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SXSW Survival Guide 2010

March 10, 2010

It’s that time of year again! This is a rehash of last year’s version, but that’s OK. It’s the same advice I’d give this year

The mind of a Community Manager

February 8, 2010

During a recent hotel stay at the wonderful Hotel Zaza in Dallas, I noticed two quotes written on the wall of my room. Both struck

Linchpins and Community Managers: The artists of the business world

January 28, 2010

My colleague, Jackie Huba interviewed Seth Godin about his latest book, “Linchpin“. It’s a great interview, but in particular two things stand out to the

The loneliest job in business

January 25, 2010

While perhaps not the loneliest job in business, a Community Manager, especially the strategy building/implementing type is certainly at the top of the list of

Mommy Madness: The power of a single influencer

October 5, 2009

Last week on the Ant’s Eye View blog, I posted an interview with Amy Krause from Velocity Marketing. Velocity, together with CBS Radio and the

USS Green Bay, here I come!

August 24, 2009

A few months back, some bloggers were invited to fly onto the USS Nimitz, a working aircraft carrier. Reading the stories of the trip (here,

Blogging Rights

Another boon for blogging rights: OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey school district will pay $117,500 to a student who was punished for creating

November 16, 2005

Blogger help from the EFF

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published two interesting documents: EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers Whether you’re a newly minted blogger or a relative old-timer, you’ve

November 8, 2005

Comet

I’m not exactly sure what it’s going to be, but it looks interesting. And most everything coming out of SixApart is worth paying attention to.

October 18, 2005

Book Review: Podcasting Hacks

Through the relationship with the publisher of my book, I’ve gotten hooked up with O’Reilly, the coolest tech book publisher around. On occasion, they send

October 17, 2005

Corporate Blogging Examples

I’m doing some spring…er… fall cleaning, and noticed I’d been collecting links to corporate blogs but never posted them. Here you go! Monster.com (recruiting) –

October 11, 2005

Microsoft and Blogging

Lee from Common Craft has been doing some work with Microsoft lately. He has some very interesting observations about MS and their blogging overall. Here’s

September 30, 2005

iTunes, Podcasting, and Paranoia

Steve raises a good point: Apple isn’t Long Tail friendly to podcasters. As I browse through the podcasts on the iTunes Music Store at the

July 30, 2005

Continuing iTunes Podcast Saga

We’re opening day 17 of not having my podcast feed listed in iTunes 4.9. Came across an article similar to my previous entry regarding the

July 13, 2005

Still no iTunes love

Well, it’s been 13 days now, and still no placement of the CommunityGuy.com podcast in the iTunes Music Store directory. And no notification of status.

July 11, 2005

Apple joins podcast fray

One of the least community friendly companies around, Apple (yes Apple) screws up what could have been an amazing opportunity. Yesterday they launched iTunes 4.9.

June 30, 2005

Queer Eye Podcasts

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is now podcasting their weekly Hip Tips. Great idea!

June 18, 2005

Darth Vader is blogging

Darth Vader has, apparently, started blogging! At any rate, the attack on the hidden rebel base began and I had General Veers mount a ground

May 6, 2005

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CX 5essions

CX 5essions is a comfortable, casual virtual gathering I host once a month at no charge for senior-level community professionals across the country. I designed it as a free, small group, no-sales event where people can relax, relate and get real about the challenges and rewards of customer communities. It has since expanded into two career development options, CX 5essions Professional and CX 5essions Mentor, which are 3-month, cohort-based programs designed to advance community-building skills for beginners and longtime leaders alike.