Launching with nothing

Never promote your online marketing efforts if you haven't got at least ten people involved. Whether it's an online community, YouTube competition, Facebook group or

Your days of being mean, are dead

Jason Calacanis is the most disliked web 2.0 celebrity. This is the great connector of Silicon Valley only a decade ago. He founded Weblogs Inc,

Downsize your online community

Only a really brilliant (or really stupid) client will let you kick people out of a community. By people, I mean solid percentages. Have you

6 things only good community builders can do

“Can’t anyone do it?” That’s what a solar-panel installer had the nerve to ask me on the train 2 weeks ago. Can anyone build an

I love this, Dell launches DigitalNomads

Dell really is a company that are getting Social Media so perfectly right at the moment. I have no doubt it will pay off in

How I became Nelson Mandela

Hello, I’m Nelson Mandela. I registered a Twitter account in his name. I picked Nelson Mandela, but many others were available, including: HughGrant, MattDamon and

89

89. That’s my final count. That’s the number of separate people I have communicated with today. 3 mobile phone calls 6 Texts 2 Skype voice

What would happen if I died?

Here is a really morbid thought, what if some tragic accident befell me? None of you would ever know. Would you? My blog would stay

How to handle pesky online troublemakers

Two strange things happened last week. The first is this fake Guinness advert that’s caused quite an uproar. The second is Janet, an ExxonMobile employee

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