Here’s a list of the various social networking communities I have active profiles on.  Feel free to send me an Add:

Brian Provost on ClaimID
Brian Provost on LinkedIn
Brian Provost on Facebook
Brian Provost on MySpace
Brian Provost personal website
Brian Provost at MyBlogLog

More pending as I aggregate all the freaking sites I’ve registered profiles on in the last year.

Jason Calacanis said SEO’s were Snake Oil Salesmen.  I don’t feel like getting into the whole “Content is King” debate again.  You have 2 options:  1) Good content without promotion or 2)  Good content with promotion.  #2 wins every single time.  As long as there is a profit motive for good content, there is a […]

When you hear the name Paris Hilton, a number of things probably come to mind.  “That’s hot!”  Little dogs.  Nicole Ritchie.  The “One Night In Paris” sex tape.  Britney Spears acting like a whore with an 15 extra lbs.  Brian Urlacher.  Paris Latsis.  The Simple Life.  Nicky Hilton.  You see where I’m going with this?
Paris […]

Stephen Colbert (pronounced “Coal-BURT”, if your name rhymes with Neil Patel) occasionally does a bit called, “The Craziest F*@#%ing Thing I’ve Ever Heard!”  Right now, that’s how I feel about this ignorant Link Ninjas vs. Linkbaiters psuedo-meme floating around SEO circles.
First of all, let’s just agree on this up front…if you are engaged in the […]

Over the past few years, I have consulted to a few dozen pretty popular startups and passed on many others. The overwhelming reason why I did not take on the majority as clients is a rather unfortunate truth in nearly every startup’s business plan…there is no audience building strategy.
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Need help promoting your startup?  Refer to […]