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Why Facebook’s Community Pages Could Give Brands Headaches

Dave Fleet

A couple of weeks ago I received a worried call from a friend working in PR for a large company. Her opening question went something like: “What the heck are Community Pages on Facebook, and why is there one for my company?&#. Community Pages 101. Facebook’s Community Pages are an initiative from Facebook to create “the best collection of shared knowledge&# on a wide variety topics.

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Five Things to Do About Facebook Privacy Other Than Closing Your Account

Socialized

Sure you’re ticked off about Facebook’s abuses of consumer privacy, but does closing your account accomplish anything? It’s like getting a tattoo in a secret place. You have the satisfaction of the accomplishment and the knowledge you were in control, but does it have a lasting effect on the rest of the world? Even if one million people closed their accounts, that would represent 1/4 of one percent of Facebook’s 400 million user base.

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Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over by Tamar Weinberg on May 12, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Hugo Guzman. So here’s the scenario: A potential client reaches out to your agency.

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Children and Facebook-15 links to Help Parents Learn

Direct Marketing Observations

This is where my head is at right now. I’m listening to the pushback from Facebook users and parents who are concerned about Privacy. I’m compiling an exhaustive list of blog posts and articles related to Facebook, children, and privacy and how it impacts all of us. Stay tuned for the wiki. In the meantime, here are 15 links to posts that address the issues that dominate not only my thoughts and hopes to see something done about Facebook’s complete disdain for its users; but al

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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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Forrester Outlines Seven Things Your Organization Must Do Because Of Social Media

Dave Fleet

Forrester analyst Augie Ray posted a list of seven things he recommends organizations do to avoid the recent problems of Nestle and United Airlines. The list makes for interesting reading: You must be proactive: Nestle knew the palm oil/deforestation issue could blow up, but did nothing about it until it did. You must improve customer support: Poor customer service now has the potential to do widespread damage to your brand.

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Still Think Social Media Is A Fad?

Justin Levy

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Still Think Social Media Is A Fad? Written on May 11, 2010 by Justin Levy in social media , stats , video 19 Comments - Leave a comment! If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed. Thanks for taking time out of your day to come hang out here!

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On Trust and Children in Social Networks

Direct Marketing Observations

So I’m at my 12 year old daughter’s softball game last Friday night and as the game is concluding I reach for my cellphone and I see a text from my wife it reads: Your daughter is on Facebook&# ? I text back. She better not be&#. As I’m waiting for her to emerge from the dugout, I decide to call my wife who is in Ohio for the weekend for my nephew’s first communion.

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Who is your Social Media lightening rod?

Buzz Marketing for Technology

I have been in talks with a few companies lately about their social media efforts especially when it comes to supporting customers using social media ( the topic of my new book ). And I have noticed a difference between the successful ones and the not so successful ones. It comes down to one basic organizational difference …. At the highest level there is really 2 ways to organize your social media efforts: Centralized or Decentralized.

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Facebook: Too Big to Fail

Socialized

You have to wonder why the Obama administration isn’t hinting at a bailout for Facebook in the event that the social network’s latest privacy kerfuffle threatens the very vitality of the global poking grid. There are Facebook user protests and even predictions that this will cause a mass exodus of users and the eventual shuttering of Facebook as a going concern.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search 18 Social Media Quotes My Wife Is Sick of Hearing Me Say May 13th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet In my ongoing quest to have chicken served in every conceivable way, courtesy of banquet chefs

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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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Why I Want to Delete My Facebook Account

Ari Herzog

In five words, I am tired of Facebook. I am tired reading that John is now friends with Cindy and James. I am tired reading that Suzanne likes this band or that company. I am tired reading that Andrea is going to an event in two weeks. I am tired reading that Bruce is planting a garden. As much as I am tired reading some status messages that my friends write and every automatic message that appear whenever they click yes for this or a like button for that, I have no choice but to see these messa

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Social media: how to handle feedback | Sherrilynne Starkie

Sherrilynne Starkie

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Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging by Adam Sherk on May 12, 2010 I was reading Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam’s piece on his time at Newsweek in the 1970s and this passage caught my attention: For me, Newsweek was like an upside-down journalism school, where I learned an astonishing number of bad habits, e.g., having someone else check your facts.

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4 Steps to Drive Sales with a Social FAQ | Blogging and Content.

Convince & Convert

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search 4 Steps to Drive Sales with a Social FAQ May 11th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet One of the key benefits of social media that’s not talked about nearly enough is its ability to mitigate

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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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Not Responding to Alarms

Justin Levy

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Not Responding to Alarms Written on May 12, 2010 by Justin Levy in business , marketing , social media , social media strategy 21 Comments - Leave a comment! If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed. Thanks for taking time out of your day to come hang out here!

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Video: What is the semantic web? | Sherrilynne Starkie

Sherrilynne Starkie

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3 Email Marketing Examples Not to Copy

Ari Herzog

I receive a lot of press releases by email — and unlike past actions of deleting them, I have lately replied to my senders and asked simple questions to enlightening responses. First up is an email I received last month from Markus. Dear Ari, We are regular readers of your blog and love your thoughts on marketing and branding. That’s why we wanted to inform you about a new study that will be released in the next days.

