If you’re a leader that is constantly putting together all of the pieces to a marketing puzzle, chances are one of your mantra’s or beliefs in life is to never stop learning. You’re probably always keeping yourself up-to-date on the latest blogs, books, and magazines. You read about business, leadership, productivity, negotiation, marketing, social media, etc. PuzzleMarketer.com has a list of books we’d like to recommend you add to your reading list.  Become a better leader in your company and strive to become the best you can be. MORE >>

As social media usage continues to rise, it’s only natural that statistic correlations will be made about the individuals who use the medium. This isn’t a bad thing; it’s common to deep-dive into demographic information and behavioral data. While there will always be exceptions to the “correlations” that emerge from such data, universal truths about social networking usage and user behavior can be valuable. The Ethics Resource Center (ERC) is the oldest non-profit organization in the U.S. Dr. Patricia J. workforce in business. by Sharlyn Lauby. News & Notes MORE >>

by Joe Chernov | Tweet this At last week’s South by Southwest Interactive festival in Austin Texas, I participated in a panel discussion on The State of Social Marketing.  The session was moderated by The Next Web editor Brad McCarty , and included Becky Brown of Intel and Tyler Willis of Unified. He session promised to consist of 10-minute rapid-fire discussions of the three most important changes happening in social marketing. Rather than summarize my own panel, I thought I’d instead share my prep notes. This is exactly how I prepare for every session. Getting more engagement at events, sure. MORE >>

Last week during a SXSW panel, Matt Cutts, head of Google's search spam team, announced that Google has been working on a new tweak to its algorithm that will punish sites that are too optimized for SEO -- what he called "over-optimized" or "overly SEO'd," according to the recording of the announcement posted on Search Engine Land. Here's what you need to know about the new Google algorithm update, which has not been released yet but will go live in the next few weeks, according to Cutts' announcement. What Cutts Revealed About the New Algorithm Update. Make a site that's useful. MORE >>

Sales Leadership and Management in a Recovering Economy. am speaking this week in Houston on the title of this blog, it is March 19 th , 2012 and during the past few months the stock market has taken off and the papers shout out about the positive economic indicators that are being recorded: rents are heading up=housing will take off, (a leading indicator?) monthly job creation rates hit 200,000, etc…   What is your perception? More importantly what are you doing to lead and manage your organization and prepare of better times? Dollar value of pipeline ratio to future monthly quotas. MORE >>