Next week marks the return of Ask Andy! I know…I don’t know how I’m going to wait either. The anticipation is killing me. If that’s not enough to get you hyped up, we’ll be giving away not one, but two GoPro HD Heroes. To help distract you and pass the time until the new video launches, here’s this week’s edition of The Weekly Wrap.

Benchmark Email’s Complete Presence for Non-Profits Series

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How to Become a Global Leader that Can Drive Global Competition

Take over the world! Or something slightly less hostile. Learn How to Become a Global Leader that Can Drive Global Competition.

Random Acts of Marketing Are a Fool’s Errand

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To Aspire to Social Media Elite: Les Musts de Twitter

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How to Design Your Social Profiles to Help Rather than Hinder

Sure…sometimes Twitter is a place for me to brag about doing cooler things than my friends. It can also do good (besides boosting my self-esteem). Learn How to Design Your Social Profiles to Help Rather than Hinder.

X-Factors that Lie Outside an Online Marketer’s Control

I don’t think Hal was referring to Simon Cowell, LA Reid, Demi Lovato and Britney Spears. Perhaps you and I should both read about the X-Factors that Lie Outside an Online Marketer’s Control.

Author Bio:

by Andy Shore

Andy Shore found his way to Benchmark when he replied to a job listing promising a job of half blogging, half social media. His parents still don’t believe that people get paid to do that. Since then, he’s spun his addiction to pop culture and passion for music into business and marketing posts that are the spoonful of sugar that helps the lessons go down. As the result of his boss not knowing whether or not to take him seriously, he also created the web series Ask Andy, which stars a cartoon version of himself. Despite being a cartoon, he somehow manages to be taken seriously by many of his readers ... and few of his coworkers.