This past week I had the chance to sit down with Rick Short, director of Marketing / Communications at Indium Corp. Rick has been blogging and using social media to help Indium build contacts and grow its business well before social was on the map. The conversation was so good, we had to break it up into parts. You can also connect with Rick by visiting his blog or following him on Twitter.

This will be the first in a series of interviews we’ll be conducting this year with folks who are leveraging the power of social networks as a part of their overall marketing strategy. Enjoy the videos. (more…)

Boston artist Ryan Montbleau (who is in heavy rotation on our office sound system) has taken an innovative approach to booking a small house concert tour. Combining social marketing, e-mail blasts, and eBay, he’s giving his fans the chance to bid up for a series of private shows…

More info:

Official Ryan Montbleau Site

E-bay Auction Page

I had the privelage of seeing Seth Godin give a presentation at The 99% Conference in NYC this past spring. He’s a brilliant marketer and speaker with tons of great information. Here’s an embed of his talk on the importance of Tribes from TED 2009.

By the way, Seth also has a great blog with new info posted almost daily. Check it out by clicking here.