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We have an Age of Conversation 2 winner!

Congratulations to reader Alexis…. Random.org chose his comment as the winning number, so he’ll get a copy of Age of Conversation 2 – Why Don’t They Get It? autographed by both Connie Reece and me. Thanks for playing!

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Why Don’t They Get It? Win Our Book and Find Out!

Both Connie Reece and I contributed chapters to the latest version of the groundbreaking, multi-author book Age of Conversation2 – Why Don’t They Get It? The book is a follow-on to the very successful Age of Conversation, to which Connie also contributed a chapter. That’s right — this year, 239 authors from 15 nations banded [...]

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Better networking on LinkedIn

I always enjoy writing for the Marketing Watchdog Journal, published by Austin-based Bulldog Solutions (see my March 2008 piece about how to build a blog that draws a crowd.) Connie Reece stops into Bulldog as well; check out her article about whether your PR team is social media savvy. The latest Every Dot Connects offering [...]

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Why this travel writer is going on a tech tour in China

(This is cross-posted on the Perceptive Travel blog and my Family Travel blog on BootsnAll.) I know that I’m a very fortunate freelance writer and social media/Web 2.0 trainer; I have a military pension and health insurance from my 22+ years in the US Navy. I can ride out the current economic storm (with a [...]

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Today’s lesson: your private conversations ain’t so private

I don’t personally agree with his methodology, but I must admit I was morbidly fascinated by the results…. PR guy Peter Shankman was riding the train to some business-related destination when another man sat across from him, pulled out a cell phone and said “Apologies in advance, I talk a lot.” Insert grimace here, right? [...]

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