Enhancing your personal social media power
Jul 21st
Click here if you can’t see this interview about social media influence.
I don’t often put myself in front of the camera, so it helped a lot when Mike Stelzner of Social Media Examiner made me do it! He did a great job with this interview, which originally appeared this week on his excellent site. In this video, I discuss my philosophy about creating influence through social media, the networking power of Twitter, the democratization of influence, and a host of other timely social media subjects.
Thanks to Mike for the great job he did with the interview and for getting me on the other side of the camera!
Christopher S. Penn talks social proof and marketing basics
Jun 22nd
Click here if you are unable to see this video interview with Christopher S. Penn.
I had the great honor of recently meeting Christopher S. Penn, one of my great intellectual heros on the social web. We were getting into a fascinating conversation about online influence and I said ”Wait! I need to record this!” So here it is!
In this interview, Chris talks about some new perspectives of how stacking “social proof” on the web snaps together in people’s minds. Social badges might even be showing up in offline office situations, as people begin to collect them like merit badges. He also discusses some interesting perspective of how analytics are like martial arts.
Chicago unveils digital innovation and entrepreneurship center
May 31st
Click here if you can’t see Mark Schaefer’s interview with Una Pipic of Chicago’s 1871 Center.
I had the chance to be a guest speaker at Chicago’s rocking new digital innovation center, 1871. Located in an expansive space in the downtown Merchandise Mart. This video interview with Managing Director Una Pipic provides a perspective of the entrepreneurial opportunities being created through this exciting project.
The organizers of “1871” – the number refers to the year of the Great Chicago Fire and the Chicago that was eventually rebuilt – believe they have built something important. And, apparently, hundreds of entrepreneurs seem to think so, too. The center just opened a few weeks ago and it is already bursting with activity.
1871 will be an incubator of new ideas and digital businesses by putting a lot of smart entrepreneurs in a closed space, let them talk, mentor each other, and dream up the next big thing.
Tom Drugan is one of the founders of a tech-start up called Naymz. Although he already had office space in another part of town, he found the entrepreneurial process lonely and loves the energy and camaraderie of his new tech homebase.
The organizers of this enterprise, the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, have been around since 2003 and say they have raised $160 million to help finance new businesses. Funding also comes from entrepreneurial memberships from the individuals using the center.
Isn’t this a great concept? What is your city or region doing to support entrepreneurs?
Dave Kerpen of Likeable Social Media explains social media success
Mar 12th
Click here if you can’t see this video of Dave Kerpen on Likeable Social Media.
Dave Kerpen had just come off the stage at SXSW 2012 when I caught him for this interview. A fellow McGraw-Hill author of the best-selling book Likeable Social Media
In this short video interview Dave discusses his ideas about five of the most important aspects of social media marketing success.
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