You might forget this fact if you're the competitive type or if you've been reading all about Power Twitterers. For example, David Gregory, the new host of NBC's Meet the Press, has 158,328 Followers, as of this writing. That's the population of a small country. But it's not about how many Followers (Twitter), Subscribers (blogs), Friends (Facebook) or Connections (LinkedIn) you have. It's what you do for them. Are you useful in some way? Are

I am slightly embarrassed to learn that I'm #6 on the newly published Twitter Power 150 list, inspired by Todd Andrlik's Ad Age Power 150. While this blog used to be in the Ad Age top 100, it has fallen in recent months due to 1.) the re-launching of BlogWriteForCEOs at www.debbieweil.com/blog and 2.) my not blogging frequently enough. Yes, I'm one of many long-time bloggers who has been seduced by the instant gratification of Twitter...

For too long DC has seemed like a not-quite-cool-enough, can’t-quite-get-it-together place to be if you’re into all things tech, digital and Web. But that’s palpably changing. For starters, Barack Obama and his family are moving into the White House in a few weeks. To say that those of us who live here are excited is an understatement. The social media strategy underlying the success…

It's back! I admit to being an Elf Yourself junkie although my kids tell me it's stupid. Whatever. I've done it every year (OK the two years prior to this). Office Max has gotten JibJab to add a few more bells and whistles. Now you can create a mousepad or mug of your elf. Or embed on your blog and Facebook. And add colleagues - or your boss - as additional elves. A nice upbeat note amidst even grimmer news about the economy.

Was invited to post a riff on Dell's Digital Nomads. It took me down memory lane. Read it here. Digital Nomads is one of a new breed of corporate blogs which I find to be particularly effective. It's on a topic clearly (but cleverly) related to the company's products. In this case, laptop computers. And more specifically the new Latitude laptop. Dell is inviting guest authors to submit entries in order to get a variety of voices. The results

David Meerman Scott and I enjoyed some Mexican food in Reston, VA tonight. David was in town to do one of his New Rules of Marketing seminars based on his eponymous best-selling book. I asked him if he thought CEOs might adopt Twitter over blogging, as it's short and sweet. It's not an either or choice between Twitter and blogging, he said. Click continue to see our video. We were having a little fun after dinner. (You can follow David or me