January, 2011

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10 Social Media Lessons From Home Improvement

Dave Fleet

Tweet If we’re connected on Twitter or Facebook, you may have noticed me posting a lot about the renovations we’re currently conducting on our new house. In a brief moment of downtime, I started thinking about the social media lessons you can learn from the process of renovating a house. I came up with ten – let me know what you think of them in the comments: 1.

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Facebook's secret groups | Sherrilynne Starkie

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5 Top Resources to Back Up your Social Media Presence!

Harp Interactive

Backing up your social media information is helpful for personal use and a no brainer for any business with an active social presence! Not only is backing up your information simple, and many times free…it will save you time when trying to locate information you’ve previously shared or better yet – let you restore your entire network if your information were to be lost.

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Five Reasons Why Facebook Will Never Replace Your Website

SocialFish

Today someone said something which still has me reeling hours later: “Facebook will eventually replace websites.&# Was this person the first to ever have said it? Surely not. But it was the first time I’ve ever heard an actual person say it, and I’m telling you, it freaked me out that someone could honestly believe something so crazy to be true.

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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Social Media Definition by Peeing [infographic]

Mindjumpers

Tweet The other night I were browsing through my following feed on Tweetdeck, looking for interesting news – a fun tweet caught my eye…. I knew that I’ve seen something like it before – another tweet a couple of days ago. It made me think of how the creative idea probably originated somewhere at some point and by passing through people’s tweets probably innovated – cause the one I saw the other day did not look exactly like this one.

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Connecting Twitter to LinkedIn: Just Say No

Almost Savvy

I already know most of you will be in one of two camps. Some of you will immediately feel my pain and totally get what I’m talking about. Others will think I’m making much ado about nothing and ought to let go of my outdated idea of how and where content is best shared. There will be a handful in the middle; those who can see both sides, but there won’t be many of you in this third group.

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January 2011: Ottawa's Twitter top 20 | Sherrilynne Starkie

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5 Top Resources to Back Up your Social Media Presence!

Harp Interactive

The data you upload and share is inherently personal to you, your brand and your business.though you don't actually own the information. It all lives on the "cloud," and if any of those services were to crash, you could lose everything you've ever contributed to the communities.

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15 Reasons Your PR Pitches Suck

Waxing UnLyrical

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 15 Reasons Your PR Pitches Suck January 27th, 2011 Tweet In the genes? I don’t know if we PR pros have a faulty gene or what, but we make it so easy for other professionals to beat up on us. Image: JKönig via Flickr, CC 2.0 Last week I posted 6 ways to ruin your chances of getting free publicity over at BNET.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2010

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As many of you know, I have an annual tradition of giving back to the community on my birthday, which is why this year is no different. Of course, then, today is my birthday, but it’s a big one. Today, I turn 30. I started this “best posts&# idea five years ago and it’s grown huge. 2010 by far was the biggest year yet in the Internet Marketing realm.

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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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The Impact of Social Media

Mindjumpers

Tweet Harvard Business Review Analytics Services has released a study on the impact of social media. Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, blogs etc. offers organizations the chance to join conversation with millions of customers around the globe every day. But even though social media has great potential, many organizations do not properly integrate social media in their marketing and communication efforts, or only use it as a one-way communication channel instead of listening, analysing, and driving co

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Your Brainstorms Suck

Dave Fleet

Tweet Brainstorms are one of the most fun parts of the communications planning process. You get to remove restrictions from your mind, pretend there are no limits and be as creative as you like. The trouble is, most brainstorms suck. Huh? Most brainstorms focus entirely on tactics… on coming up with ideas in whatever way you can. You end up with ideas in search of a strategy.

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Report: social media analysis | Sherrilynne Starkie

Sherrilynne Starkie

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Quora? Verdict: Awesome.

SocialFish

By now you’ve heard of Quora , and probably started messing with it. I’ve heard all kinds of opinions about it, good and bad , including concerns about its exploding popularity in the last couple of weeks. I love this article from Techcrunch about how MG Siegler is using it to find blog story ideas. I can see myself using it like that a LOT, thought of a few this morning based on question threads I was browsing.

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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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The Next Chapter: Joining Citrix Online

Justin Levy

A little more than 2 years ago Chris Brogan and I were both attending the first Social Media Jungle event in New York so we decided to carpool down together. During those 5 hours or so of driving and over a dinner at a Chili’s in Middletown, CT later that night, we talked about a new project that he was launching. He was getting ready to unveil New Marketing Labs to the world and was close to signing the first contract which was going to be with Citrix Online (the folks who make GoToMeetin

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Social Media Refresh Tip #2: Export Your Friends’ Contact Info

Almost Savvy

You’ve taken the job of connecting with the right people online seriously. You’ve methodically built your professional network of connections on LinkedIn. You’ve added your family, friends, old classmates and co-workers to your list of Facebook friends. This is a wonderful way to stay in touch by keeping up with status updates and photos, but what if you want to send a private email to one of your connections?

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Great Case on Social Media Turned Into a Bad One by The Traditional Media

Mindjumpers

Tweet It all started with Lara – a user of social media, unhappy with her wireless company, making a complaint about it on Twitter, the company returned to her and fixed the problem. It is a great story of customer service on social media which one should think about. Lara was contacted by a journalist from Newspaq that wanted to share her story, but suddenly this was made with a total different angle: Big Brother watching you, invasion of privacy by companies and Lara the actual source to the w

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HOW TO: Grow your Facebook Page by 17% in 1 week!

