I write about strategies to turn fans into customers and customers into fans. I also share ways to use real-time strategies to spread ideas, influence minds, and build business.
When I worked my first job on a Wall Street bond trading desk, I was fascinated by financial arbitrage, one of the ways that traders made money.
Welcome to 2012.
It's rare that I get really, really excited about a new social network, but that's happening to me with Instagram. My friend Ann Handley introduced me to it last month and I am loving it.
Google Plus (Google+ or just G+) is the fastest growing social network in history. It launched in late June as invitation only, in just two weeks had reached 10 million users. The G+ iPhone app has been the most popular in the iTunes store. I jumped on quickly and I really l...
Last week I was in Stockholm, Sweden where I delivered the keynote at the Email Marketing Evolved event #eme2011 sponsored by my friends at Apsis.
About five months ago I met Summer Land at a speaking gig in Australia. She's a writer who wanted to get a book deal and she wanted my advice.
Do you add "please retweet" (or "please RT") to your twitter updates? Many people do. But I do not.
When Grateful Dead spiritual leader Jerry Garcia died in 1995 and the band stopped touring, many long-time fans found themselves suddenly without a reason to gather with the many friends they made on tour. It was a sad time for those people for whom the band was an important...