I’m happy to report that Evalueserve has acquired Nitron Advisors. I originally met with some of the senior management at EVS because I was recruiting them to consult for some clients. That conversation led to another conversation, and another, which led to an offer, which led to an acquisition. I plan to continue running Nitron Read More...

Earlier this year, I blogged about some of the ongoing debates I’ve seen regarding online communities and free speech. Some users seem to think that the right of free speech applies everywhere, when in reality, it doesn’t. In fact, the very same right of free speech that allows people to say whatever they want also Read More...

Since its inception, LinkedIn has always positioned itself as being a tool for leveraging your connections with people you know – yes, in order to meet new people, but incrementally, not en masse. However, with now ten million professionals who you can invite to connect if you know their e-mail address, it has also become Read More...

I look forward to speaking at the MIT CIO Symposium on May 17 in Boston.
“This year’s theme explores how social networks in business can revolutionize the processes by which people, partners and customers work together to create value. Social networks and related technology have gained prominence recently as sources of entertainment.”
Speakers include:
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I hope to see you at this upcoming event:
Sponsor: InfoWorld
Title: Social Media Breakfast: Overhyped or Under-executed? Strategies for Success.
Location: Roosevelt Hotel, New York City
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The folks at Landslide have figured out a great marketing strategy: If you view a demo of their “sales workstyle management” system, they’ll give you a free copy of The Virtual Handshake–Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online.
Alex Salkever of Inc. wrote in Turning Sales Into Science that Landslide “gives sales staffers what they Read More...

For a long time, I’ve been wanting to compile some kind of easy resource to help communicate the benefits of LinkedIn to potential users (and to answer the nay-sayers who don’t understand its usefulness). That’s a big task. You could write a book on it, right?
Finally, I realized that it made a whole lot more Read More...