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Focus is More Important Than Knowledge

March 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Ideas

Any type of knowledge can be found online with a quick internet search. In an age of ideas we no longer need to ‘know’ anything. We just have to be able to search for that knowledge online. What comes after knowledge? Focus.

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Forget Social Media, the Future is Content Strategy

February 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Marketing

Effective social media campaigns take a lot of work because there are no short cuts to building meaningful relationships. Businesses need to create a lot of real value before first before the sales pitches. Trust is everything and that only comes with lots of valuable content.

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Derek Sivers Offers a Great Lesson in Leadership: A First Follower is Needed to Create a Movement

February 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Ideas, Marketing

A great video clearly demonstrating how a movement is created with commentary by the entrepreneur-musician Derek Sivers.

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The Quality of Idea is More Important than Followers to Spread It

February 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Ideas

Don’t worry about building up a following. Focus on improving the quality of your ideas.

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Seth Godin Teaches Us How to Market a Book in 2010

January 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Marketing

If you want to market a new book, or anything for that matter, traditional advertising is dead. Paying big money to interrupt people when they are not paying attention is just stupid. Seth Godin, the same marketing genius that gave away a book for free, packaged a book in a cereal box and consistently reinvents marketing forever is at it again. You just can’t keep a great mind down.

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Social Media Marketing is all about Free Content

January 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Business Models, Marketing

Companies, bloggers and authors are not giving away free content, they are buying attention. That is what social media marketing is, free content.

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SEO is Not Rocket Science

January 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Marketing

Search Engine Optimization is essentially free and customers are highly targeted so it is unlikely there will be any other more cost-effective way to market your business. There are no shortages of SEO experts and gurus out to help you optimize your site, but do you really need to hire someone?

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The Future of Books

January 14th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Ideas

With the success of Amazon’s Kindle and the hype around upcoming versions of tablet PCs, it is not too difficult to predict that our notion of what constitutes a “book” is about to drastically change.

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Business Model Management is the Only Way to Stay Competive

January 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Business Models, Ideas, Marketing

If your business is struggling maybe it is time to start implementing new business models. Actually, the time was probably a lot earlier then when you noticed the problem.

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Sharing is the First Law of Social Media: A Lesson from Chris Brogan

January 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Ideas, Marketing

We all know that sharing is everything in a social media world. The more we contribute and give, the more we can get noticed ourselves. The first instinct is to create new tools and platforms in order to try an become a destination for like minded people. We all want to own the platform or [...]

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