Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Books on organizational blogging

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

The New Influencers: A Marketer's Guide to the New Social Media As you can probably tell, I’m reading The New Influencers by Paul Gillin. I’ve already read The Corporate Blogging Book by Debbie Weil and Naked Conversations by Robert Scoble & Shel Israel. All three are good reads. Each has a slightly different voice and thus they complement each other well. I’ve learned a lot about organizational blogging from these three books. Time to put my new knowledge into action!

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

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An old photo of a woman holding a theremin.

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