October 2014
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Social Media is Still a Shiny New Toy
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The gap is getting wider. I see it everywhere. There are smart people, with big degrees, that work at great companies that make very good livings who don’t have the first clue about social media. They think it’s a choice. They’re not on Twitter, they don’t use Linkedin, and God forbid if they were ever…
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5 Things My Grandpa Taught Me That Will Change Your Life
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He replied from his bed “good morning.” Those would be his last words. That evening Papa passed away. It was 16 years ago today.
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What Do You Stand For?
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I didn’t expect it to bubble up like that, but it did. I can’t change the emotion. It just came, hard and fast. I buried my face in my Father’s neck muffling my sobs.
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We All Have Our Breaking Point
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It was 2007, and I worked at Azoogle (now, defunct). At the time, a multi–million dollar ad network. We ruled the tooth whitening, colon cleansing, date getting, and ring tone peddling portion of the Internet.
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5 Simple Steps to Success
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We all have fear. Some are innate, activating our fight-or-flight instincts. Some fear, however, is learned. That fear is insidious. It seeps into our unconscious paralyzing us to the point where we choose “safety” over the pursuit of our passions. I believe that “learned fear” is the disease of our time. Battle it by taking…
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Success is Taken, Not Given
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A little over 2 years ago I launched Silverback Social from my home office. I spent the first few months chained to my desk, head down, plowing forward. I needed to close business, and kickstart my new venture. I had…
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I Love You Mom: A Mother’s Day Tribute
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Mom embodies, the true ideal of “through sickness and in health.” Mom is the thankless soldier, taking on the burden of the entire troop. Her head is bloodied, but unbowed.
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The Anatomy of a Viral Facebook Post
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Make it go viral! It happens more often than I can believe. It usually happens midway through a sales meeting, or a client meeting, or a casual conversation, or a fun TV interview, and I hear it – “how do…