The moment you’ve all been waiting for, or maybe it’s just the moment we’ve been waiting for…the launch of our Social Media Primer eBook! We’ve incorporated the top questions we get asked about social media and laid out our thoughts along with comments taken directly from Spin Sucks readers!  (Yes, you’ll have to buy the book to see if one of your comments made a feature.) ... Read More

In place of today’s Top Five post, we have a special guest post by Shelly Kramer, founder and chief imagination officer of V3 Integrated Marketing, about a new must-have tool. I don’t need drugs. I just need technology. And technology that makes my life easier makes me swoon. My latest heartthrob is a private, unmineable news reader that combines my social streams with my news streams. ... Read More

It’s the Arment Dietrich Facebook fan question of the week time! This week, Dallas Kincaid asks, “How do you limit the amount of time employees spend on social media?” I answer him in the video and invite you to provide your insights, tips, and comments below! (If you’re receiving this in your RSS feed and can’t see the video, please click here)... Read More

Guest post by Liz Strauss, founder of SOBCon. The social business space has made me many lifelong friends. Standup humans who I would stake a claim for, people who know business, strategy, and the unique art of relating to humans as humans. Yet as I move through the social space, I’ve watched a few stars lose sight of the relationships they’ve made. In these few cases, ... Read More

It’s definitely fall in Chicago (which I love). Crisp, cool mornings, football games, homemade soup, and fabulous clothes and shoes! Speaking of football, how about that great gift we got on Sunday against the Lions?! I really can’t believe they didn’t count that last catch as a touchdown. But it’s very Chicago – we win, even if it means we have to cheat to get it. ... Read More

It’s supposed to be the Arment Dietrich Facebook question of the week via video, but I’m fighting some kind of flu and would rather write today than record something. Sorry. Writing is more comfortable for me…but I’ll be back next week! But that doesn’t mean I can’t answer a question and today’s comes from Carmen Krushas. Carmen and I met several years ago when she was ... Read More

Did this week feel like the longest in history…even though it was only four days? Man! Maybe it’s because I got sucked into making changes to the Arment Dietrich website last night (through the super amazing content management system Clockwork created for us) and I looked up and it was 9 p.m. I’d ask you to go check it out and tell me what you think, ... Read More