One popular blogger once told me, &# When you are standing in front of a stadium full of people, you can only slap hands with the people in the front row.&#. So my first recommendation is, don’t take it personally.  There is no shortcut to building a blog community. By providing personal attention to him, I may create a lifetime fan who will actively engage with me and tell others, too. One connection with a self-proclaimed “unknown&#  will probably mean more to building the {grow} community than a dozen tweets from Chris Brogan.  That Any impact? MORE >>

Whilst I have a lot more to share I’m acutely aware that the business arena is vast and constantly evolving so I’m opening up the floor to other guest bloggers and community writers that can share relevant business, sales and marketing ideas with readers of this site. My own personal background has been a journey which started as an engineer and had me move into sales, marketing and business. As Benjamin Franklin once said “ Either write something  worth reading or  do something worth writing “ Use this link to  become a guest blogger  for the site. MORE >>

By {grow} Community Member Don Stanley. One of my favorite courses focuses on building personal brands with blogging and social media. Students, many of whom have never blogged or used social media for professional reasons, are required to: Identify their personal brand. Create a personal branding strategy. Prove they can bring value to the community they want to be a part of and connect with their audience in a meaningful way. He is easily one of the most important people to connect with if you want to be a science blogger. STEP 1: Set a clear goal. MORE >>

Unlike a few years ago, today everyone at least pays lip service to reaching out to bloggers the same we PR people have always reached out to mainstream media. But I am still surprised that many companies don’t do blogger outreach, even today. Simply put, blogger outreach is scary. It is true that bloggers are unpredictable and we all know, thanks to posts by the Consumerist and the  Bad Pitch Blog , that one false move and you’re public mincemeat.  It is a case of the abuser blaming the victim, the blogger. Image via Wikipedia. MORE >>

Someone who has completely rebuilt itself to over-serve its communities. Personally, I have over 15-years experience in consulting and the only way a consultant ever gets a job — and keeps it — is by being just a little smarter, more curious, quicker, and more confident than the client — and since this is rarely completely true, most consultants worth their salt work really hard — and spend many hours — being and staying a top expert in the field. It always lands on one person’s shoulders. Photo credit: edrabbit. One’s not enough. MORE >>