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Barack Had to Be Authentic
This past weekend I had the opportunity to catch up with my former colleague and political phenom, Steve Hildebrand, Deputy Campaign Manager for the Obama Presidential campaign. Steve and several of...
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My ooVoo Day In The Pink (Political Edition)
I’ve mentioned my favorite political blogger here several times. She’s smart, she’s funny, she’s extremely knowledgable on politics, and I give her much of the credit for getting me interested in...
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We’re New Daddy Bloggers
Chris Brogan has another project. How does he do it? Dad-O-Matic goes live today. I was honored to be asked to join a group of great bloggers and, more importantly, really great people who also happen...
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Why this travel writer is going on a tech tour in China
(This is cross-posted on the Perceptive Travel blog and my Family Travel blog on BootsnAll.) I know that I’m a very fortunate freelance writer and social media/Web 2.0 trainer; I have a military...
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Better networking on LinkedIn
I always enjoy writing for the Marketing Watchdog Journal, published by Austin-based Bulldog Solutions (see my March 2008 piece about how to build a blog that draws a crowd.) Connie Reece stops into...
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Teaching the teachers: what we’ve learned from our social media workshops
In June 2008, after a lot of talks with Connie Reece, reflection time at the SOBCon conference and great advice from both Small Biz Survival’s Becky McCray and Successful Blog’s Liz Strauss, we began...
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Tips for South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) from a local
It’s that time of year again, when the tech universe is abuzz with the digital creative delights of the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) conference in Austin, Texas. Since I live in the Austin...
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Escaping the geek bubble at Austin’s Metropolitan Breakfast Club
“Birds of a feather….” Connie and I do realize that when you spend a lot of time around the feathered tribe of tech-savvy folks (thereby miraculously becoming two of Austin’s Social Media Mavens) it...
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Twitter and the Dunbar Number
I’ve never been in the camp of those who follow back every one who adds them on social networks. While the reason people reciprocate all follows–it does seem the polite thing to do–is understandable, I...
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Don’t let your business make this basic mistake online
I see it over and over again. In between the squawking about how blogs are already passe and how Twitter is going mainstream, there is a fundamental Old School operating concept of the Web and social...
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