December, 2009

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5 Must-Do Twitter Style Tips

Harp Interactive

When it comes to growing your followers on Twitter, you have approximately 2 seconds or less to grab someones attention and positively influence them to click the “follow&# button. Whether it is lead generation, brand awareness, reputation management, search engine optimization or any of the other many benefits you can enjoy with Twitter, one fact remains, you need followers.

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How To Create the Perfect Facebook Fan Page

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Search Engine Optimization , Social Media > How To Create the Perfect Facebook Fan Page How To Create the Perfect Facebook Fan Page by Tamar Weinberg on December 1, 2009 Share This is a guest post by Jesse Stay , founder and CEO of SocialToo.com and all around great Facebook Fan Page coder.

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Super Third Thursday for social media club

Sherrilynne Starkie

The Isle of Man Social Media Club meets the third Thursday of each month and everyone is welcome. On 21 January 2010, we are kicking off the New Year with Super Third Thursday with guest speaker Chief Inspector Mark Payne of the West Midlands Police. Chief Inspector Mark Payne is responsible for the smooth running of one of the busiest police press and public relations departments in the UK.

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9 Twitter Directories You Should Be Listed On | jasonyormark.com

Jason Yormark

jasonyormark.com Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me Browse > Home / Social Media / 9 Twitter Directories You Should Be Listed On | Subcribe via RSS 9 Twitter Directories You Should Be Listed On December 21st, 2009 Posted in Social Media Tweet Share There are a variety of ways that you can build a strong following on Twitter, and one of those ways that is to take advantage of a few key Twitter directories that have established themselves quite well.

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21 Advanced ChatGPT Prompts To Take Your Social Media to the Next Level

Upgrade your social media game with our in-depth playbook: "21 advanced ChatGPT prompts for social media managers". These powerful prompts are tailored to supercharge your content creation, strategy development, and results analysis. Say goodbye to writer's block and hello to endless creativity as you effortlessly generate engaging posts, come up with original strategies, and optimize your social media performance - all in a fraction of the time.

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Fire your Director of Social Media!

Buzz Marketing for Technology

At a recent ANA conference I was interviewing Brian Wallace VP of Digital Marketing and Media for RIM when I heard him say “2 years from now- if I still have a Director of Social Media – I should be fired!&# and after thinking about that I can’t help but agree with him. The theory here is as CMO’s appoint a head of social media in their organizations, it fosters silo-like behavior and departmentalizes social which by definition runs counter to the behavior within the organization you are t

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Is Blogging Killing Good Writing?

Socialized

I read a blog post today that recommended people forget what they learned in school about writing, and instead, write like they speak, and from the heart. It went on to suggest throwing out the rules of language, not worrying about grammar and spelling, and more. I used to work at an artificial intelligence company that made foreign language translation software.

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Business , Social Media , Software , Websites > 10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts 10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts by Tamar Weinberg on December 31, 2009 Share Since we’re about to jump into 2010 (that’s “ twenty ten ,&# everyone), I wanted to ring in the new year with something that will hopefully kick start your collaborati

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Communicating bad news in hard times

Sherrilynne Starkie

The second edition of Exclamation magazine, which I edit on behalf of Bridson & Horrox , the Isle of Man printing and stationery company, was issued this week. This story is my editorial contribution. They say that when you laugh the world laughs with you and when you cry you cry alone. But during these recessionary times this old adage no longer holds true.

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You Are Not A Social Media Guru, Ninja, Expert, Master, (Enter.

Jason Yormark

jasonyormark.com Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me Browse > Home / Social Media / You Are Not A Social Media Guru, Ninja, Expert, Master, (Enter Title Here) | Subcribe via RSS You Are Not A Social Media Guru, Ninja, Expert, Master, (Enter Title Here) December 28th, 2009 Posted in Social Media Tweet Share Let me preface this blog post with saying that nor am I, nor have I ever claimed to be, however I do know enough to be able to implement workable, results driven social media plans an

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10 BtoB Marketers Predictions for 2010

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Around this time last year I wrote about some Predictions for 2009 and while I would say 8 out of 10 have already materialized and the other 2 are on their way, it has become clear that this year was the year we past the point of no return on Social Media. Recession or not Social Media was on a roll ignited by the visibility of events like Obama’s win and Iran’s election protests.

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Social Media Automation 101

A beginner's guide to social media automation tools and getting automation right.

