The Obama Inauguration is going on today and having attended previous inauguration celebrations, I must say that I’ve never seen anything quite like this. As I watch it from the warm indoors

This is a story shared from a new friend of mine. It just goes to show that any niche can find a place on the Internet! Like every other blogger, I was fairly clueless when I started blogging. I s..

Tonight is session one of the social media training webinar I’m hosting. http://www.yoursocialbrand.com/jan09live.htm If you’d like an opportunity to join the class for free tonigh

I’m pretty excited about my live social media training event coming up on Jan 13th. People are registering and I’m continuing to prep materials for all the attendees. http://www.yo

When it comes to positioning yourself online with social media, it’s best to match it with the concept of how you would do the same thing at a party or networking function. The goal of your

I found this quiz and did it with a few friends. The results were very interesting. I, for one, found that I certainly have room to grow in this area. How about you? Take the quiz and leave a comme..

I watched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zqI0baKB-U this video from @perrybelcher on the concept of the “Twitter Snob.” It’s a pretty simple thing. There are some people

As I impatiently wait for the first issue of Rich Schefern’s Cash Maps thingy (I call it a thingy because I haven’t seen it yet), I received an interesting link with some video con

I just installed the Wordpress 2.7 beta. Unlike the fiasco I had with my Wordpress 2.6 upgrade, this has been a pleasure so far. First, I managed the upgrade from a coffee shop in DC. It’s s

Here’s a secret that most people don’t tell you: you already have a personal brand. We all do. It’s what our mothers used to call “first impressions,” that lasting perception people have ..

Social media has come onto the scene very quickly and it’s left a lot of people scratching their heads. What good is Twitter? Why would a business want a Facebook page? What do I blog about?

One of the biggest misconceptions I think people have about personal branding is that you don’t have a personal brand until you create it. Perhaps these people are way too into existentiali

The face of marketing is changing forever. Get your copy of The Social Media Manifesto today. I was watching King of the Hill on Hulu.com (what an awesome site) and was more than a little surpris..

Special report explains why the face of marketing is changing forever and how to get ahead of the coming wave. Get your copy today. Click Here To be an effective leader, you have to be willing to t..

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With 5 of the top 10 web sites, according to Alexa rankings, being social media sites, it’s pretty clear that change is coming. Change is already here. People on the Internet are movin..

Meet Matthew Goudge of www.prochef360blog.com. He’s an Australian chef living in China since 2001.  Chef Matthew and I met online and immediately signed up at yoursocialbrand.com. He ..

There is a lot of discussion on the Internet about personal branding – but sadly, a lot of that discussion is coming straight from people who have not one clue about creating a true person..

There’s a funny paradox in the world: countless dollars are spent on books and materials teaching how to DO things and yet what is the essential source of that doing? (Other than God, of cou

I reading this new post from Charles Heflin and laughed (in a good way, of course) when I saw his second suggestion. Never let someone else tell you which networks to use He is so right and I&#821

Here’s what happens when I have a FlipVideo camera within reach…I record random things at the drop of a hat. In this video I share a tech tip which isn’t directly related

This is a cool post on 6 Social Media Tools Every Business Should Use RSS Feed Aggregator This allows you to do a couple of things: first you can find news around keywords in your niche. Do a Go..

The explosion of social media on the Internet has created an incredible opportunity for you to connect directly with your clients and to be found by other people who are literally searching for ex..

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BE->DO->HAVE is the equivalent of the fruit coming from the roots, which is found in scripture. There’s also the thought that if you don’t like the fruit you&#821

What good is a personal brand and why do I need one? You need to know where your brand comes from and make sure it is conveying the right things to those around you. http://www.yoursocialbrand.com

Do you know how to stand out it seems so many other people are doing what you're doing? What does it take to get noticed online? Social media training is important but is not the only piece to the ..

CHAPTER 13 THE BRAIN: A BROADCASTING AND RECEIVING STATION FOR THOUGHT The Twelfth Step toward Riches MORE than twenty years ago, the author, working in conjunction with the late Dr. Alexander Gr..