Monday, May 21, 2012

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Social Media Networks

Do It Yourself Social Media Audit

May 13, 2012

We tend to create the social media presence for our businesses in an organic fashion, which is the natural way to grow relationships right? New tools pop up we just HAVE  to try, or our network of connections asks us to join a new network in order to communicate with them. The problem is; as [...]

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Google+ and World Domination

July 5, 2011

If you’re as into social media networks as I am you’d have to have your head in the sand to miss the launch of Google+, a shiny new social network from Google. If you weren’t lucky enough to score an invite, here’s a demo to tease you. The network itself is reminiscent of a mix [...]

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Google+ Tips and Tricks

July 5, 2011

This post is meant to be a getting started guide for those of us who got an invite and are now wondering how to use Google+ .  If you’re looking for an overview of Google+ check out Part 1 of this post: Google+ and World Domination. Google Plus Tips Start with your Google Profile Your [...]

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Google’s new version of the Facebook Like

April 6, 2011

Google just introduced their “plus 1” button. It hasn’t rolled out to everyone yet, but you’ll probably see it soon. If you’re in a big hurry you can sign into Google’s Experimental Labs and add this experiment to your services. Here’s a video description of how it works (from Google’s point of view.) So who [...]

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Don’t Squander Your Social Capital

October 4, 2010

Social capital is one of the new buzz words of the decade. Basically it’s a ratio of the size of your network and how much of that network listens to you, trusts you and takes action based on what they’ve read. How much Klout you have is one way to measure it. Tara Hunt calls [...]

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Twitter to Offer Deals with Earlybird

July 8, 2010

I’m a big fan of group coupon networks, deals and discounts offered through Twitter. In these times what’s not to love about buying a coupon for a dinner at 40 or 50% of it’s market value? It’s a win for the vendor too because they get new faces in the door and most times we [...]

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Gist- Social CRM

May 24, 2010

Gist gives you an overview of what your contacts are doing on multiple networks. The integration with email and Google apps makes it a super powerful Social CRM tool.

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Why you SHOULDN’T Delete your Facebook Account

May 18, 2010

If you’re unhappy with all the hoo-ha about Facebook and privacy issues you really might want to think twice before you delete or disable your Facebook account. “WHAT? They’re sharing my data, invading my privacy and displaying my private information to the public. Worse yet, they’re selling it to marketers who will use my face [...]

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Facebook Changes the Rules. Again

December 9, 2009

For a site that is often purported to be all warm and fuzzy, full of social enthusiasm and community they don’t seem to get the idea of community and camaraderie very well at Facebook. First there was the privacy policy debacle, then there was the whole thing about not using contests to grow your Fbook [...]

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Twitter and LinkedIn Partner-is This a Good Thing?

November 10, 2009

Twitter and LinkedIn announced a new partnership yesterday to bring the two apps together for the first time. You’ll be able to update your status on LinkedIn and have it go out to Twitter or send your tweets out to your LinkedIn connections. just as you can do now with blog updates. When I first [...]

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