I’m lucky because I get paid to do what I love: Mucking about with social media. A blogger since 1996, I made the jump from journalism (I was one of Computerworld’s first online reporters) to social media in 2000, building and managing internal online communities for SGI, Palm, Inc. and Intuit.

In 2006 I shifted my focus to B2C and B2B social media, building and managing large, customer-facing online communities for Symantec and Cadence Design Systems as a community manager -- and dozens more world-class companies as a consultant.

These days I manage Ninety Five 5’s online community. Come on over and make yourself at home! www.nf5.com.

What is Ninety Five 5? We specialize in sales improvement, enabling you to grow your business by focusing on the five percent of sales efforts that generate the greatest return.

The Ninety Five 5 executive team (including world-renowned business expert Mahan Khalsa) has worked successfully with some of the world’s largest multinational organizations and is dedicated to helping businesses large and small across the globe. The company provides coaching, customized training, resource material, and access to a community of successful sales professionals worldwide.