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A humbling story

August 13, 2009

I have been “out there” on the Web for years now. Search my name and you can piece together a pretty solid picture of who

8 tips for successfully working with your legal team

August 12, 2009

For anyone who has developed community programs as part of a medium to large corporation, there are two words that can send shivers down their

Case Study: Comics in Community Communication

August 10, 2009

In 2003, I was working on the community team at The LEGO Company, the maker of those fantastic and wonderfully ubiquitous plastic interlocking bricks. During

The United Breaks Guitars Affect on United Airlines

August 9, 2009

Did you hear about (or more importantly see the YouTube video) of the United Breaks Guitar song and story? Here’s how the Vanno blog sums

Community Netiquette: How to Avoid Stepping on Virtual Toes

August 4, 2009

Most of us know that in the typical online community, it’s not kosher to post blatant marketing materials. But when confronted by other more nuanced

9 Tips for Inspired (and Inspiring) Text Communication

July 30, 2009

Let’s get this out of the way right up front: text-based communication is extremely difficult. In face-to-face communication, you have three forms of communication taking

The Power of The One

TechCrunch covers a private viewing of the new FriendFeed. Notice anything funny in the first line of their article: On Friday the FriendFeed founders Bret

April 6, 2009

Delivering on Brand Promises

Last week I shut down my laptop at the office, drove 20 minutes to my presentation at the BMA Dallas, and turned on my laptop

April 3, 2009

Success by 1000 Paper Cuts

As many of you know, I do quite a bit of public speaking. Most of my engagements focus on social engagement and customer experience, specifically

April 2, 2009

Monetizing Twitter

The question often comes up, “How can I monetize [our presence on] Twitter?” (or blogs, or any sort of social media tool, really) Let’s step

April 1, 2009

How social media will change in 2009

On a recent trip to Seattle, I was invited to sit down with Blake from Visible Technologies for a short interview. The video below is

March 31, 2009

The Ants Continue to March

I’m proud beyond words to share our latest announcement over at Ant’s Eye View. Long story short, the illustrious Sean McDonald (of Dell community fame)

March 30, 2009

4 NEW Community Jobs Posted

Community Managers seeking a new job check out the 2 NEW Community Manager Jobs Posted! *NEW Community Manager – seeking AGENCY background Watertown, MA *NEW

March 30, 2009

Feed Reader Highlights – March 28, 2009

Relationships are a commodity Being Timeless If You are Speaking About Social Media at a Conference…. WordPress Feature in USAToday Forrester Report on Social Media

March 28, 2009

Feed Reader Highlights – March 27, 2009

Whose Input Do You Most Trust For Your Purchase of Nomadic Products?

March 27, 2009

My easy took thousands of hours of work

As you probably noticed, I’ve updated the look and feel here at CommunityGuy.com. In a matter of minutes, I found a great (and free) theme

March 26, 2009

Bruce Temkin: “Brands are dying”

Bruce Temkin, Forrester, MX 2009 from Helen Walters on Vimeo.

March 26, 2009

The Future of Advertising [Slidecast]

The Future of Advertising, APA, 17/02/09 View more presentations from John v Willshire.

March 25, 2009

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