25 Of The Most Powerful & Influential Women in Social Media 2009

It’s time to celebrate! Please congratulate 25 of the Most Powerful & Influential Women in Social Media that were hand-picked by folks on twitter. Yes, 25! I decided to shorten this year’s list because of time constraints. Congratulations ladies and thank you for all that you do!...

Social Media Mastermind Tulsa

In cities around the U.S. and abroad, Twitter, Linkedin, and Facebook members are meeting in small and large groups to continue building their online relationships, offline.  That’s a logical progression, wouldn’t you agree?  Yesterday I had the privilege of leading one such meeting,...

Conformity: The Influence of Social Media?

There I was sitting at my desk, back straight, shoulders slightly forward, rubbing my beard with my hand, and contemplating what I would write about when it dawned on me! “Write about conformity aka Social Proof as it relates to Social Media,” I said to myself. Then I questioned whether...

Seven Top Immediate Influence Posts

Eventually any blog will have posts that are very popular for a number of reasons.  This blog isn’t an exception.  Over the weekend, I reviewed Google Analytics and the list you see below quickly emerged.  Enjoy! 7.  Strategic Influence Objecting Number Two Example: It is almost 2009! You’ve...

One Big Web 2.0 Influence Mistake That Will Ruin Your Reputation

On Friday, January 9th I tweeted a statistic Tony Robbins revealed while being interviewed by one of Success Magazine’s writers.  The statistic is related to the number of people who won’t follow through on the resolutions aka goals they set on New Year’s Day.  Tony said, “98%...

Perceptual Persuasion

What is Perceptual Persuasion?  Hold your horses!  First, let me tell you a brief story. One summer’s day, back when I was a tall and skinny teenager, sleeping late into the day after staying up all night, I was awakened by a noise outside my bedroom window. Initially, I lay there slightly...

Measuring Your Influence

Back in August of this year, I asked my Twitter friends what topic they would like for me to discuss on my radio show “Immediate Influence.” My Twitter friend, Rafiq Phillips @rafiq in Cape Town, South Africa suggested that I discuss “How to measure influence.” I thought this...

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