Buzz Marketing for Technology

No this isn’t a scam or a trick to get you to buy one of my books (but please don’t let that stop you from doing so). This is a really basic technique that a number of Fan pages are still missing out on and that is … make sure your landing page for first time visitors of your page is a welcome tab that consists of a nice big arrow pointing to the like button.

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Why (and How) to Switch to a New HR & Payroll Platform

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HR and payroll impact every aspect of your business. Choosing the right provider is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Before you decide, hear first-hand customer accounts in Paycor’s webinar to learn: The three most important things to look for when switching. How to begin your search. What are some of the red flags?

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Deloitte's 2011 social network predictions | Sherrilynne Starkie

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Twitter Cheat Sheet

Josh S Peters

Today I was speaking with one of my coaching clients and he asked me “Is there a Twitter cheat sheet anywhere I can get?&# In TwittFaced (Your Toolkit for Understanding and Maximizing Social Media) my co-author and I cover Twitter basics and ideals extensively, but I have yet to do that here.Well friends, that’s what this post is. The Twitter cheat sheet is a quick and dirty primer on Twitter.

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Like Stuff On Facebook? Say Cheese, You're An Ad!

Waxing UnLyrical

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Like Stuff On Facebook? Say Cheese, You’re An Ad! January 26th, 2011 Tweet What’s the buzz, tell me what’s happening Yesterday’s social media storm-in-the-making (or so it seems to me) was about the fact that Facebook can now turn your “likes&# into ads.

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The New Gig: VP of Marketing & Social Media @ Strategies 360

Jason Yormark

Tweet It would take a pretty sweet opportunity for me to leave. what was a pretty good situation at Microsoft. Despite the. fact that I was unhappy with my role, with. href="[link]. size-full wp-image-358" title="Strategies360Logo". src="[link]. alt="" width="300" height="167" /> some patience, I. may have been able to eventually landed elsewhere in the. company.

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HR’s Complete 2025 Calendar of Important Dates

HR leaders can use this calendar from Paycor to track important HR and payroll tax dates. The 2025 calendar includes: Tax filing dates Federal reporting deadlines Bank holidays Links to relevant tax forms …and more! Get your 2025 HR calendar today!

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Social Media Has Changed The Fashion Industry

Mindjumpers

Tweet. For a while ago, I wrote a blog post called 4 Ways Social Media Has Changed The Fashion Industry pointing out among other things how bloggers has become the new (and most important) influencers and how the brands get more and more humanized. I would like to highlight the subject again. Last week, the 12th of January, the Swedish fashion brand Monki started their web-TV Monki Television featuring creative girls from around the world sharing her thoughts and experiences on style and fashi

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News Feed Optimization (NFO) is the new SEO!

Buzz Marketing for Technology

One of the big mistakes I often see with companies when they are setting up a Page on Facebook is they spend more time planning “the wedding than they do the marriage” as I like to say. They spend all of the effort to get the page perfect and have it be in compliance with their corporate guidelines but they have no real plans for how they are going to grow their base of Fans with rich engaging content.

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Grammys map music with new app | Sherrilynne Starkie

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Facebook For Business Tip #1: Pages not Profiles

Firebelly

Over the next 12 weeks we’ll we sharing 12 Facebook tips for businesses. This first tip is pretty important. If your business has a Profile instead of a Business Page, then you won’t be able to utilize most of the other 11 tips we’ll be sharing. I receive Facebook friend requests from businesses daily. I always politely decline (I don’t want to be friends with a shoe store) and send them a helpful message of “Hey, you’re missing out on some pretty neat feature

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2025 Payroll Calendar Templates (Biweekly, Semi-Monthly, and Monthly)

Use these handy calendar templates to stay on top of payroll in 2025! Download them today to share with your HR team or post for employees. Whether your company has biweekly, semi-monthly, or monthly pay periods, Paycor has you covered. Get your templates today!

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Four Free Digital Marketing Tools for Non-Profits

Waxing UnLyrical

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Free Digital Marketing Tools for Non-Profits January 24th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt These are frugal days, and everyone loves getting and writing about free stuff. (Wait for it…) Relax, I’m not going to re-list what’s already been written all over the Interwebz about affordable technology available to non-profits.

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How To Easily Hack Your Facebook Profile Photo

Almost Savvy

Yes, I finally gave in. I had resisted the call to “upgrade&# my profile on Facebook for several weeks. Calling it an “upgrade&# didn’t fool me. I heard the buzz and read the complaints. Many of those who moved to the new format weren’t happy. I knew, though, that my days of being able to remain on the old profile design were numbered.

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We Love Facebook! The Hardcore Facts In An Infographic

Mindjumpers

Tweet SocialHype and Online Schools have rendered this infographic presenting how many people use Facebook, how often they log on to the social network, which ages that are most present on Facebook etc. The numbers speaks for it self – and what is especially interesting is the recent rumours that Facebook already has reached the milestone of 600 million users.

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What’s a Twintern anyway?

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Sitting around the dinner table a fellow marketer the other day I heard this term I never heard before … a Twintern. Sure you probably heard of a Marketing Intern before … you know someone from a local college looking to learn a bit over the summer, maybe get their foot in the door of a multi billion dollar firm and who might make them an offer when they graduate.

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Reduce Bias in Hiring: Structured Interview Questions for Employers

Structured interview questions are a valuable tool for reducing bias in hiring. They help: Ensure all candidates are asked the same questions in the same way Level the playing field so all candidates have a fair chance of being successful Improve credibility, reliability, and validity Download the guide to get the most out of your interview questions!