Here is part 4 of the series I will post over the next few months based on chapters from my new book, A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization. This book is meant to be a guide to building an optimized foundation in the Social Web for beginners and advanced users alike. Chapter 4 of the book … Continue reading
Here is the beginning of the chapter review series I will post over the next few months from my book, A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization. The book is doing very well, and I even have a couple of 5-star reviews. A big “Thank you” to the contributors and readers of Socialmedia.biz for your support! This … Continue reading
Hello, Socialmedia.biz readers! I apologize for my silence, but I have been finalizing my book on social media and Web 2.0 optimization, which is now in print. I am excited to have it complete so I can actually engage in social media again! Over the next few months, I will post excerpts from the book, A Survival Guide to Social … Continue reading
It surprises me how many people don’t know about the fabulous work being done by the Aspen Institute, the 59-year-old international nonprofit organization that works on environmental and economic concerns. It’s a sort of constantly evolving think tank perfectly suited for the new economy: The Aspen Institute convenes roundtables — in Aspen, Colo., Washington, DC, India, Israel, all around the … Continue reading
Last Friday I attended the first ever GTD Summit, which was a conference about personal and managerial productivity. GTD stands for “Getting Things Done” which is also the name of the best-selling book by David Allen. What’s ironic, as collaboration consultant Oliver Marks explained, is that this conference was about talking about productivity rather than actually being productive. This conference … Continue reading
Interesting new business book, The Social Network Business Plan, is out, written by David Silver. (You can get it on Amazon and elsewhere.) It looks interesting because, in my humble experience, most people go into the world of Social Media and Social Networking with no business plan at all by either winging it or by reinventing the wheel:
