I’m sitting in Haft Auditorium on W. 27th street in NYC, listening to Seth Godin talk about his new book. He’s great today. One of the best presentations I’ve seen him do. He’s very focused, driven, so eager to convey his message to us.  Which is that it’s OK to go forth and make art, not work. Again, make ART, not work. Making art means being a LINCHPIN who creates change, makes things happen, makes a difference, is generous - and does all

My first reaction to Seth Godin’s new book - LINCHPIN: Are You Indispensable - was yadda yadda more of the same. His riffs have a singular DNA. We recognize them from his daily blog posts to http://sethgodin.typepad.com and from his previous ten or so books. Nothing wrong with that. Seth is almost always provocative. He writes about everyday things (customer service, lemonade stands, mediocrity) and draws lessons that make us sit up and say,

Updated: to mark the publication of the Updated Edition of The Coporate Blogging Book (With a New Preface) [Kindle edition], I have compiled a free e-book (PDF) that answers the question: Is Your Blog the Hub of Social Media Marketing? I asked a dozen or so high-profile blogging and social media experts, including corporate, nonprofit and governmental blog editors, to weigh in. I also reached out to anyone who wanted to offer an opinion.

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We’ve always struggled with too much information and news to absorb, someone pointed out to me today. Those Newsweeks and TIMEs and Fortunes and (remember?) LIFE magazines used to stack up, not to mention daily newspapers. It’s always been hard to keep up. Funny, if you think about it. Because one of the biggest criticisms of social media is that "it takes too much time." "I can’t be on Twitter all day long." "Blogging, are you kidding??" "How

Testing to see if this feeds into my blog at www.debbieweil.com.
Fingers crossed.   

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Testing to see if this feeds into my blog at www.debbieweil.com.
Fingers crossed.   

  Posted via email  from Debbie Weil