Facebook Developers Open Graph Road Show

Facebook held their annual F8 Developers Conference last month. The biggest announcement made was the introduction of the (now-delayed) “Timelines” feature, but the biggest news for Facebook developers was improvements made to the Open Graph for social sharing. As part of the F8 push, Facebook is hosting Open Graph Road Show events in several cities [...]

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Inside The Lean Startup with Eric Ries

Eric Ries first launched his Startup Lessons Learned blog back in 2008 focused on what he dubbed the “Lean Startup Methodology”. His new book, The Lean Startup, expands on those lessons and serves as a guidebook to anyone looking to use the lean approach when starting their company. The book has been a big hit [...]

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Getting Personal – Open Up to Let Your Readers In

Three blogs I read regularly had intensely personal posts by their authors within about a week of each other. I think this struck me because they came so close together, and because I could really relate to them. How willing you are to open up and get personal is entirely up to you and how [...]

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Forget Your Niche! Sometimes It Pays To Be Everything For Everyone.

We’re told time and again to be successful you need to find your niche. Specialize and focus to find your audience. In general this is good advice, but sometimes you can pull off something special by being everything to everybody! Last week I had the chance to meet Don & Lillian Stokes (Americas “First Couple” [...]

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Twitter Automation Isn’t Evil, Auto Pilot Is

If you want to a heated debate (or full-fledged knock-down, drag-out fight) about social media best practices just bring up the topic of automation, especially when it comes to your twitter feed. I don’t believe that automation itself is evil, but how you use might be. For me there is a distinct difference between automation [...]

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Agent Reboot Recap: The Best Investment You’ll Make This Year

Agent Reboot is a 24-city tour of one-day events focused on real estate technology and using social media to grow your business. The event itself is a fast paced look at a wide range of technology and real-world, practical examples of how to put them into action. I went into Agent Reboot Chicago 2011 with [...]

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