I’m excited to share what Chess Media Group has been working on.  We call it our Adaptive Social Business Strategy (or framework). As I’ve mentioned in the past, Chess doesn’t believe in implementing a standard step-by-step process or methodology that is be applied to every organization. The trouble with many social business models today is that they don’t allow room for adaptation and manipulation; they put organizations into a box and expect them to move in a linear way to get to their goal, not being able to move forward until each preceding step is completed.  MORE >>

With 500 Million + people on Facebook and an estimated 280,000,000 Twitter accounts, there is no doubt that social media is eye opening.shockingly so. The significance of social media for businesses is equally big. Expanding your brand's potential reach via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more has become the holy grail of marketing. Blog Facebook Metrics Twitter blogging blogging stats facebook fans facebook marketing facebook stats social media statistics social media twitter social media's shocking statistics twitter stats MORE >>

It seems like almost every day more and more cool sites are popping up taking advantage of the social web.  A few weeks ago I stumbled across another gem, Lanyrd and it’s officially my go to site for all things conferences.  I’m always a fan of great UI and simplicity in execution, and Lanyrd nails both.  Lanyrd uses your Twitter account to effectively crowdsource conference information and it’s working.  In addition to simply listing conference details, you can get information on speakers, sessions & content. Also Facebook integration would be a plus. Social Media MORE >>

Tweet. You’ve heard them said. There’s actually a good chance you’ve said them yourself a time or two. The problem is, these seven words are destroying your business and you might not even realize it. What are they, you ask? “Because That’s How We’ve Always Done It.&#. Gross. Status Quo, Status No. get asked a lot why using tactics that have made companies successful thus far can be so detrimental going forward. Lately it seems that “thinking outside the box&# has been confined in a box of it’s own. You’re still inside the box. Thoughts? MORE >>

Many months ago, Arik Hanson and I were having a Twitter conversation about LinkedIn. His question? How do you feel about getting “I’d like to add you to my professional network&# requests without any mention of how the person knows you? That drives me nuts. do a ton of speaking and I “meet&# a lot of people through that, as well as online. If you don’t tell me how you know me, or how we’ve recently met, you’re making me do an awful lot of work to figure it out on my own. His point is that you should just accept people into your network. Better. MORE >>