How many blog posts, tweets, Facebook posts do you see about their products? Paul Mabray is the chief strategy officer for the wine industry digital think tank, Vintank. Paul is a 17 year veteran in the wine industry and is a regular speaker and blogger. The race is on. Everyone is endeavoring to decipher the Rosetta Stone that is Social Media. Unfortunately, by definition the medium is multi-dimensional and the real applications of social media range from customer support & communication, content distribution, sales, marketing, PR, business intelligence and well beyond. Pencils? MORE >>

As a result, my blog has suffered. In the case of Twitter, you have to keep in mind that when you market your blog or products, you have to keep the stream of marketing well within Twitter's 140 character limitations. But this brevity within Twitter does have its advantages; it allows you to really punch up and emphasize the relevance of your message, while at the same time directing users to seek out more context at your main blog or website by following links. To help fill in the gaps, I'm slotting in some guest posts. But how can you adjust your marketing for each one? MORE >>

In fact, I just blogged about timing emails tonight. days ago Blogs > Mark Wallaces - The UnCommon Denominator Should Business People Take Facebook Seriously? - *Entry by Mark Wallace*EntryMany professionals, ranging from environmental consultants to HR professionals, C-Suite executives at F1000 companies to sm. weeks ago :: a thousand cuts :: adam cohens blog The Digital Five Tool Player - As the convergence of different marketing tactics takes root in agencies, vendors and marketing departments of companies of all sizes, I’ve started to thin. Citizen Marketer 2.1 MORE >>

The title of this post is hands down the longest title in the history of this blog (I think). But I couldnt think of a better way to respond to my friend over at Ford Motor Company, Scott Montys, blog post today. Leave a comment below or reply with a post on your own blog with a link back to this post. days ago Blogs > Mark Wallaces - The UnCommon Denominator Should Business People Take Facebook Seriously? - *Entry by Mark Wallace*EntryMany professionals, ranging from environmental consultants to HR professionals, C-Suite executives at F1000 companies to sm. Perfect. MORE >>

The following is one in a series of guest posts on the Citizen Marketer 2.1 Today's post is brought to you by Jill McFarland. In addition to being a friend, Jill is the VP of Marketing at TangoTab, a new restaurant industry social solution. She is also an avid Boston sports fan and a fellow location based services junkie. With all the buzz swirling around about the many announcements to be made by the LBS players at SXSW I’ve got to wondering, is there anything a service could do that could catapult them into the lead and give them ‘mainstream’ status. which covers many business reasons. MORE >>