Is Twitter Just Noise?

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I’ve been on Twitter for a little over a year. In that time I’ve followed many people of interest and gained quite a few followers in return. I’ve learned how to add hashtags, and reply to tweets. I’ve learned how to DM (direct message) followers and shorten long URL’s. I think I’ve come to the [...]

Fascinating Test

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Are you fascinating? That is a question that Sally Hogshead sent me via a Twitter tweet. I had to think about that one for a minute. Hmmmm… I thought… I am a lot of things… but fascinating… hmmmm I don’t know. Luckily for me she sent me a link for her Fascination test. In just [...]

Finding Phil

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I had a chance to meet one of the best bloggers on the planet this last weekend at the SOBCON conference. He has been around for years, his smiling face beaming out joy to thousands of people. He has built a personal brand around a friendly handshake, a signature smile, and a kind remark. The [...]

Telling a Better Story

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I just got back from the SOBCON blogging conference in Chicago over the weekend. It was a great event with a huge array of speakers and panel members. I met quite a few incredible, life changing, people. As the conference wound down I found there was one over arching theme this year. One big take-away. [...]

SOBCON Day 1

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I have the privledge this year of attending SOBCON in Chicago. SOBCON is a blogging and social media conference put on by Liz Strauss and Terry Starbucker, and is in its fourth year. The list of speakers is incredible and the first day was very helpful to anyone trying to get a handle on the [...]

Meeting My Mentors

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I had an amazing experience yesterday. I attended the Catalyst West Leadership Conference in Irvine California where I was able to meet two of my social media mentors along with a cadre of other bloggers, tweeters and Facebook fans. Chris Brogan had said something in a post a while back that came to life yesterday… [...]