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Taking your expertise for granted

By + on February 27, 2010 in Blogging, Social Media, Technology

Image via Wikipedia This post from Darren Rowse has me thinking about myself and the people in my trusted network… “I recently was chatting with a new blogger and they made the comment that after 3 weeks of blogging that they’d run out of things to write about. They had written 10 posts so far [...]

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Ummm. Tell me again why I want to use social media to market my brand?

By + on February 25, 2010 in Facebook, Social Media

Image via CrunchBase What’s this? “Nielsen recently released a new report that officially documents what many of us already know, just never substantiated through data. According to a study published at the end of January 2010, Nielsen observed the online social activity of consumers around the world and discovered an 82% increase in time spent [...]

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Getting it together

By + on February 25, 2010 in Facebook, Social Media, Technology

Image via CrunchBase Your online presence, that is… “If you’re reading this post, there’s a good chance you have multiple online profiles scattered across various services, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr, and Twitter. And one problem you may face is pulling all of this information together to build a single online identity — be it for [...]

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The top 5 ways to promote your business using LinkedIn

By + on February 24, 2010 in Facebook, Social Media, Thoughts

I think author Lewis Howes is a little over the top here in his praise for LinkedIn, but I still think he’s worth quoting… “LinkedIn is the most powerful social networking site to help you grow your business. It makes Twitter, Facebook and YouTube seem like social networking sites for kids.If you want to hang [...]

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Driving traffic using Twitter?

By + on February 22, 2010 in Social Media, Technology

Image via Wikipedia Start here… “If you are a small business owner like me, then you are no stranger to the fact that learning how to master Twitter can seem a little bit like wrestling a hungry alligator. Meaning, there is a steep learning curve and if you mess up it can be deadly. Figuratively [...]

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Das social media manifesto 2/22/2010

By + on February 22, 2010 in Blogging, Facebook, Social Media

Image by Joi Ito via CrunchBase Let’s start with some good stuff from Loic LeMeur, founder of Seesmic and social media expert… “Tomorrow I am giving a talk at Stanford University with Robert Scoble and MC Hammer on how social software changes marketing so I thought like sharing a few points here and had to [...]

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Some straightforward thoughts on social media…

By + on February 22, 2010 in Blogging, Facebook, Social Media

…from Wisconsin social media guru [no, that's not an oxymoron!] Dana VanDen Heuvel… “Social media is an umbrella term for online technologies that connect people through networking, according to Dana VanDen Heuvel, founder and president of the Marketing Savant Group, Green Bay.” Source: Social media connects organizations, customers | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press-Gazette He [...]

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Ponder this 2/20/2010

By + on February 20, 2010 in Facebook, Social Media, Technology

Image via CrunchBase Here are a couple of things to think about this weekend in the social media space… “Whom do we increasingly trust less? Us. It’s a finding that strikes at the foundation of many a social-media marketing philosophy: Tapping into peer-to-peer networks is a way for marketers to tell authentic, credible stories to [...]

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7 social media tools for the news media

By + on February 16, 2010 in Social Media, Technology, Thoughts, Trends

If I were a news media journalist what social media tools would I use to make my job easier? I attended a social media panel this morning hosted by news media journalists moving into the social media space and it made me think a lot about what tools I would use if I were in [...]

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While you were sleeping 2/16/2010

By + on February 16, 2010 in Facebook, Trends

Image via CrunchBase makeuseof.com is hot on Google Trends for small businesses… “What Google Trends failed to do in providing greater breakdown of the demographics for various web searches – including regional, time frame and search term research within specific categories – Google Insights now offers. For anyone interested in creating an SEO campaign focused [...]

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