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Why My Social Media Queue Sits Empty

Buffer keeps sending me emails telling me my social media queues are empty. It’s usually a nice reminder when you’re a solopreneur and the social media scheduler you pay to use reminds you that you’re behind in your self-promotion. But not this morning. Not today. Not on July 1. Today it was just another reminder […]

What’s Missing From Social Selling

Social Selling is a big thing. Not to be confused with social marketing, simply put social selling is when salespeople use social media to find and interact directly with their prospects. The concept is not new. Salespeople have always looked for ways to connect with their prospects. When I started selling radio ads in the […]

The Commencement Speech No One Asked Me To Deliver

It will come as no surprise that I am no Scott Galloway. I have my hair, I am not a serial entrepreneur who founded nine firms and according to his latest book, The Algebra of Happiness, Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning, I am paid far less by NYU for each “podium” […]

7 Reasons You Should Be Taking Notes

There was a time my mind was a steel trap. I didn’t need to take notes. Taking notes was for old people. I remembered everything and forgot nothing. But I took notes anyway. I’ve always liked taking notes. If I was sitting in a lecture or at a conference, opening to a fresh page on […]

What I Learned During The Facebook And Instagram Outage

A funny thing happened during the Facebook, Instagram and What’s App outage this week. We all survived. The world kept spinning. Nobody died because of it – at least not that we know of and Mark Zuckerberg’s quest for world domination was met with the harsh, cruel reality that his social kingdom was not necessary […]