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This approach means consumers win, marketers/advertisers win, the environment wins, FB looks good. We look good. Win win for all. Read more
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There are so many definitions for Social Media. What is Social Media really? Read more
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There are a few different ways that misinformation occurs. The problem is that the internet amplifies each of these errors to dangerous proportions. Read more
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Let’s take a moment to pause from our normal pontifications about A-Lists, aggregators, egoism, elitism, monetization, commercialization, capitalization, and such and talk about something bigger. This is something that would ultimately benefit the… Read more
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Today I’m going to share the exact methods I use to help promote linkbait even after it might not have done well initially. Read more
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Laura Callow writes "The SEM Canada Conference has been postponed until October of next year for the following reasons:

1. We are in final talks with a new corporate sponsor who will enable us to really make the SEM Canada series… Read more
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SEO’s, SEM’s and other abbreviated people within our industry love, love, numbers. Clickthrough rate, how many positions up in the rankings, number of estimated searches per month, links per minute. Heck, even Google is into it: -6, -30, -950,… Read more
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Is it safe to say that Digg is at the forefront of a group of sites that are declining in both popularity and actual added value to our Web? Read more
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~40 photo examples of how ICanHasCheezburger and ecommerce are related - including photos and links to additional articles on each topic. Hilarious. Read more
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A term commonly used to measure visitor engagement is the bounce rate, which is the percentage of initial visitors who leaves your site after arriving at the entry page. These are visitors who ‘bounce away’ after arriving without viewing other pages… Read more
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Jeff of Search Engine People about himself, prophecy, social media, search conferences, early computers in the eighties etc. Read more
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Most bloggers would love their content to hit the front page of Digg. Unfortunately, most of those bloggers are never able to experience the huge spike of traffic and the feelings of accomplishment this brings.

In this post, I want to argue… Read more
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Want to take your blog to the next level? DoshDosh (Maki) gives great advice ... fancy yourself of the Editor-in-Chief, and not just as a writer.

Excellent point! Read more
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Mack Collier writes, "More businesses than ever are exploring the possibility of using social media tools and sites to help grow their business. But many of these efforts aren’t very effective, and I think that is due to many businesses simply… Read more
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What if we could make ‘Net communication more bendy, fluid, mingly, or centered where we can be together in the same space, rather than continue to go into our separate rooms, slamming the door behind us. Read more
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Mark Dykeman writes "I’m going to stick my nose into the Feldman/Israel situation. Sort of. Actually, I’m going to suggest a better use of everyone’s time. It would be for a charitable cause and it would promote social media to boot. Everyone wins." Read more
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If you feel it’s time to give private ad sales a try, this article will teach you everything you need to learn about it -- and I really mean everything. Read more
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Mark Dykeman writes "Growth of the entire social media market is every content creator’s best hope for success. That means that bloggers in general need to continue to provide content on an ever-widening and growing field of topics and interests. Read more
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Featured Guest Post is by Mark Dykeman.

Everyone’s got a Top Ten list, an 8 step guide, or some other how-to post to succeeding in social media.

This isn’t one of those posts. Not exactly. Not really.

OK, maybe… Read more
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Guest-posting on Problogger, Mark Dykeman describes Seth Godin’s "blogging dip" and relates his own experiences to Godin’s ideas. Very open and revealing, Mark hit a home run with this post. Read more
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Well hey... why not a little more of this Plurkin’ action huh? Some musings from our fav social mom!

— Social Media Mom - I am totally hooked. Plurk is by far, more fun, more colorful and more interactive than Twitter and since… Read more
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"When we stated “No pets”, we most certainly meant the kind that poop. When we booked you “near the park”, we didn’t mean the theme park. We meant the parking lot at Wal-Mart in the next town. You need to read our user… Read more
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Bloggers share with people the reason why they began to blog. Read more
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Jeremy Shoemaker, Rand Fiskin, Douglas Karr, and Jeff Quipp share how to be successful with business blog. Read more
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Carsten Cumbrowski explains why you should make your content and intellectual or creative work accessible and easy to share by showing three real life examples. Read more
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