Mon.May 21, 2012

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Facebook’s IPO: 5 Must-Reads

Firebelly

Here are your 5 must-reads on Facebook’s IPO that we don’t want you to miss. Facebook IPO? Flat. Facebook future? Bright. By Charles Arthur Facebook IPO generated no big stock gains on its first day of trading. But Facebook has many of the traits that made Apple, Microsoft, and Google great in the long run. The Failure of Facebook’s IPO.

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The Best Five Social Media Websites For Meaningful Comments

Small Business Mavericks

When it comes to meaningful comments, and deep discussions, forget Facebook and Twitter. If anything, they can flood you with banal comments that take a lot of time yet deliver little in results. If you do go the Facebook and Twitter route, you need to maintain a lot of control over what you do and don’t become involved in. There are other sites where comments reach a more meaningful level, and often lead to much deeper conversations.

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AOL stock outperforms Facebook

Socialized

Lots of fuss about Facebook's poor initial stock performance a few days after its IPO. It just goes to show that maybe the stock market isn't meant to be evaluated on the basis of just a few days' performance. In fact, if you bought AOL stock on April 5 of.

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Overview of Twitter Ads [Prices, Screenshots, Terms]

Idaconcpts

Small businesses based in the United States will have the chance to take their Twitter marketing efforts to a new level. Starting in late March 2012, Twitter introduced a new advertising offering that makes it simple for companies of any size to grow their businesses using our Promoted Tweets and Promoted Accounts products. Twitter partnered with American Express to make it easy for small business owners to advertise on Twitter.

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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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Going the Extra Mile for Your Customer

Janet Fouts

It would seem like a no-brainer that going the extra distance to really listen to what your customer wants and delivering it is good for business, right? Still, really listening to customers is a skill that a lot of businesses seem to have forgotten. Recently I bought a trailer for my horse and my Jeep just didn’t have the horsepower to pull it, so we went looking for a bigger SUV.

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How to Use Mail Merge Lists in Word

Idaconcpts

I don’t know about you, but many a time I have opened up a new Word document only to be met with the old familiar feeling of intimidation. There are so many fantastic features that seem to be hidden away in an endless array of tool bars and drop down menus. This intimidation surely has no place. Microsoft has done a wonderful job of making all features of their Office products rather user friendly.

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Blogging in your underwear

Jeff Esposito

This post contains video, click here if you are having trouble viewing. I am a huge fan of Hugh MacLeod in both of his mediums. On one hand, I’ve got a few prints up of his (including the one below) and on the other, I love his writing style. So when I heard that book #3 was coming out, I preordered it quickly. I am glad I did. In Freedom is Blogging in Your Underwear ( Amazon affiliate link) , MacLeod penned up a thought-provoking book that you can read in a sitting or before your flight

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7 Hot Posts on My Blog this Month, and Why They Were Successful

ProBlogger

I always find it fascinating to look at which posts go viral (or at least, which get shared the most) on my blogs. It isn’t always the ones that you expect! Here are a few of the recent posts on dPS that have done better than others over the last month, along with some reflections on why I think they were successful. 1. How to photograph babies: 9 tutorials.

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Social Media Marketing: A Jungle Too Deep Or A Sea of Opportunities? [Infographic]

Mindjumpers

Tweet. We are all very familiar with Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. But the term “Social media” is an umbrella that covers much, much more. Multiple channels, multiple tools as well as multiple utilisation possibilities. The task is to figure out when to use what, and what purpose and outcome you have in mind. On Friday, businessinsider.com presented the Buddy Media infographic of the social media marketing landscape as of today.