Top Social Media Informer Marketing Social Media Content for August, 2012

5 reasons to practice old school PR

Jeff Esposito

AUGUST 8, 2012

This is a guest post from Elissa Freeman. Call me old-fashioned, but I’m a traditionalist when it comes to practicing PR. There’s been much speculation over the longevity of ‘old school’ methods and how social media will eventually replace the press release, the press conference and good old ‘look’em in the eye’ relationships. To be sure, I’ve embraced social networking, geo-locating, and instagram as much as the average up-to-date PR pro, but the more I look at the practice of public relations

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Why your small business SHOULD care about social media

Jeff Esposito

AUGUST 29, 2012

This post originally ran on Vistaprint’s Small Business Blog. We’ve talked a lot about engagement on Facebook with best practices for using Facebook for your small business. While we think there was some great content in there (hopefully, you agree), we have gotten some feedback asking if investing time on social media sites (including Facebook ) is worth it for micro and small business owners.

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Are you leveraging LinkedIn effectively?

Jeff Esposito

AUGUST 27, 2012

As I have discussed on this blog on a number of occasions, LinkedIn is really one of those networks in the social media space that I would like to know more about. If you are like me and always head over there weekly staring at ways that you can better leverage the network, you should pick up a copy of Brian Carter ‘s LinkedIn for Business. The book is a thorough outline of all things LinkedIn, and should be a must-read for folks in sales or consulting.

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Facebook’s Facedeals McCreepy or Super Cool?

Jeff Esposito

AUGUST 13, 2012

Last week, I read this blog post from Digital Trends about Facebook’s testing of Facedeals, a service that checks you into a location using facial recognition and gives you coupons based on interest. Here are some of my thoughts on the concept/test: The video below shows the technology in action. What say you, McCreepy or pretty damn cool?

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Friends with benefits, conquering fear and non-sexy products

Jeff Esposito

AUGUST 15, 2012

Get your mind out of the gutter… this isn’t that kind of post. Now that I have to apologize for deviating from the main messaging of this blog to ask you to consider peeping out some panels for SXSW 2013 that me and some of my coworkers at Vistaprint are on. Read on if you are interested, or click here for a post that might be more to your liking. Thanks in advance for your consideration, your regularly scheduled programming will resume on Friday with this week’s installment of Five for Friday.

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How much are you giving back?

Jeff Esposito

AUGUST 20, 2012

We live in a complex online ecosystem that contains a lot of continual education and learning. We all give. We all take. Question is, are you taking more than you are giving?

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Death of Photography, Abandoned NOLA Six Flags and BAD Klout

Jeff Esposito

AUGUST 17, 2012

Today is one of those days that is both awesome and shitty at the same time. On one hand baby Espo is going to get to see his cousins over the weekend, who should be here sometime round midnight, but on the other it is sad. The two wonderful interns that we had working with my team at Vistaprint are headed back to school and they’ll be sorely missed.

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Oreos, Social Soccer and Rim Dogs

Jeff Esposito

AUGUST 3, 2012

Rain, Sun, Rain… rinse repeat it seems like that was the formula for this week in Boston. On the bright side we had about three days where we could have the windows open and the AC off. So it was a nice surprise on a week that was one big blur. Hope your week was better and that you’ve got a great weekend lined up. Catch y’all next week and hope you enjoy this week’s edition of Five for Friday.

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Don’t spray WD-40 there, social media shakeup and hidden Olympics

Jeff Esposito

AUGUST 10, 2012

Very happy that today is Friday, the three-day weekend and bottling beer tonight. It might sound odd, but the strawberry IPA is going to be delicious when it gets a few months to age a bit. How was your week? All Olympiced out and ready for football? Hopefully you have a good weekend – stay cool. Look forward to catching up next week; enjoy this week’s edition of Five for Friday.

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Password protection, Enzyte and pens for women

Jeff Esposito

AUGUST 31, 2012

It is Labor Day weekend and I am pretty sure that most of you have clocked out already. Be safe and enjoy this week’s edition of Five for Friday. NFL comes next week as does the second annual Jeffesposito.com weekly picks via social media buzz with some added twists. Avoid A PR Nightmare By Creating Better Passwords – This is a great read for those of us who have the same password for everything or one that is super-simple to guess.

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Dear Jerry Jones…Don’t Rap Again

Jeff Esposito

AUGUST 27, 2012

I know Jerry Jones is a great target for NFL related humor, but this video of him rapping is just sad. On the bright side, he’s getting some good play on social media.

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Enjoying the little things

Jeff Esposito

AUGUST 23, 2012

This post contains video, click here if you cannot view. . Have you forgotten to stop and embrace the little things?

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August, 2012

Jeff Esposito

5 reasons to practice old school PR

Why your small business SHOULD care about social media

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Are you leveraging LinkedIn effectively?

Facebook’s Facedeals McCreepy or Super Cool?

Friends with benefits, conquering fear and non-sexy products

How much are you giving back?

Death of Photography, Abandoned NOLA Six Flags and BAD Klout

Oreos, Social Soccer and Rim Dogs

Don’t spray WD-40 there, social media shakeup and hidden Olympics

Password protection, Enzyte and pens for women

Dear Jerry Jones…Don’t Rap Again

Enjoying the little things

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