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April 10th, 2008 | Posted in Viral Content | 1 Comment »

Snow in Toronto!

March 7th, 2008 | Posted in Viral Content | 2 Comments »

I’m “Having Sex With” Ben Affleck - Jimmy Kimmel’s Response

Jimmy Kimmel’s spared no expense in his well thought out response to his girlfriend Sarah Silverman’s “I’m F—ing Matt Damon” video. This is a great example of viral content exploding through a successful combination of both word of mouth marketing and effective use of Social Media tools such as YouTube, Facebook, and Digg.

I can already see the “I’m F—ing Matt Damon” t-shirts and the “I’m F—ing Ben Affleck” bumper stickers.

February 26th, 2008 | Posted in Social Media Marketing, Viral Content | 6 Comments »

Obama Has My Vote!

I remember the first time I heard Senator Obama speak. At that point I had never heard nor seen him before. I remember thinking “wow that is a strange name for an American politician” and that he was way too young to be running for Senator, but then Barack Obama started his speech and I quickly realized how wrong I was.

I challenge anyone to view this 1:49 minute YouTube video and not get goosebumps. Makes you wonder where does charisma come from? How can one person have so much of it and others so little?

February 26th, 2008 | Posted in SMM News, Thought Leaders | No Comments »

Social Media & Politics - Obama “Yes We Can”

February 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Social Media Marketing | 4 Comments »

What Does a $25 000/Month Blogger Look Like?

John Chow - The Evil Blogger

There is an old saying that has inspired a lot of very successful entrepreneur over the years; “fake it until you make it.” Noting overly sophisticate or existential in any way. Simple advice. Go out everyday and act as if you have already achieved what it is your heart desires. This strategy has worked wonders for John Chow the self proclaimed internet mogul and evil blogger.

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January 30th, 2008 | Posted in Thought Leaders, Website Profiles | 8 Comments »

What is a Blog Mastermind Group (BMG)

The term Mastermind Group was coined by the grandfather of personal development himself, Mr. Napoleon Hill.

In Napoleon’s internationally renown bestselling book “Think and Grow Rich” he defines the Mastermind Group as “the coordination of knowledge and effort of two or more people, who work toward a definite purpose, in the spirit of harmony.” He goes on to say “no two minds ever come together without thereby creating a third, invisible intangible force, which may be likened to a third mind.”

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January 29th, 2008 | Posted in Glossary, Thought Leaders | 5 Comments »

How to Sell Social Media Marketing to Big Business

Over the last 14 months I have been presenting social media marketing strategies and campaigns to many tier 1 and 2 organizations throughout North America and have always been initially greeted with much excitement and anticipation. However once the strategies make there way up through the corporate ladder and eventually to higher level execs all of a sudden there seems to be a great deal of resistance.

This video which was prepared by the brilliant team at SEOmoz in Seattle takes a stab at figuring out why larger corporations seems to be so reluctant to invest in the hottest online phenomenon since search engine marketing.

January 29th, 2008 | Posted in SMM News | 1 Comment »

Top 7 Social Media Blogs on the Planet

Here are my top and a short reason why they are my favorites.

1. Problogger - For consistently being able to provide BS-free advice on how to effectively blog.
2. Copyblogger - For introducing me to so many useful bloggers who you had allowed to guess write on your blog.
3. SEOmoz - For your honesty and your willingness to answer the questions no one else in the business has the balls to even mention.
4. John Chow- For going from $0 to $25 000/month in less than 2 years with no blogging experience.
5. Apollo Media- For allowing me and my talented team to give back to the industry that gave us so much.
6. SEObook- For giving me my start into the world of SEO. Without a doubt the best SEO literature on the planet.
7. Jason Van Orden- For holding nothing back at the Vegas blog expo and sharing your most cutting edge strategies with a room full of strangers.

January 27th, 2008 | Posted in SMM News, Social Media Marketing | 2 Comments »

Politics and Social Media Marketing

This is amazing United States Senator Hillary Clinton has a Social Media Marketing team that is larger than almost all other internet marketing agencies in North America. 11 full-time SMM internet marketers! Wow how the times have changed.

January 17th, 2008 | Posted in Social Media Marketing | No Comments »