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Would You Try It With a Fox?

Convince & Convert

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Would You Try It With a Fox? May 12th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Guest post by Jennifer Maggiore, CEO of Maggiore Consulting, a multi-media lead generation firm and co-host of Locals Only:

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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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The Joint Chiefs of Staff 2010 Social Media Strategy | Justin Levy

Justin Levy

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking The Joint Chiefs of Staff 2010 Social Media Strategy Written on May 10, 2010 by Justin Levy in military , social media , social media strategy 16 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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How to Sound Like You Know What You’re Blogging About

Kikolani

This is a guest post by Tia Peterson of BizChickBlogs.com. Think of the most influential person you know. Think for another minute about what it is that attracts others to that person, and makes everyone around her say, “She really knows what she’s talking about (or he ).&#. In order to sound like you know what you’re talking about, you first have to know what you’re talking about.

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Blogging with Influence in 5 Steps

Ari Herzog

There are many blogs in the world and it is important to be unique to be read. Blogging with influence does not require a specific number of visitors, but is about the number of lives you touch. Here are five tips to become an influential blogger: Content. Your content is you. You are your content. Your content is one of the most important factors for determining your influence.

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Search Engine Optimization Tip: Adding Content to your Web Site

Bill Hartzer

This is only one seo tip out of many search engine optimization tips I have been providing over the years. All of my search engine optimization tips are meant to be specific, they should not take too much time to implement, and are meant to be directly to the point. For this search engine optimization tip, let’s talk more about content and adding content to your web site.

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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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Email Marketing and Social Media: 2 Peas in a Pod

Justin Levy

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Email Marketing and Social Media: 2 Peas in a Pod Written on May 9, 2010 by Justin Levy in announcements , email , social media 15 Comments - Leave a comment! If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed. Thanks for taking time out of your day to come hang out here!

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Reverse Mentoring is All About Screwing in the Lightbulb before.

Social Media Strategery

Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Miscellaneous Personal Prof. Development Social Media Reverse Mentoring is All About Screwing in the Lightbulb before Flipping the Switch Wed, May 12, 2010 Best Practices , Personal The following is a guest post by Shala Byers.

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Redesigning My Blog Layout: Do You Like?

Ari Herzog

Sparked by Jim and Danny , I thought about my blog layout over the past 12 hours and made some changes. (If you’re reading this by RSS or email, click here to see what I mean.). Of note: 1. I used to have a 700-pixel-wide content area. That’s now 600. 2. I used to have a navigational bar below the header image and above the content. That’s now gone, and replaced by text links in the sidebar. 3.

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Crowdsource: BP Oil Spill and social media

Laurel Papworth

BP haven’t consulted the rest of the world on solutions for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. And there are a lot of innovation crowdsourced communities online. I checked: none had a project to find a solution for the oil spill. Some individual bloggers have gone ahead and asked their readers for a Oil Spill solution – and got a variety of answers from readers – but apparently BP aren’t listening.

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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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Did You Give A Social Media Party & Forget To Invite The Guests?

Diva Marketing Blog

Congrats! you've launched your social media initiative and you did it the right way. 7 Steps To Social Media Success 1. You aligned your organization's culture with the social culture. 2. You understood the impact the social web will bring to your enterprise. 3. You created a strategy that includes objectives, goals, measurable results. You've integrated it into your overall plan. 4.

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HOW OUR WORDS IMPACT OUR CLIENTS

Myrland Marketing

Home About Services Social Media Speaking-Training LMA Contact Subscribe Myrland Marketing Minutes Strategic Social Media: Making Social Media Make Sense HOW OUR WORDS IMPACT OUR CLIENTS by Nancy Myrland on May 10, 2010 A few times a week, I write short marketing words of advice called Myrland Marketing Moments. This morning’s Myrland Marketing Moment was born of a real-life experience I had with my Mom this morning while at the doctor.

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Blogs, Email Newsletters, and LISTSERVs, Oh My!

Ari Herzog

This blog is not going anywhere — but its publication is faulty in that everything you read is something I write. Wouldn’t it be something if you could contribute, too? I don’t refer to blog post comments or private email messages to me in response. I had previously considered the initiation of an email newsletter where you and anyone else can opt-in to receive and opt-out to stop.

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7 steps to shutting down a social media site

Laurel Papworth

The photo sharing social network Radar.net is shutting down and, thankfully, they have all undertaken all the key steps to do that sensitively and graciously. Remember, customers believe that social media sites belong to “them&# the customer and for a % of your online community your exit strategy is going to destroy their friendships and their content.

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Age of Conversation 3: Time To Get Busy!

Diva Marketing Blog

Social media is all about the stories. This tale could never have happened without the technology of the Internet, the culture of social media and the generosity of over 100 people from all over the globe. . It is also a case study that reinforces that social media does create real and sustaining relationships. It begins with two guys from opposite ends of the world.