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If you aren't already barricaded in your basement with a wing stove, a supply of food and water and a small arsenal, chances are good you're wracking your brain trying to figure out how your small business will weather the economic storm. The talkin read more »
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It’s easy to feel a bit glum with all the financial news. People are worried about their futures. They’re unsure where to put what little money they have left. Everyone is wondering what comes next. read more »
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Benefits of Social Media Marketing: Social Networking Rules : Social Networkers Who Inspire Me: 8 Key Performance Indicators I measure for my Social Marketing : read more »
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Last March, the Chicago Tribune assembled a four-person social media task force to help modernize the stodgy media giant by integrating the bright and shiny social media world of Facebook, Digg, YouTube, Flickr and Twitter. Before joining these netw read more »
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facebook events calendar The Facebook Events application is one of the most powerful tools on the platform. Whether you’ve yet to use the app, or you’re using it regularly, this post has something for you. here’s a ten-step process that’s can work w read more »
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You probably already get social media, and see its value, and think it’s really nifty cool. But if you can’t articulate the benefits and the return on the effort, and several other little details to the folks upstairs, it’s going to be hard to get y read more »
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Major social media sites like Digg and StumbleUpon get most of the attention, but smaller, more targeted niche sites can provide excellent opportunities for networking with others in your niche and getting some exposure for your own work. While othe read more »
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Based on the assumption that we have a long way to go, here are 5 predictions on the future of social media, ranked from shortest time horizon to longest. read more »
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Knol is a publishing tool but unlike some other such tools by Google, this time all your article’s outgoing links will be “nofollowed.” The nofollow attribute is a mechanism to disable the juice a link is sending to another site. So while you can li read more »
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A new class of specialized tools to meet the new viral analytics needs. Traditional analytics tools were historically focused on providing information relating to page views, time spent on the site and search engine ranking. The new emerging analyti read more »
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This list is by no means exhaustive, and it represents a wide variety of businesses, industries and social media tools. As you can see, engagement takes many forms. Some are likely to generate more discussions with the company while others might res read more »
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A list of 5 social aggregators that stand out as far as being the most useful & beneficial. read more »
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Social networks are all the rage and many of my posts at OnlineMarketerBlog recommend social tools for businesses. However, there are potential pitfalls to consider before you facilitate interaction between customers and your business. Here are 21 t read more »
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In the era of the social Web, communications is evolving back to its origins of communicating with people, not at them. It may seem implied, but communications does not, for the most part, embody two-way discussions. read more »
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Social media can be an incredible tool for your business, providing you with more customer insight, direct communication channels and the ability to measure the effectiveness of these conversations very closely. read more »
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As the number of blogs online continues to grow rapidly every day, the need for effective branding is also constantly increasing. Branding allows you to stand out from others in your niche and show your readers what you’re all about and why they sho read more »
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I have come to a realisation recently that I wanted to check with you. I’m starting to think Reddit has overtaken Digg. It doesn’t look as nice, doesn’t have the big name, nor does it have the famous Kevin Rose, but as a user and as a Social Media t read more »
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Ross Dawson's yearly Future of Media Summit event is fast approaching (two locations: Silicon Valley and Sidney, Australia), and as in the past, it is being anticipated by the release of a few articles and a key report that set the stage and vision read more »
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Social media use no doubt differs depending on why you’re in it. The global conversation is always there: ambient noise, a constant buzz in the background. What differs between us is when we shift our focus to concentrate on that buzz. read more »
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5 tools that you don’t not know about, and can be great sources to get your brand out there once they get rolling. Get in while the getting in is good. read more »
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Social Bookmarking is a good technique for building a large amount of backlinks to your website however, there is a very real danger of it having a very negative effect on your StumbleUpon profile resulting in a loss of traffic or even an account ba read more »
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Social media like Facebook, Flickr, and Delicious has been around for a couple of years now and companies are starting to dip a tentative toe into the water. While such courage should be applauded, serious missteps have occurred that embarrass the o read more »
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How would the world’s greatest agent use Twitter? Given that he’s the coolest agent, what tools and tactics would James Bond, Realtor use with Twitter (obviously, the current coolest social app) to market his real estate expertise? read more »
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With all the frustration lately about Twitter going down, disabling features, and developers leaving the service, people still keep coming back for some reason. read more »
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I’ve seen, first hand, the challenges faced when trying to get a group of people together on the internet. I’m a member of a of a number of online communities. I’ve also helped found a few communities. They include: read more »
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