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Jason Falls on Social Media without the B.S.
Jason Falls is a social media expert, founder of the consultancy Social Media Explorer, and co-author of No Bullshit Social Media: The All-Business No-Hype Guide to Social Media Marketing. By …
James Chartrand of Men With Pens on Being a Woman in the Copywriting World
James Chartrand, a copywriter from Montreal, built a reputation as the chief “man” behind the writing and web design firm Men With Pens. Frequent blogging on both that site and …
Business Coach Pamela Slim on How to Escape Your Office Cubicle
Pamela Slim is a business coach, author, and speaker who helps frustrated employees break out of their corporate jobs to start their own businesses. Her blog Escape From Cubicle Nation …
Laura Fitton on Curating Content and Building Community
Laura Fitton (@pistachio on Twitter) co-authored Twitter for Dummies and founded oneforty, a social business marketplace that helps users discover tools to help streamline their social media presence. Here, she …
Lewis Howes on Social Media and Business Success
A former pro athlete turned author, speaker, and angel investor, Lewis Howes (@LewisHowes on Twitter) sustained a career-ending injury and wound up sleeping on his sister’s couch before starting a …
Fostering More Female Tech Entrepreneurs [VIDEO]
When it comes to women working in Silicon Valley technology businesses — particularly women at the helm — the numbers remain painfully small. Less than 5 percent of tech startups …
Always Be Closing: Meet Michael McIntyre, The Quintessential Salesman
Michael McIntyre is a rags-to-riches example of classic American success. After building a $3 billion dollar insurance benefits business, recruiting and training thousands of salespeople, and opening offices in 40 …
John Jantsch on Being “Referable” and Building a Following
John Jantsch (@ducttape on Twitter) is a marketing consultant, creator of The Duct Tape Marketing Complete Small Business Marketing System, and the author of Duct Tape Marketing and The Referral …
Liz Strauss on Successful Blogging and Social Media Strategy
Liz Strauss (@lizstrauss on Twitter) is a leadership trainer and branding strategist who founded SOBCon (hashtag #SOBCon on Twitter), a social media think tank where business owners, marketing execs, and …
Realtors in America’s Worst Housing Markets Share their Success Secrets
Since the economic bubble burst in 2007, housing markets all over the country have taken a huge hit — particularly in once-booming places like Florida, California, and Arizona, where average …
Ann Handley: Enjoying Tweet Success at MarketingProfs
Most people know Ann Handley much better as @MarketingProfs. At least, that’s her Twitter handle for over 100,000 followers. She’s a prolific tweeter, blogger, promoter, webinar host, and the co-author …
Street Smart Sales: 5 Tips on Hand-Selling from Ex-Con Randy Kearse
With the rise of social media and e-commerce, selling your wares by hand, person to person, may seem like an outdated approach. But it’s worked for Randy Kearse (pictured), a former …
Chris Guillebeau on the Art of Nonconformity
Chris Guillebeau (@chrisguillebeau to his 60,000-plus Twitter followers) has the kind of lifestyle that many people only dream of. This globe-trotting entrepreneur is on a five-year personal quest to visit …
How To Win Big by Giving Stuff Away
In October 2009, a fledgling newbie in the world of social media decided to invest $4,000 into starting a new website called Social Media Examiner. Offering rich, pertinent, and always …
Scott Stratten on Twitter and “Unmarketing”
Scott Stratten (known as @unmarketing to his nearly 100,000 Twitter followers) is a music industry marketer turned marketing agency owner (or UnAgency, as he prefers to call it) who’s known for …
