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A Bright Side to #Sandy: Another Win for Social Media

By Dave Kerpen In this week’s Watch Me Wednesday, on behalf of the entire Likeable team, I want to send my thoughts out to all those who have been affected by Hurricane Sandy.  Through this devastating storm, we saw an enormous contribution from social media in the pursuit of providing information, connecting with loved ones, as [...]

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The @Rabbi’s Take on Transparency

By Dave Kerpen In this week’s Watch Me Wednesday, I had the pleasure of speaking with my good friend Laura Baum, the founder and Head Rabbi of OurJewishCommunity.org.  Laura is featured in my new book, Likeable Business: Why Today’s Consumers Demand More and How Leaders Can Deliver, as an advocate of corporate transparency. The Internet has made it possible to discover virtually [...]

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Obama vs. Romney: The Likeable Factor

By Dave Kerpen In my new book, Likeable Business: Why Today’s Consumers Demand More and How Leaders Can Deliver, I discuss  11 principles essential for successful leadership–both in business and in politics. As Roger Ailes, the communication coach for Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush once wrote, “The silver bullet in business and politics is the [...]

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Obama vs. Romney: The Likeable Factor

By Dave Kerpen In my new book, Likeable Business: Why Today’s Consumers Demand More and How Leaders Can Deliver, I discuss  11 principles essential for successful leadership–both in business and in politics. As Roger Ailes, the communication coach for Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush once wrote, “The silver bullet in business and politics is the [...]

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Talking Facebook Content Strategy with @lfatzinger

by, Dave Kerpen In this week’s Watch Me Wednesday, I was delighted to speak with my good friend and the CEO of Prosodic, Leigh Fatzinger.  His company uses the Facebook algorithm, EdgeRank, to determine the optimal time, content, and target audience of the most engaging and interactive posts on Facebook. An understanding of your brand’s Facebook “prime time” [...]

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Discussing Social Media With the Doc

By Dave Kerpen In this October’s premiere Watch Me Wednesday, I had the opportunity to speak with nationally recognized cardiologist, Dr. Kevin Campbell.  Dr. Campbell is a social media pioneer in the world of medicine, leveraging technology to educate his patients on health related issues.  Through social media, Dr. Campbell works to inform the public on common [...]

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Chatting Social Entrepreneurship with @ReshmaSaujani

By Dave Kerpen  In this week’s Watch Me Wednesday, I had the opportunity to speak with Reshma Saujani, author of the upcoming Women Who Don’t Wait In Line and founder of Girls Who Code, an organization that empowers women to pursue opportunities in the fields of technology and engineering. On Monday night, Likeable hosted an event in honor of Reshma and [...]

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‘Tasti’ Tips for Creating Loyal Customers with @BJ_Emerson

In this week’s Watch Me Wednesday, I chat with my friend BJ Emerson, VP of Technology at Tasti D-Lite and co-author of The Tasti D-Lite Way: Social Media Marketing Lessons for Building Loyalty and a Brand Customers Crave with Tasti D-Lite CEO, James Amos.  In today’s video, BJ talks about three lessons from the “Tasti [...]

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3 Beginner Tips For Facebook Marketing with @PhyllisKhare

By Dave Kerpen In this week’s Watch Me Wednesday, I chat with my friend @PhyllisKhare, Author of Social Media Marketing eLearning Kit for Dummies & Co-Author of Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies with Amy Porterfield and Andrea Vahl. Phyllis talks about three things that many people didn’t know about Facebook marketing. You can use Facebook [...]

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How To Tell Your Brand’s Story At Scale

By Dave Kerpen (The following is an excerpt from Likeable Business: Why Today’s Consumers Demand More and How Leaders Can Deliver, to be released this fall) We all know that television advertisements have in the past been the best way for larger organizations to tell great stories to larger volumes of people. But the Internet [...]

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