual internship with Seth Godin has more or less wrapped up, though I will still be helping out/participating with another Squidoo project aligned with the upcoming election, and Triiibes, which ...READ»

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CUSTOMER SERVICE IS KING

I just finished reading the book Trust Agents from Chris Brogan and Julien Smith. Obviously it is a must read for everyone in the business world. When I reflected on the content I had some kind of epiphany. Most corporations and ...READ»

How a Coffee Event Attracts More People & You Can Too

Some of the most masterful baristas in the U.S. gathered in a hotel lobby in Minneapolis for their annual competition last month, judged by their peers. But this year was different. More excitement.And pressure. Coffee ...READ»

Do You Separate Yourself From the Clutter?

Separate yourself from the clutter. It sounds simple, yet so many companies are incapable of doing it successfully. My favorite bar is my favorite bar because nobody goes there. I can go typically at any point during the week ...READ»

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Planning an Entrepreneurship Conference In Phoenix

I'm knee-deep in the planning of the Third Annual Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference, to be held Nov. 19th in Phoenix. The conference does three things: 1) Provide high quality content about starting and growing a ...READ»

The NY Video 2.0 Group

Last night, I attended the NY Video 2.0 Group "meetup". The focus of the event wasn't the _making_ of digital video, but the business surrounding putting video on the internet. I found the presentations to be interesting as well as ...READ»

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Social Media Club Announces Interim Board

The Social Media Club announced today its newly formed interim Board of Directors. The board boasts a roster of highly-regarded industry leaders; a truly amazing group of people that I am honored to be a part of. As ...READ»

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Are You Building Your Career Pyramid?

I had the complete joy this past Sunday of having absolutely nothing to do. It was pouring rain, SeamlessWeb delivered bagels and coffee directly to my door, and my husband and his best friend had plans to watch nonstop football. So, ...READ»

IZEA Calls for Transparency, But Can Twitter Remain Pure? Ted Murphy Thinks So
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IZEA Calls for Transparency, but Can Twitter Remain Pure? Ted Murphy Thinks So

A new pay-per-Tweet advertising platform determines how much your network is worth.READ»

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How Thriller Novelist J.C. Hutchins Turned a Passionate Fan Base Into Successful Book Sales

Does an author need a publisher anymore? Are the rules of book publishing crumbling? Successful thriller writer J.C. Hutchins shares his thoughts.READ»

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What Proposition 8 Shows Us About Having Your Own Social Media Turf

This post is an idea-stem from an excellent post that was written by Michael Mace in the Rubicon blog network. When consulting with clients and while delivering presentations about social media, I often mention the imperative that ...READ»

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Social Voting Sites: StumbleUpon, Digg, Sphinn...

Let's talk blog promotion. I was really glad when Chris Brogan posted this post last week regarding StumbleUpon because I've been meaning to write something similar. If you check out the image at the top of this post, you will ...READ»