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Confession to Clients, Colleagues, Friends & Strangers - For the last 8 Years I Have Smoked Between 10 and 30 Cigarettes per Day

grosssmoker I'm telling you this, because last Saturday night I consumed the last tobacco product that I will ever bring into my body for the rest of my life, I know that this is much easier said than done. I began smoking at the tender age of 18. A lot of my friends were doing it. I noticed a lot of people smoking infreque… Continue

Added by Colin Clark on December 1, 2009 at 12:00am — 3 Comments

Creating Chatter that Matters Online

I posted this earlier at the Tribeswell Blog. content is keyThe key question when you start to leverage social media is, how do I create conversations that will get me business? A better way to word it is, how do I cre… Continue

Added by Colin Clark on November 9, 2009 at 9:48am — 2 Comments

The Importance of Looking Cool Online.

I posted this earlier today at the Tribeswell blog. Do you guys agree? It's so important to follow the online rules of etiquette if you're going to do an effective job of promoting yourself online. The biggest problem with this is that the rules are relatively undefined and they're always morphing to adapt to new online trends. Because of this I didn't think it would make too much sense to write a '5 tips' or '5 things not to do… Continue

Added by Colin Clark on September 16, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Online Communities and other Social Media Fart Sounds

I posted this earlier today at Tribeswell.com My mind was wandering the other day and I got to thinking about how SICK I am of the term social media. A lot of this frustration comes out of my long-held belief that Social Media is in fact a buzzword that describes very little about itself. Here's the wikipedia definition of Buzzword. (I love this)
A buzzword (also fashion word and
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Added by Colin Clark on August 3, 2009 at 5:57pm — 3 Comments

Social media can't help you. You don't qualify.

Not every business is a good fit for social media marketing. Some organizations just aren't set up for it. There are too many rules you have to follow, non-disclosure agreements, compliance regulations, and old-school thinkers. Let me throw out a statement that might surprise some people. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that! Here's the issue. The walls around traditional media are slowly crumbling. We're not talking about fewer people buying newspapers. We're talking ab… Continue

Added by Colin Clark on May 8, 2009 at 1:35pm — 1 Comment

I'm confused... How am I supposed to use Social Media to make more money?

Took the photo myself.
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Added by Colin Clark on April 23, 2009 at 11:01am — 6 Comments

How EXACTLY is social media going to help me grow my business?

To really explain how social media can positively impact your business I really need to give my definition of 'business'. Business is really just a series of relationships that facilitates the exchange of money for products or services. Using that definition, it's easier to create strategies to grow your business. How does this apply to social media? Well the logical explanation is that if you build more, better, or closer relationships, then you will have more… Continue

Added by Colin Clark on March 23, 2009 at 12:23pm — 3 Comments

Subtle changes increase the 'stickiness' of your message.

Last night I was working on a promo video for Brandswag's SMASH social media education course. I finished the first draft and discussed it with Mr. Kyle Lacy and we decided that it was definitely cool, but it lacked a little bit of focus and you couldn't tell exactly what it was about. This is what the first draft looked like. I'm calling it the artistic version. So, w… Continue

Added by Colin Clark on March 17, 2009 at 9:30am — 6 Comments

Ford Fiesta Contest!!!!!

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Added by Colin Clark on March 5, 2009 at 11:09pm — No Comments

15 Questions You Should be Asking Yourself

1. How can I spread my message through blogging? 2. How does a search engine work and how do I use that knowledge to grow my business? 3. How do I develop a blogging strategy that will benefit my business? 4. How can I build an online brand that will drive sales? 5. What is twitter? How do I use it? How will it benefit me? 6. How can I use social bookmarking (digg,… Continue

Added by Colin Clark on March 3, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

When I Meet with a New Client

Originally posted at the Brandswag Blog Don't try to fit a square peg in a round hole.Like any good sales/marketing professional, when I meet with a new or prospective client, I ask a ton of questions. 'What are your goals? What are you… Continue

Added by Colin Clark on February 27, 2009 at 1:54pm — No Comments

Taking Wordpress Mobile

Originally posted at the Indy Awesome Blog mobile smartphones The growth of the smart-phone market has made mobile web surfing a part of daily life. For this reason, it's increasingly important that your web content is easily accessable for the mobile market. If budget we… Continue

Added by Colin Clark on February 27, 2009 at 1:29pm — No Comments

Installing Wordpress for Beginners

originally posted at the Indy Awesome Blog...

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Today I though I'd walk you through a typical wordpress install, as well as a little about how wordpress works. Though some web experience and tech-savvy is helpful, I believe that virtually anyone who… Continue

Added by Colin Clark on February 24, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

It's Wordpress Week!!!

Originally posted at on the Indy Awesome Blog I've decided to dedicate this next week's posts to my favorite website platform, wordpress. A few months ago wordpress 2.7 was released and I think that with the updates it has truly crossed the chasm into the mainstream. I began using wordpress during the 2.6 release era and I was fairly impressed with the power and ease of use of the platform. I initially regarded the release… Continue

Added by Colin Clark on February 23, 2009 at 3:25pm — No Comments

Wordpress - Everything you always wanted to know.

I posted this today on my blog Indy Awesome Dot Com

What is wordpress?

Wordpress is an open source website and blog management tool that is extremely popular right now. Wordpress was first released as a blogging tool in 2003, and has since evolved into a full featured content management system with amazing functionality. It is coded in .php and runs on a mySql database, which means it is compatible with virtually… Continue

Added by Colin Clark on February 16, 2009 at 12:30pm — 4 Comments

What do you want to know about social media and blogging????

This Wednesday (January 28) Confluence Networking will host an event at the Manhattan restaurant on the north side of Indianapolis. The topic will be social media and blogging. There will be a panel consisting of some of the premier experts on social media in the Indianapolis area. I've been asked to be the moderator for the panel. Part of my job is to come up with the questions that will be asked during the session, so I thought to myself, 'Self. Why come up with the questions yourself when yo… Continue

Added by Colin Clark on January 26, 2009 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

Tomorrow is day 30 of the amazing blog-o-thon, just wanted to prepare everyone.

IT'S DAY 29 OF THE 30-day BLOG-o-THON!!! I'm on the back stretch now and I'm racing towards the finish line. Day 30 is not to be missed. As I write this I'm in the process of comp… Continue

Added by Colin Clark on December 12, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Day 28 of a 30-day Blogothon

I just posted this at indyawesome.com

In yesterday's post I referenced some great discussion that was going on at Kyle Lacy's blog which was really… Continue

Added by Colin Clark on December 11, 2008 at 4:24pm — 4 Comments

Day 26 of the amazing indy awesome blogothon

I had an interesting experience on twitter last night that really put into perspective all the reasons I believe so strongly in the power of social media. I was just relaxing and watching a movie and I happened to have my laptop out (big surprise there) and I noticed a tweet from @scottabel. It said 'Salesforce.com wants to know what their customers think.' view the rest of this post at Indy Awesome Dot Com Continue

Added by Colin Clark on December 9, 2008 at 5:21pm — 2 Comments

What's Happening at the Indy Awesome Blog-o-Thon

Hey everyone! I thought I'd take a minute to let everyone know what's happening at the Indy Awesome Blog-o-Thon. I've stopped posting every entry here, because I feel like it might be sucking some of the SEO juice out of my site. I'll just give you all a quick summary of my last couple of posts. November 30 was day 17. I just put up a short post about how low my analyt… Continue

Added by Colin Clark on December 4, 2008 at 4:46pm — No Comments

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