When I was in my early 20s I heard the question for the first time: "Do you have any agency experience?" At the time, I...
Why agency experience is so damn valuable
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Arik’s Social Media Blog
Arik’s social media blog has been in publication for more 12 years and recognized by industry outlets like PRWeb and PRWeek as one of today’s leading industry blogs. With 1,500+ posts, his content is frequently syndicated on popular sites like PR Daily, Social Media Today, Business Insider and Ragan.com.
The 5 unwritten rules of working from coffee shops
As an independent consultant for the last eight-plus years, I spend a fair amount of time in coffee shops. I meet people...
Is technology killing employee communications?
A recent survey by Dynamic Signal brought some fairly interesting facts to light. Consider the following: Three out of four...
An inside look at the new Cambria blog with Alyssa Greve
A few weeks ago, I noticed Alyssa Greve, director of content marketing at Cambria, touting a new Cambria blog on LinkedIn....
Time to defend the term “hustle”
A couple weeks ago, long,-time blogger, Mark Schaefer, got a lot of people going by bringing up a significant lightning-rod...
Social Media Rock Stars: Collegis Education’s Kendall Bird
Higher education advocate. Social media and communications professional. Self-proclaimed data geek. And movie buff. Just a...
6 career management tips I’ve learned over the last 20 years
It seems like career management has been a hot topic lately. In fact, Minnesota AMA hosted a session on this exact topic...
The big problem with influencer outreach–highlighted in one horrible example
A couple years ago, I made a decision: I wasn't going to deride brands or people online when it came to social media...
Why aren’t more brands using Instagram Stories?
It's a question I've been asking myself more and more lately. Why? Because the stats lay out a pretty compelling case for...
The C-suite still doesn’t understand social media metrics–and here’s how we can change that
A post by Ted Bauer got me thinking lately: "The dirty little secret about our supposed data revolution in organizations is...