Social Media Business Communications

As a CEO, manager, or business owner, you have plenty to say on social media, and you already know how to say it. Just communicate as you wo...

Interview with Shel Israel

Listen to internet radio with StevenStreight on Blog Talk Radio Shel Israel consults, writes and speaks about social media. His blog is Gl...

12 tips for creating business blog content

One of the major problems for business blogs is "What kind of content should I put on it?" Business owners often stop right there....

Naturally Yours example of a business blog

I sold a blog design to the manager of Naturally Yours Grocery about 3 years ago. When their employee blogger decided it was time for him to...

Pepsigate corporate exploitation of social media

It's blogocombat of the highest order. Nothing less than -- the war being waged to protect and defend the very heart and soul of the blo...

TechCrunch hacked twice now

The above screen capture shows that TechCrunch has been hacked again. I heard that they explained the first hack as being NOT a hack, but a ...

The Jobless, Darwinian Economic Recovery

You've heard about the Jobless Recovery. Experts predict that only Wall Street, banks, and a few large corporations will thrive, while t...

I'm guest blogging at Naturally Yours

I'm currently guest (not ghost) blogging at my client's blog, Naturally Yours . Guest blogging means you, in your own name, contrib...

ROI as resistance to social media altruism

In the debate on whether or not social media can be proven financially lucrative, I see a pattern emerging. It's not really Participatio...

How to Understand Social Media ROI

Can participation in social media be justified by ROI (Return On Investment) analysis? Should you be able to show revenue gain or time savin...

internet business scams on Twitter and blogs

Unscrupulous, desperate people are using Twitter and blogs to promote dubious and detrimental "businesses", easy ways to make mone...

Twitter is the new TV

Tweet 1 Twitter is the new TV. It's what's on now. By selectively Following some Followers of smart folk, you build audience of pote...

new business cards

I'm going to get some new business cards printed. My problem is what to call myself. I'm first and foremost a writer. But I'm do...

you must change as economy crumbles

Companies are laying off and firing people. The biggest targets are slackers, sandbags, posers, mediocres, customer-loathers, insubordinates...

promoting your blog

When a business starts a new blog, one thing that's often neglected is promoting the blog. Consider your business blog to be a product, ...

Deming and business blogophobia

Why would a business that's dictatorial, controlling, and arrogant want a blog? Business blogs are effective, but not as common as some ...

CEO blog as wound

Your blog is a wound, a self-inflicted peeling away of layers, to reveal your inner thoughts, your best thinking in an area of expertise. Yo...