I’m sorry I have to be the one to tell you this but Social Media is not about selling it’s about creating relationships. The first time you try to sell on social media sites you will either alienate everyone, get bombarded with copious amounts of ‘hate mail’, or be badmouthed on those same sites. There are ways to use these sites to effectively generate sales and new customers but it is now on their terms not yours.

Fremont General Corp. is going to sell its bank to CapitalSource Inc. The deal is worth of $170 million.

It is not war that Americans hate, but, rather, unsuccessful wars, according to a new book by two New York University professors. In Selling War to America: From the Sinking of the Maine to the Global War on Terror (Praeger, Sept. 2007), co-authors Eugene Secunda and Terence P. Moran conclude that this success is often determined by how wars are sold.