• The Story
  • The Blog
  • Contact Me

jimraffel.com


  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Story Teller | CEO | Traveler

You are here: Home / Archives for Jim Raffel

Human Networking 2.0

May 26, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

In the social media community we talk about having an audience of one. I see Human Networking 2.0 as having an audience of "one at a time." Twitter is just talking and Scott Stratten reminded us of that recently, at the #unGeeked conference. I conduct myself the same way on Twitter, Facebook and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Facebook, google wave, human, linkedin, mark fairbanks, networking, online social networking, scott stratten, social information processing, social media, strategy, Twitter

Planning the Social Media Way

May 22, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

Planning sales "events" with social media while similar to the traditional sales model is not the same. During the #unGeeked conference last week I got a glimpse of the HubSpot social media sales funnel. Sales will always be about the funnel. What changes is how the funnel gets filled and in my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, conferences, education, goals, Marketer, new media, personal development, sales, social media, Twitter Tagged With: hubspot, linkedin, linkedin group, marketing, moleskine, online social networking, planning, sales, sales funnel, sales model, social media, successful sales

Pick Yourself Back Up

May 21, 2010 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

Each day of your life you are going to have small stumbles and sometimes big falls. In your personal life and your professional life you will make mistakes, it's inevitable. None of us, not any single one, is perfect. You woke up this morning and all the rest of it can be fixed. Think about that, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: adversity, brain surgery, human interest

Amazing Content Means Taking a Stand

May 20, 2010 By Jim Raffel 8 Comments

During the #unGeeked conference last week I was able to capture Scott Stratten (@unmarketing on Twitter) thoughts on the craziness of book endorsements. Scott takes a stand. Here we have a man about to have his first book published and he takes on the publishing establishment by having a whole … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, conferences, Marketer, motivation, personal development, Twitter Tagged With: content, human interest, means, rush limbaugh, scott stratten, Twitter, wishy washy

Business advice from a Deziner

May 19, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

Yesterday I went to share business advice with my friend Cindi Thomas (@deziner) and one of her partners in Translator Mark Fairbanks (@MarkFairbanks). First, how can you not love that Cindi picked a Twitter name one can't forget - Right? If you watch the video you'll see I managed to forget her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, conferences, Marketer, new media, social media, Twitter Tagged With: business advice, cindi thomas, designer, deziner, human interest, mark fairbanks, Twitter

Self Publishing made easy with Phil Gerbyshak

May 17, 2010 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

At some point most bloggers think about two things, writing an eBook and self publishing a real book. You know the kind with paper pages and ink and all that. Here in 90 seconds, three time self published Phil Gerbyshak addresses both eBook creation and self publishing. I am going to be following … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Marketer, motivation, personal development, social media Tagged With: bloggers, career, e-book, ebook creation, ebooks, made easy, Phil Gerbyshak, publishing, real book, self publishing, stepping stones

Penetrating the Mobile Space

May 15, 2010 By Jim Raffel 11 Comments

The #MobileDiva Sara Santiago wrapped up day two of #unGeeked with an awesome presentation/question and answer session about penetrating the mobile space. A few months ago Sara convinced me to add a mobile version of this site. It's not that hard to do in WordPress and now 8% of my site traffic is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, conferences, Marketer, new media, social media, Twitter Tagged With: .mobi, cell phones, hand held devices, mobile phone, mobile space, mobile technology, mobile themes, mobile version, penetrated, Sara Santiago, wireless

A Twitter Tale of Two Scotts

May 14, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

Yesterday Scott Stratten made a comment during his #unGeeked presentation, he got on Twitter to meet other awesome business people. Catch that? The guy with forty some thousand followers on Twitter did not get on to sell you something. He got on to network. I got on Twitter for a different reason … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, conferences, Marketer, motivation, personal development, social media, Twitter Tagged With: marketing campaign, online social networking, Printing Industry, scott stratton, social media, technology, Twitter

Tomorrow the #unGeeked Fun Begins

May 12, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

I'll admit I am excited but I really don't know what to expect. By and large printing industry trade shows and conferences have been a complete disappointment to me over the last several years. Social Media is a relatively young and vibrant industry. I'd say it is a toddler still in diapers. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, conferences, Marketer, personal development, social media Tagged With: business-to-business, conferences, fun, marketing, milwaukee, social media

Find the fun

May 11, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

Find the fun in everything you do. Life is just that simple. For months now I've been watching the people around me I consider most successful. They laugh, they smile, they joke about almost everything. Yes, even the serious stuff. Yesterday the 10-12 hours a day I work and the ever increasing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Choices, motivation, personal development Tagged With: fun, human interest, laugh, life, people, Smile

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • …
  • 81
  • Next Page »

Get 30 years of business experience delivered to your inbox

Email Newsletter Signup

Each blog post will be delivered directly to your inbox, as well as unique content only for newsletter subscribers.

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

About Me

Story Teller | CEO | Traveler
Click here to learn more

Search My Site

Copyright © 2025 James J. Raffel ยท jimraffel.com runs on the Genesis Framework