Direct Marketing Observations

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13 Soft Skills Needed for Companies Selling Social Media

Direct Marketing Observations

Yet one of the things that is often overlooked in a lot of the blog posts and conferences I attend, are the soft skills needed to achieve success. Last night I was on a plane in the middle seat squeezed between Kevin Smith’s twin, and a poster child for Nyquil thinking about those “soft skills&#. What are those?

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An Open Letter to a New Social Media Consultant

Direct Marketing Observations

The easiest way to start, would be to grasp something like Tumblr.com and or Posterous or even WP, and start to share your thoughts, ideas, wisdom and experience with others. Join a community like you did with SM2day, comment on blogs and start to build up some new media credibility.