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Category: social networking

  • The Digerati Clique is Migrating

    Steve Rubel, Brian Solis, David Armano, Robert Scoble, Jason Calacanis, Scott Monty, Dave Winer, Ann Handley, Ken Burbary, Leo LaPorte, Guy Kawasaki + Greg Verdino all do it…time for you…

  • Content Strategy for the Social and Semantic Web

    Content strategy, for the social and semantic web, is a 40,000 foot strategic overview of content, aligning content, its purpose, creation, publication, and use with the overall business strategy and…

  • Maslow is dead. All hail Gramsci.

    Maslow is dead. Long live Gramsci. Oh, he’s dead too. In the literal sense. But he’s going to become a lot more well-known thanks to a new President Obama and…

  • What is More Popular than Porn?

    What IS more popular than porn? Social networking, of course. Read a ‘craigslist lonely hearts’ from a brand marketer searching for a social media therapist.

  • Buy a Car and Get a Gun (or Gas)

    Think social media can’t make a difference to a small business? Consider Max Motors, a new and used car dealership in Butler, MO. With their recent Guns & Gas promotion,…

  • University Syllabus 2.0 (part 1)

    What ARE they teaching kids these days? I thought I’d start with the education parents pay the most cash for their offspring to attend: Ivy League schools.  Harvard Law School…

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