LinkedIn Live Raleigh Summer Edition was held this past Tuesday, July 14 at the RBC Center in Raleigh.  To say it was our best LinkedIn Live ever could possibly be a phenomenal understatement. Everything about LinkedIn Live that Steph and I and our friends have worked to put together over the past two years was [...]

So you’re actively involved in social media, meeting new contacts, being part of the community, contributing to the dialogue.  For the most part, this is not face to face conversation.  It’s either through the LinkedIn site, or if you take it one step further, through email and phone calls with connections you really have an [...]

Chapter 3 – Treat Them Like They’re Right in Front of You – Online social media etiquette Here’s the scenario: A person contacts you and would like to get to know you better, on a business level. You agree and start a conversation. As the relationship develops you find that you have more things in [...]

As promised, I am posting excerpts from my new book, LinkingIn to Pay it Forward – Changing the Value Proposition in Social Media. This Chapter covers personal and professional branding. The whole chapter is NOT below – but the highlights are included. I hope you enjoy. Feedback is DEFINITELY welcome. Please feel free to repost, [...]

As promised the following is an excerpt from my new book, Linking in To Pay it Forward – Changing the Value Proposition in Social Media. I hope to finish this by the end of the month, so stay tuned. I am also committing as a goal to blog twice a week on the subject and [...]

I’m popping back in after another long absence. It’s been an incredibly busy, but fullfilling Summer. Our company, iContact, was named in our first year of eligibility #85 on the Inc. 500 list. Quite an honor and quite an accomplishment! I’m checking in today to talk about two things: The Small Good and my new [...]