What it Takes to GO BIG

A great post came across my twitter radar today, written by Sam Lawrence, forwarded by Chris Brogan, then Jason Alba.
Sam’s Blog, Go Big Always, pushes the envelope just by its nature. He hits right at home when he says, “Companies are so highly matrixed and political that they make sticking your neck out nearly impossible”.

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Top 5 Ways Smart People Use Twitter

Sharon Sarmiento at 901am put together a great piece on the five cool ways smart people are using Twitter. Its good to see a small list of how peopele are leveraging Twitter, the hyper-short (140 character) micro-communication platform, can do (and avoiding what it doesn’t do).
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How @twitter Changes Work (OR, Can You Handle The Truth?)

@Akula (Brett Nordquist) asked the question last night, “How does your company change if the majority of people use Twitter?” quickly following that up with “Maybe the company doesn’t change. But I think it does.”
I already noted that the evidence of Twitter becoming a mainstream communications tool is abundant, but considering what happens to twitter [...]

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Twitter Gone Mainstream

So, Robby Gordon Twittering the Baja 1000 tells me that Twitter, the oft-called frivolous communication tool has officially gone mainstream. (The only thing left for Twitter is to figure out how to monetize the whole thing).
Add a note to your to-do list to add “Twitter Strategy” to your next corporate off-site.

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Calendar: Utah Tech Spotlight — DOBA

Take a breather Thursday and go check out Doba, courtesy of the jockeys over at TwelveHorses. P.S. Don’t forget that Doba is hosting Guy Kawasaki in a few weeks:
“Not only has Jeremy been very successful in building his company here in Utah (currently ranked the 23rd fastest growing privately held business in the Nation), [...]

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How to Use LinkedIN

Jason Alba, who created the Jibber Jobber Career Toolset, recently wrote a book, “I’m on LinkedIN –Now What??“. Well, I just bought my copy and noticed you can get yours on Amazon… if you want.
Review pending… as soon as I consume and digest all of Jason’s delectable networking knowledge.

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Clock Building, Not Time-Telling

Relevant to my post last week about things to change in the Recruiting industry, I am reminded of a concept in “Good to Great” and “Built to Last” discussing how to build greatness that lasts:
Clock Building, Not Time-Telling
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Ch-ch-ch-changes

Seth Godin caused quite a ruckus, apparently, when he suggested that (GASP!) retailers might actually become interested in serving their customers:
“The most fascinating takeaway for me is this: many retailers believe that they still have the power to inconvenience shoppers as a way of increasing revenue. ‘Too many stores in that mall,’ in my opinion, [...]

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Bozofication Alive and Well: Utah Companies Will Pay for Stupidity

UPDATE: Please leave comments about BOZO things you have experienced at your or other companies! Anonymous submissions OK
I hate to say it, but I am seeing some of the most foolish and downright stupid things coming from Utah companies these days. These things may not be approaching the Yee-Haw ‘Bozofication’ problems that Guy [...]

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Add Horsepower to Your Marketing Communications

Steve Spence tossed me this link to check out, and I agree that Utah business communications consulting powerhouse Twelve Horses recently launched a new blog, sharing some great tips, hints and ideas for effective total-integration marketing and communications strategies, like this post:
Marketing By Accident
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