Women’s Online Communities Powerhouses of Trust (via )

It’s a smart businessman who aligns himself with the most powerful market demographic of all time: sisters with wifi. I couldn’t resist sharing this blog post. Cheers! It’s becoming more and more clear that women’s online communities are the true powerhouses of trust.  Social networks have their place, but it’s the online communities that women [...]

I Love, Therefore I Recommend (a Net Promoter Love Story)

Do you fancy yourself a loyal consumer? Loyalty and Net Promoter expert Fred Reichheld says one simple question reveals your level of loyalty (and the brand’s future for growth). I put Reichheld’s question to the test to see which brands I openly rave about.

Unlike that Buick, This IS Your Parents’ Social Network

Pretty soon your own parents may have more online friends than you. Why you can’t afford to be naive (or pompous) about social networks and their inevitable relevance to your business.

Chock Full of Goodness: 10+ Article Faves

Here are 10 share-worthy articles from 2009. If you care about communication, collaboration or leadership, dedicate your next coffee break to reading them.

13 Sites for Human Interest, Business, Innovation and Emerging News

Keeping your company “always relevant” is not an automatic by-product of marketing, sales, or even PR. Becoming (and staying) relevant takes observation, insight, and action. Here are 13 websites that will expand your thinking about ways you may fit within the business and culture landscape.

Should you be a Com, Net, Org or Me?

If you’ve ever tried to buy a domain name, you know it’ll make you more jumpy then a spin at the big wheel on The Price is Right. When you find the domain name of your dreams, should be a .com, .net, .me… or all?

Blogging Workload: a Poll

The proliferation of blogging tools and platforms doesn’t equate to a writer’s Easy Bake Oven. Weigh in on how long it takes you to write blog content.

Bad Things Happen When You Ignore the Competition

Your stance on the competition says more about you than you realize and probably not at all what you think. If the word ‘competitor’ is just too hard for you to utter, swap it out for the word that really means something to your prospects and customers: CHOICES.

5 Websites Every Marketer Should Visit

In order to think outside of the (proverbial) box, marketers have to get out of the box altogether. Even if you’re on a tight leash because your budget got a hatchet job, you need to breathe some fresh air and spark those neurons. Head to a coffee shop with your laptop and stir up some new ideas from these 5 websites.

Despair Has Its Lighter Side

We could all use some levity right now, whether we’re clinging to a job or searching for a new one. Here are a few of my favorite attitude pick-me-ups from online retailer Despair, Inc., including hilarious Valentine’s Day candy called Bittersweets.

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