[...] Okay, so maybe I’m drinking the Kool-Aid, but if drinkin’ Kool-Aid is wrong, I don’t wanna be right. Amber’s word: “Fearless”. Honestly, Amber’s writing and tweeting habits were what really dragged me on board the social-media-for-business train. Though she recognizes the importance of an integrated marketing strategy, she has little tolerance for the fluff of old marketing, which is pretty much exactly how I feel about some of the traditional marketing methods we’ve seen in the past. Amber’s words always pull out the bigger picture to shed light on topics like why it’s so hard for us and the companies we work for to just be human, why true value lies in the experience, and why we, as community members, have to give to get. [...]

[...] to deal with a weighty subject that has been put through the wringer in great discussions at Amber Naslund’s excellent blog as well as, today, by David Spinks.  Among, doubtless, many [...]

I know people that I love that call me terrible things. They get away with it because they do it FOR me, not just to me. Streakers that disrupt the game for the theater are one thing. Streakers that disrupt the game for publicity for themselves are another. It’s not the activity, it’s the intent.

Communities can only survive if they are composed of people that put the community above themselves. The people in the community have to be strong enough, and humble enough, to see who can’t remain, and who must.

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