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Writing a Book Is a Great Excuse to Buy Books

Writing a Book Is a Great Excuse to Buy Books

Posted July 28th, 2010 | By Colleen | Categories: Books, Clout, Persuasion and Influence, Writing | 1 Comment

I’m milking that excuse for all it’s worth! Here’s my take on two recent reads while writing Clout.

Audience, Relevance, and Search
I [...]

InfluencERS vs Influence (Or, a Clue to Clout)

InfluencERS vs Influence (Or, a Clue to Clout)

Posted July 10th, 2010 | By Colleen | Categories: Clout, Content Strategy, Essays, Marketing, Persuasion and Influence, Psychology, Rhetoric | 1 Comment

Fast Company just launched The Influence Project, which kicked up some controversy. The gist is Fast Company is forming a quantitative influence metric [...]

Letting Go of the Design

Letting Go of the Design

Posted July 1st, 2010 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Interaction Design | No Comments

That could have been the title of Khoi Vinh’s presentation for Web Design 2010.  In telling the story of how he, as the [...]

Curation Isn’t a Shortcut

Curation Isn’t a Shortcut

Posted June 23rd, 2010 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Trends | 1 Comment

Is curation king? I don’t know about that, but I do know this: Curation is not a magic pill to cure your content [...]

Proof: Twitter Is More Publication Than Conversation

Proof: Twitter Is More Publication Than Conversation

Posted June 13th, 2010 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Persuasion and Influence, Research, Trends | 1 Comment

On Twitter, most people aren’t conversing or creating. They’re following and reading what a few prolific people share. Here’s the proof.

NOBODY TWEETS

Harvard Business Review highlighted [...]

Dos & Don’ts for Starting a Content Strategy Meetup

Dos & Don’ts for Starting a Content Strategy Meetup

Posted May 21st, 2010 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy | 1 Comment

Starting a content strategy meetup? Excellent. As the founder of Atlanta Content Strategy, sometimes I’m asked how I kicked it off and keep [...]

3 New-ish & Noteworthy Content Strategy Blogs

3 New-ish & Noteworthy Content Strategy Blogs

Posted May 12th, 2010 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy | 1 Comment

Check out these blogs that recently caught my eye—and my brain.

Content-ment
Clinton Forry gives funny and clever insights into content strategy. Find thoughts on [...]

CLOUT

CLOUT

Posted May 6th, 2010 | By Colleen | Categories: Books, Clout, Content Strategy, Marketing, Persuasion and Influence, Psychology, Research, Rhetoric, User / Customer Experience | 1 Comment

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1. Influence or pull

2. A book I’m writing

Yep, I’m writing a book! My goal? To blend persuasion research and theory into [...]

Practice, Not Talent, Is the Thing

Practice, Not Talent, Is the Thing

Posted April 28th, 2010 | By Colleen | Categories: Books, User / Customer Experience | 1 Comment

What makes our performance great? It’s not talent. Or inspiration. It’s lots of practice. And not just any practice—intentional practice. The kind that [...]

Planning to Bang the Big Drum

Planning to Bang the Big Drum

Posted April 21st, 2010 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, User / Customer Experience | No Comments

At the historic Content Strategy Forum 2010, smart people from around the world gathered to share their content insights. Many discussions ended with,”How [...]