Matthew P. Block Enterprises

I’m thrilled to be a part of an exciting series of events taking place throughout 2010: the Passion is Productive series hosted by Don Harkey of Galt Consulting. It’s a series of seminars aimed at helping you reach the next level in the fields that will help you achieve more personal, professional, & business. The [...]

Work. Lead. Innovate. I picked up the idea of setting a three-word resolution for each year from Chris Brogan last year. By choosing three general terms, you're able to set values & a tone that can be a driving force in your success all through the year, no matter what obstacles my come along. Last [...]

It's called social media for a reason. Here are a few ways to do it wrong: Don't make any updates. Just like being a social person requires constant interaction with others, a social media strategy is only truly social if you make an effort to put yourself out there & interact with those around you. [...]

If you want to get far in life, you have to pursue something you're passionate about. But if you want to get really far in life, you need to understand far more than your own passions & how to go after them. You also need to understand the passions of those around you & what [...]

We're about to take off with all new content for 2010 completely focused on helping you spread your message better. In the meantime, I wanted to give you access to some of the work I did in the past year in the communication & social media field. So feel free to browse the old stuff [...]

Can you inspire a news-worthy event in less than 144 characters?? These days you hear all kinds of heartwarming stories about politicians or celebrities using Twitter. Usually the fact that their using the platform is the entire story. Not so here: The Saint Louis Beacon ran a story the other day that wasn’t really about [...]

Earlier this week, a friend of mine and state representative for the Springfield/Willard area told me about how a simple message broadcast on Twitter was able to get him an interview on the news that evening. Rep. Shane Schoeller had been pondering a controversial report recently released here in MO and political reporter Dave Catanese [...]

What content do you create? One of the biggest reasons many people today aren’t establishing a solid web presence is because they’re already so busy with the things they’re already doing, they’re hesitant to take on a new medium that will only produce more work.  It’s time to put those concerns to rest! Most people [...]

I spent the last couple of days in Jeff City (Missouri’s capital) getting to know several different state representatives and sharing ideas for how new media tools like Facebook, Twitter, and blogs can be great tools for both governing and campaigning.  It got me thinking about specific recommendations to give politicians about how to use [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I constructed a page on my personal blog decicated to information on Springfield’s upcoming city council election.  I did this because I wanted to make it easy for the residents of Springfield to find information about the candidates and make an informed decision on February 3. This post isn’t about [...]