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Or – How not to be the person that nobody wants to invite to lunch… For anyone who isn’t already familiar with Dale Carnegie, I recommend you get acquainted with his work by reading How to Win Friends & Influence People. This book was originally published in 1937 and still holds up today. I can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t benefit from reading – or rereading – this book. Most of the principles and guidelines should be obvious to us all. However, remembering and adhering to his advice is an ongoing struggle for most. Continue reading

Four recent videos discussing various Web marketing topics. Twitter, LinkedIn, and Zynga execs discuss the future of online advertising. AOL Chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong says display advertising will still dominant. Sapient’s Freddie Laker on the future of social media. Lithium’s Paul Greenberg on the state of Social CRM Continue reading

I’ve been using the text link advertising platform Text-Link-Ads for several years now with good success. …Based on my recent experience I decided to search for an alternative text link advertising provider. I hadn’t previously heard of LinkWorth, but the site looked nice and the product was described intuitively. Continue reading

I recently wrote about how open source content management system (CMS) platforms like Drupal have gained a foothold in the government sector. However, the majority of enterprise-level CMS implementations at the Federal Government level are run by the big boys, including longtime market leaders Vignette and Interwoven. Continue reading

A list of the 2010 top 100 Government Technology Contractors. They are ranked based on related revenue from IT products and services, systems integration, telecommunications, professional services and engineering services. These contracts total more than $130 billion. Lockheed Martin retains the top spot again this year. Continue reading