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10 lessons Twitter should have taught you in 2009

Direct Marketing Observations

You know we’re all amazed at the power of Twitter and the numbers don’t lie. I know I am. But if Twitter went away tomorrow what would you do? How would you adapt? As we have all seen when Twitter does goes down for any prolonged amount of time, the silence is deafening. Some migrate over to Facebook and still others bounce over to friendfeed.

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Online Reputation Management For Businesses: A Comprehensive Guide

Harp Interactive

The web is an great platform for publicity; unfortunately not all of it is positive! If you have a website that depends on traffic from search engines then your reputation is vulnerable to external forces. Negative websites whose sole purpose is to provide a platform for your disgruntled customers to malign your brand (your keyword) can show up in Google search results and invade your search real estate.

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Tweet Spinner Review: A Powerful Application to Manage Your Tweets

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > Tweet Spinner Review: A Powerful Application to Manage Your Tweets Tweet Spinner Review: A Powerful Application to Manage Your Tweets by Tamar Weinberg on December 22, 2009 Share Finding productivity on Twitter, especially if you are a large company or one that manages several profiles for clients, can be quite difficult.

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Free State Social 2010 – Lawrence KS #FSSocial | Freelance Social.

Freelance Social Media

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Free State Social 2010 – Lawrence KS #FSSocial by cinta5 on December 4, 2009 Whitney Matthews ( @WhitneyMathews ) announced this morning a social media conference being held April 2010 in our backyard-Lawrence, KS. The conference is called Free State Social ( @FreeStateSocial #FSsocial) and will include speakers : Chris Brogan (@ ChrisBrogan ) Jeremiah Owyang (@ jowyang ) Sarah Evans (@ PR

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The Content Marketing Survival Guide: How to Navigate the Wilds of Social Media

Use this guide to inspire your creativity and ignite more successful and sustainable social media conversations.

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Booked: Facebook Disabled My Account | jasonyormark.com

Jason Yormark

jasonyormark.com Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me Browse > Home / Social Media / Booked: Facebook Disabled My Account | Subcribe via RSS Booked: Facebook Disabled My Account December 1st, 2009 Posted in Social Media Tweet Share I feel so alone. I didn’t quite realize how much I used Facebook until it was taken away from me. Between Twitter and Facebook, I had built a nice little social network.

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What is Your Favorite “Real-time” Tool?

Almost Savvy

Home About Testimonials Events Services Webinars Twitter Getting Started on Twitter Webinar Twitter Webinar: Tools and Tips (Intermediate Level) LinkedIn LinkedIn 1 – Getting Started LinkedIn 2 – Building and Leveraging Your Network Ask Calendar Contact Blogging Branding Business Career Facebook LinkedIn Networking Social Media Tips Twitter Lijit Search What is Your Favorite “Real-time&# Tool?

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Network World: SocialCorp “Must-Read” Social Media Book

Socialized

This morning’s Network World offers a list (also published in Computerworld ) of five “must-read&# social media marketing books and suggests it’s “time to get smart with these 5 essential books.&# I’m very pleased my book, SocialCorp: Social Media Goes Corporate , is on the list, and Computerworld writer Todd R. Weiss says this “well laid-out book is full of great references.&#.

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How to Send a Facebook Page Update

Harp Interactive

Using your status update on your wall to communicate is great. But if someone doesn’t log on frequently to view the latest stream, they may miss your message or update. You can use the “Send an Update to Fans&# feature to remind them of an important event, a new blog post, a poll and more. To update your Facebook page fans, you must be the administrator of that page: Click on “Edit Page&# under the Profile Picture on the left hand side.

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Social Media Marketing GPS

SMGPS will tell you the why & how to use social media for marketing, 1 tweet at a time. You'll learn essentials in digestible little spoonfuls.

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Why SEO is Easier than Social Media Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Search Engine Optimization , Social Media > Why SEO is Easier than Social Media Marketing Why SEO is Easier than Social Media Marketing by Tamar Weinberg on December 15, 2009 Share There are a fair number of excellent search engine optimization experts (SEOs) in the wild, but there are countless social media marketing experts, many of whom are self-proclaimed gurus in their fie

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How to Identify Your Own Top Trends of 2009

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk How to Identify Your Own Top Trends by Adam Sherk on December 22, 2009 Yesterday Facebook shared its Top Status Trends of 2009 , providing insight into what terms most commonly occurred in users’ status updates. Last week Twitter gave us their Top Twitter Trends of 2009 for categories like news events, people, movies, etc.

