Disclaimer: Collective Bias, founder of My Black Friday Deals, is a client of mine. They give me money. Still, I think they’re neat and worth talking about. If you’re crazy enough to be going out tomorrow for Black Friday shopping (I’ll be there with you as long as I can hang…probably about 15 minutes), here’s [...]

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The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web by Tamar Weinberg is a fantastic resource for all things social media.

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This is a post I have published on Mashable.com. Hope you enjoy it. If you’re headed out on Black Friday, may it help you. We’re a week away from Black Friday and just a few years ago, if you wanted to find the best deals, you had to wait for the sales flyers to hit [...]

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My high school art teacher, who has long had insights about me that took me years to realize (like when she told me I should move toward writing rather than art; that one hurt for a while, but she was right), recently gave me something to chew on. We were talking about trying to get [...]

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I know you’re thinking that 2010 is so far off, but it’s not. With the whirlwind of parties, potlucks and days off, the new year will be here before you know it. That’s why I’m working on my marketing and business plans for next year. I have to confess: I’m a hypocrite. In the past, [...]

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Egg recently released a new whitepaper called The Importance of Connecting Brands with Bloggers. If you’re not already working with bloggers to expand your visibility online, I recommend you read it. You know I’m all about bloggers. You know I’m a strong believer in the fact that they can help you find brand evangelists and [...]

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When I attended Type A Mom Con, I got to connect with Chef’s Requested, a company that produces really good steaks. I’d reached out to them for GiveDaddy, hoping to do a few giveaways with them. Gary Whetstone, the guy in charge of their marketing, was at the conference, which spoke tons about how his [...]

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November 17, 2009 This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Sponsored Tweets. All opinions are 100% mine. I’ve been working with Sponsored Tweets for a while now, occasionally tweeting out a relevant tweet for an advertiser. It’s painless, easy and lets me make a little bit of pocket change. Let me [...]

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