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Marketech ’09

By + on August 6, 2011 in Social Media, Thoughts

I filled in for MarketingSavant Dana VanDen Heuvel at this morning’s Business & Breakfast event hosted by the Green Bay Chamber of Commerce. Here’s a the presentation… Marketech 09 View more presentations from e1evation, llc. As a special thanks for coming to the site, here’s a link to Dana’s Social Media Toolkit!

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Social media strategy in 7 steps

By + on July 31, 2011 in Social Media, Thoughts, Tools

Interesting thoughts from Jay Baer’s “Convince & Convert” blog… Here are some additional ideas… “Before you begin, commit to worrying about social media tools last, not first. Why? Because tools will change. They always do. There was a time when Netscape seemed invincible. Yahoo, too. Myspace also. If you fall in love with tools, you’ll [...]

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Viral Marketing

By + on July 30, 2011 in Social Media, Thoughts

Image via Wikipedia Have you ever tried to make a viral video? Good luck! It’s hard to do. Here’s why… “Content, no matter how brilliant, creative, abstract, or controversial, is not inherently viral. Yet, we’re asked repeatedly to create viral videos, posts, and other social objects that will trigger an endless array of retweets, pages [...]

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5 ways to make next year your best year yet

By + on July 18, 2011 in Thoughts

John Jantsch has a great perspective on the planning that usually happens at this time of year and how to make it meaningful… “About this time of year, some people get in planning mode for the new year. Often times this planning involves dragging out white boards and reviewing last year’s plan to evaluate progress. [...]

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Why a company must have a blog…

By + on June 16, 2011 in Blogging, Facebook, Featured, Social Media, Technology, Thoughts

Image via CrunchBase Sweta of GlobalThoughtz has an interesting blog post on the topic of corporate blogs… “How do you follow your favorite company? How do you come to know about their latest launch or what’s cooking in their labs? My answer to this would be their ‘Corporate Blogs’. Not only does it give me [...]

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How to use Facebook for business…

By + on June 6, 2011 in Facebook, Social Media, Thoughts

Image via CrunchBase …is a hot topic in every social media seminar I do. John Jantsch has some excellent guidance in this article… “Facebook continues to grow in popularity with small business to the point where it’s no longer a matter of if you should be utilizing this platform as how. It’s really no surprise [...]

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RSS readers in decline?

By + on May 7, 2011 in Content Management, Social Media, Technology, Thoughts, Trends

Image via CrunchBase This one really has me scratching my head… “One of the interesting trends of 2009 has been the gradual decline of RSS Readers as a way for people to keep up with news and niche topics. Many of us still use them, but less than we used to. I for one still [...]

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Googlejuice

By + on April 27, 2011 in Thoughts

Gina Trapani talks about managing your online reputation…

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Social media for restaurants

By + on April 24, 2011 in Blogging, Social Media, Technology, Thoughts

Image via CrunchBase Reaching out to mobile travelers is good business, especially where I live on the Door Peninsula of Wisconsin. Every year, thousands of wired [that means "internet connected" for you folks from the U.P., eh?] travelers drive through our area on their way to Door County. The smart restaurateur should be looking at [...]

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While in Germany…

By + on April 15, 2011 in Technology, Thoughts

Image by jeffisageek via Flickr …I’m getting a great opportunity to test my cloud computing apps as well as my other technology tools [more posts to come -- you can depend on it!] to see whether or not they hold up well for the global traveler. One of the more interesting approaches I’m trying is [...]

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