Brass Tack Thinking Make Things Happen Home About Amber Naslund Tamsen McMahon Contact Speaking Amber Naslund Tamsen McMahon Brass Tack Reading Archives How Fast Company Confused Ego with Influence July 6, 2010 | by Amber Naslund View Comments I’m a Fast Company fan. Seriously, Fast Company? UPDATE: Thanks to Molly Block for pointing out this PDF that was a creative brief/pitch from Mekanism (the agency behind the experiment) to Fast Company. Tagged With: fast company , Influence , influencer project [link] The Influence Project? Or even reach. Thanks. MORE >>

Here are 5 sure-fire ways you can be productive with email. It is common for marketing companies and brands to send you newsletters, coupons, and other forms of both solicited and unsolicited spam because you provided your email address somewhere online. Commercial email in the United States is regulated by the federal CAN-SPAM Act which essentially says companies must identify themselves and they face penalties if they don’t offer you a way to unsubscribe efficiently. Do you like the photograph of a 1968 water meter by an Australian company called Email Limited? MORE >>

Google+ Pages are available for your company or organization. Product or Brand. Company, Institution, Organization. Your Google+ Company Page: Launch & Pause is a post from: ConverStations. You just finished reading Your Google+ Company Page: Launch & Pause ! Whether you know how you’ll use it yet or not, go create yours. We can think about the promotion and practice a bit later. One thing you do need to consider is what type of page you’ll create. There are 4 choices : Local Business or Place (These pages get a map. localized business). MORE >>

And related to that was Neil Perkin, with a typically insightful post asking ‘Why big companies get rid of talented people?’ To quote: Despite talking a good game, many large organisations remain relatively poor at moving talent around the company. So companies take the easy option. The major difference is that digital tools mean those people have less reason to accept their given role – there’s greater access to other opportunities whether with another company or via self-employment. How big media companies can keep talented people. MORE >>

Here are 9 social media tools that will help you save time and improve your productivity. If you want to be more productive and proactive with your online relationship management, trying using Nimble. Glyder allows you to select a visually appealing template, add in your company details, change the boilerplate text with your specific offer, and then send to a variety of social media platforms. These are just 9 tools that will help you become more productive with social media. glyder ian cleary nimble pingraphy pocket social media productivity socialbroaccount. MORE >>