One of the great themes of our “social media future” discussion was “privacy” and the ultimate stand we hope people would take to keep companies (like the mythical Skynet) from abusing personal data.  I thought a lot about this and Easter Island came...

With the dawn of the social web, I can’t think of a more exciting time to be in the field of marketing.  But I don’t think we have really seen anything yet!  Here are 12 developments I believe we will witness in the future … and probably sooner...

  Note: I noticed that today, the little green “tweet” button on this article is not working.  Here is a shortened URL you can use to “tweet” this story and share the love: http://bit.ly/4CumNw Jayme Soulati is a regular contributor to the {grow}...

One of the questions I hear frequently is, “Should I have one or two social media accounts for family and business?” My strong recommendation is that you keep family and business separate.  The information needs of your family are going to be much...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission enacted new rules, effective yesterday, calling for bloggers to disclose any connection they have to an advertiser, including both sponsored posts and free products received for reviews or endorsements. So here’s...