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10 BtoB Marketers Predictions for 2010

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Around this time last year I wrote about some Predictions for 2009 and while I would say 8 out of 10 have already materialized and the other 2 are on their way, it has become clear that this year was the year we past the point of no return on Social Media. Recession or not Social Media was on a roll ignited by the visibility of events like Obama’s win and Iran’s election protests.

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LeWeb Bingo!

Almost Savvy

Home About Testimonials Events Services Webinars Twitter Getting Started on Twitter Webinar Twitter Webinar: Tools and Tips (Intermediate Level) LinkedIn LinkedIn 1 – Getting Started LinkedIn 2 – Building and Leveraging Your Network Ask Calendar Contact Blogging Branding Business Career Facebook LinkedIn Networking Social Media Tips Twitter Lijit Search LeWeb Bingo!

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How to Be Social: A Social Media Manifesto

Learn the 10 worst social media marketing mistakes and how to avoid them.

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Please Comment on WOMMA’s Ethics Code

Socialized

The Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA ) is seeking public comments on its Ethics Code until January 5. If you are involved with any business use of social media (which includes blogging), you should review the code and make suggestions. For some, the business ethics of social media present a quandary. Organizations like the WOMMA, and federal regulators like the FTC and the EU are trying to make ethical (and legal) behavior easier with codes of ethics, new regulations, etc.

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Enterprise 2.0 Conversations

The Marketing Blog

Home About In the Media Criticising Social Media ? Preventing Social Media Spam December 25, 2009.9:00 am Enterprise 2.0 Conversations Jump to Comments Image by cambodia4kidsorg via Flickr Over the course of December, I have been closely following Jacob Morgan ‘s blog-posts on Social Media , emerging Enterprise 2.0 trends and the variety of issues companies face during adoption.

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Social Media Marketing in the Restaurant Business

Justin Levy

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Social Media Marketing in the Restaurant Business Written on December 6, 2009 by Justin Levy in business strategy , caminito , marketing strategy , social media , social media strategy , word-of-mouth 78 Comments - Leave a comment! If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed.

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Social Media Dominates 2010 PR Planning, But SEO Increasingly in.

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Social Media Dominates 2010 PR Planning, But SEO Increasingly in the Mix by Adam Sherk on December 2, 2009 A new whitepaper from Vocus with their 2010 PR Planning Survey results has some encouraging statistics about the increasing role of search engine optimization in the overall PR mix.

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8 Stupid Simple Social Media Tricks to Boost SEO

Discover just how easy it is to boost SEO with social media.

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2010 will be the year of…

Direct Marketing Observations

For companies and corporations, I’d say that 2009 was the year of listening and learning what social media is and what social media can do. But you know what? Yes 2010 will be the year that a lot of companies start to put rubber to the road, but the fact of the matter is that 2010 will be the year of… Share this Post. Tags: social media listening and monitoring marc meyer the customer.

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5 Ways to Fan the Viral Flame

Firebelly

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Social Search Statistics from SES Chicago | Main | Firebellys Top 9 Blog Posts of 2009 » December 17, 2009 5 Ways to Fan the Viral Flame In the Igniting Viral Campaigns session at SES Chicago last week, Tessa Wegert, Interactive Media Strategist at Enlighten; Greg Finn, Director of Internet Marketing at 10e20; Denise Chudy, Display and YouTube Sales Leader at Google; and Jennifer Evans Laycock, Editor-in-Chief at Search Engine Guide s

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Six Social Media Predictions for 2010

Socialized

About a month ago, I wrote about my five social media predictions for 2010. Based on the comments the piece received, I’ve updated it and Talent Zoo published it this morning. Social media and careers are covered by prediction #6: “In 2009 we saw a couple of interesting surveys by respected organizations indicating that recruiters are increasingly using or planning to use social media to find and investigate talent.

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Building Trust: A Relationship is Not a Newsletter Opt-In

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > Building Trust: A Relationship is Not a Newsletter Opt-In Building Trust: A Relationship is Not a Newsletter Opt-In by Tamar Weinberg on December 8, 2009 Share In my social media etiquette handbook , which is easily my most referenced post of the past year, I allude to a problem that has become increasingly more prominent in social media circles and on social med

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Criticising Social Media ?

The Marketing Blog

Home About In the Media Entrepreneurial resources Enterprise 2.0 Conversations December 10, 2009.10:35 pm Criticising Social Media ? Jump to Comments Criticizing social media ? Are you doing so for any of the following reasons: Because you think this is a buzzword which will eventually die-down Because your mind tells tells you that there’s nothing to social media beyond twitter, blogs and Facebook Because every second person you have seen on twitter claims to be a social media evangelist