Pull Your Head Out Of Your Ass And Good Things Will Happen

Today I saw that the CDC put together a page for the zombie apocalypse. Even better, they give you the option to put banners on your blog or website. As many of you know I'm the zombie apocalypse, crazy conspiracy guy. I'm over the moon landing, (thank you very much Mythbusters) but I still say that we didn't kill Bin Laden and we have him tucked safely in basement somewhere with a car battery strapped to his testicles, and I'll sleep OK knowing that.

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A Message To The Future Of Professional Blog Content

Starting something new is always exciting. Especially when it is something that you've built up from an idea and is just something you want to do. It has no client, no budget and no timeline, just passion. A while ago I wrote a post about why it seems that only people whoring up a book get credibility.

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12 Things The I Wish I Could Do In Advertising

1. Have theme music for when I walk into a creative pitch. I've given this some thought and while Slipnot's "Pychosocial" might be apprapo, I think that AC/CD's "For those about to rock" is a timeless treasure that all clients can bond with...

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SquareSpace - The Website Design & Development Multi-Tool

I need it really fast and I don't have a lot of money. Oh and I want to be able to control it after your done because I don't want to pay you for your maintenance and community servicing ability. Wait… it needs to be 'social ready,' have blog ability, browser based CMS, and tons of widgets! Oh, oh, oh – it should have a free mobile app where I can post while I'm in the airport! Well of course it should have a built in traffic and metrics – don't be silly...

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Empire Avenue: Can Anything Professional Come From It?

Empire Avenue for social gamers and social media professionals is quickly becoming the rage. Empire Avenue or #EA as it's AKA, is by their definition "The Social Media Exchange - Empire Avenue is the Social Media Exchange, where you can invest in any social media profile by buying their shares, meet new people, unlock Achievement badges, and earn boatloads of virtual cash by being active and social online! Buy shares in your friends, your followers, people with similar interests, brands you love, celebrities – anyone!

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Social Standard Operating Procedures: The Art Of Engagement

What makes Social Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) different is more the how-to aspect of the position. What is the baseline of responsibility of the position. This also sets valuable performance indicators for your HR staff to measure the talent of a given employee. And much like all situations have a sliding scale, it gives everyone involved in the process a barometer by which to work by. I will say the caveat to a SSOP is that there are so many variables to digital social communications...

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