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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | PHOENIX RISING FEBRUARY 7, 2010 Twisten Carefully I've found blogs to follow, information to guide my own learning - all from the folks who share on Twitter. Harvard Business Review ran an article last week entitled ' Let's Tweet About Something Important! ' I was yet again surprised by the premise of the article - that the power of social networking is being hijacked by frivolous, not-important-at-all information. We all know there's a lot of noise out there. That's one of the best things about social media - Twitter especially. People can share whatever they feel like sharing. | PHOENIX RISING FEBRUARY 21, 2010 Assumptions Anyone? We can state them in blog posts, Tweets, FB posts and YouTube videos. There's an old saying about assumptions. Remember? Have you ever found yourself disagreeing with someone - wondering how in the heck they could see the situation in their way? Only to find that your perspectives were based on dramatically different assumptions than your own? Now think about the impact of those assumptions on the task at hand. Social media gives power to our assumptions. Social media enables all of us to make our assumptions known. How about this for an example? | | | | | |
| PHOENIX RISING MARCH 18, 2010 A Day Without Social Media My time has been filled between writing my book, blogging, normal work stuff and networking away. Yesterday I decided to take a 'day off' from social media. I wanted to see what would happen. Would I show signs of withdrawal, be unable to focus as I frantically wondered what was happening out in the Twitterverse? Would I miss out on a fact of earthshaking importance from @LeadToday? In reality - I didn't take a day off. I started my day as always with a few Tweets and updated my FB status. Quite the contrary. | PHOENIX RISING JULY 15, 2009 A Shiny Needle in the B2B Marketing Haystack With all the marketing sites on the web - from blogs to roll-ups like AllTop and others, why did you decide to create B2B Marketing Zone? We want people to still go out to each blog to make comments and connect with the blogger. So, that could include blogs about any aspect of B2B marketing--online, events, direct mail, SEO, SEM, social media, email marketing, white papers, video--PR, even sales-oriented blogs, as long as they address marketing and not strictly sales. How many blogs are you planning on including? Here's the scoop. | PHOENIX RISING MARCH 7, 2010 Sensationalism is not Expertise! Many of us have been discussing this sad state on our own blogs or behind the scenes of social media. Scott McKain wrote a post on Friday that got me going, I ntellectual Dishonesty. It's an eloquent rant concerning the growing negativity and sensationalism created by supposed industry 'gurus', all for the sake of ratings and followers. IN the end that behavior all boils down to MONEY and EGO. As I said in my comment to Scott's post - once you sell out your integrity for money - we all know what you are. Now the only question is, "What's your price?" | PHOENIX RISING AUGUST 23, 2009 The Ghost and Our Integrity I even saw a Tweet last week touting that a VA (Virtual Assistant) can write your company's blog. "CXO's use speechwriters, they need help learning to blog, it's OK if there isn't a byline, they don't have the time." Don't try to tell me CXO's give input on every ghost blog post - we all know better. Companies don't know how to blog. It's implied that a corporate or CXO blog is written by employees who are 'in the know' in that company or by the CXO themselves - with or without the byline. | | | | | | | |
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PHOENIX RISING | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 We CAN be Civilized!
Blogs were written about Noah, and cards began to flow. Then more blogs came along, and more FaceBook wall posts and Twitter requests. Signs are all around that we're sliding down a slippery slope. It's obvious to so many of us that 'society' is moving beyond civilization - following the path of the once great Roman and Greek cultures. Business priorities are questionable, personal lives are filled with violence and disrespect. Just when I'm getting depressed - a Bright Light shines. He is a beacon of strength and positive thinking. MORE >> -
PHOENIX RISING | TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 If it Looks like a Duck.
I have that thought a lot as I watch folks split hairs and debate the smallest aspects of the news, a blog, an article, a comment, a video or a performance. The freedom to share has increased our debates. used to think some people took a contrarian point of view just to feel important. We all know those types. But thanks to social media that behavior has expanded to include all of us. That's one of the powers of our connected world - we can all voice an opinion, share our perspective, debate an issue. We revel in our new power. If so - go for it. MORE >> -
PHOENIX RISING | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2010 Drama Sells, Even When its BULLoney!
Thanks to the iPad, I can access anything I want on the web, watch videos, write a blog post, create a presentation, run a spreadsheet, read my book or magazine and email as I like. The great minds of Apple gave us innovation today. I can carry one small iPad onto the plane or in the car and do everything I need to do. Wow -I just lost ten pounds of luggage! Too bad some smaller minds had to show up at the party. As soon as Steve said the name 'iPad' - they started attacking. After all, drama sells, right? MORE >> -
PHOENIX RISING | SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2010 Phoenix Rising is EVOLVING!
On Monday, April 12 Phoenix Rising will transform into Rebelations - my new blog focused on Life, Leadership and the Pursuit of Growth. Please take the time to stay wit me - I so appreciate your following my blog! To all my subscribers! The content focus won't change that much - only the formats - and you'll see my new website as well as part of the Rebelations page. We had some issues with Feedburner during the transition - the system seems to have lost my Phoenix Rising feed. So I'm stuck. I'm SO SORRY to have to ask for your extra effort! MORE >> -
PHOENIX RISING | SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2010 Phoenix Rising is EVOLVING!
On Monday, April 12 Phoenix Rising will transform into Rebelations - my new blog focused on Life, Leadership and the Pursuit of Growth. You'll see that my new website and the blog , as well as RebelationsTV are now all integrated into a single platform. Unfortunately, I've encountered some issues with FeedBurner and my current blog provider during the transition. My new Rebelations Blog can be found at [link] You'll see an RSS button on the left side just below the social media icons if you'[d like to subscribe again. MORE >>
- Twisten Carefully PHOENIX RISING | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010
- The Power of a Brand PHOENIX RISING | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2009
- The Power of a Brand PHOENIX RISING | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2009
- I'll Try. PHOENIX RISING | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
- Stop Blaming Marketing! PHOENIX RISING | WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2009
- Transformation is All Around Us PHOENIX RISING | MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2009
- If You Talk the Talk, You Better Walk the Walk PHOENIX RISING | MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2009
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