Dave Fleet

JULY 3, 2011

Just saw this photo on my friend Ben Lucier’s Posterous site – hardware retailer Home Depot reserved a parking spot for him at his local store in the “Pro&# parking section. Why? Because he was the mayor. Smart way to reward their most loyal customer (well, the most loyal customer using Foursquare, anyway) with something that has zero cost to Home Depot but a nice benefit for the customer, all the while encouraging other people to compete for that benefit.

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yMarketingMatters

JULY 5, 2011

“What’s the benefit? Should I even bother?” I often get asked this by SMB owners and my clients. Yes! Twitter lists are really useful! They help you organize the people you follow (and don’t follow) into a specific “group” and when you click to view a list, you’ll see a stream of Tweets from all.

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Jason Yormark

JULY 5, 2011

I’ve had a hell of a time writing regularly on my blog, and I finally decided to get a little help in the matter by subscribing to Chris Brogan’s Blog Topics. At first the idea of actually paying a nominal monthly fee for access to some blog topic ideas seemed silly, but word on the street seemed pretty positive on the quality so I decided to give it a spin.

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Mindjumpers

JULY 4, 2011

Tweet G oogle + is everywhere. With a lot of buzz, the project is launched in its Beta phase and everyone wants to try it out. It’s a social networking web of ideas and elements that’s set to change the way we work with Google. The product was announced on Tuesday and has opened it to a limited group of initial users. Additional people will be invited over time, as the company tries to build anticipation while working out any bugs.

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Dave Fleet

JULY 8, 2011

If you didn’t already know, I’m a huge Amber Naslund fan. Her latest post, over at the Brass Tack Thinking blog, focuses on the things she wishes more people knew about her, and it got me thinking. As Amber notes, and as I’ve found, social media enables immensely valuable connections and relationships, but it’s all too easy to mistake loose, weak connections for strong ones when you really don’t know the person that well.

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Firebelly

JULY 7, 2011

Todd Tweedy, AF Expo moderator (l) and Stewart Quealy, Director of Content, Events/Conferences at Mediabistro.com (r). I had the benefit of experiencing this conference as an attendee and speaker. Here are 7 reasons why you should attend the next AllFacebook Expo : 1. Facebook focused education. Facebook has 750 million users and the real opportunity is to for people, and brands especially, to do more with Facebook and its apps.

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Mindjumpers

JULY 5, 2011

Tweet Most businesses design a Facebook page and a Twitter profile as a part of their social media strategy. But it is also a good idea to think what attracts people to your brand on these social media channels. Recent research shows that effective engagement online can help spread brand awareness and also improve brand perception and increase sales.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 6, 2011

I had the pleasure of meeting the team from Jelli ( [link] ) a few weeks back. Jelli for those of you who don’t know it already is 100% user controlled radio so what Pandora is doing for music is what Jelli is doing for radio – totally crowdsourced. The site I have to admit is so easy to use it’s addictive; within seconds of registering you are affecting the world of radio, as we know it – “rocketing” songs to the top and “bombing” songs to the bottom of the list.

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Firebelly

JULY 8, 2011

Everyone has heard about Google+ already. When the search giant revealed its attempt at social networking, the news spread through the internet like wildfire. It has some extremely nice features lined up and it’ll be exciting to see how it eventually stacks up against Facebook, but it’s even more interesting (to me, at least) how Google is switching its focus from a branding standpoint.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 8, 2011

[Ed: I'm on vacation. Here's the fifth of a week's worth of guest posts.]. I just finished watching a video from LeWeb ’10 in Paris starring Gary Vaynerchuk in which he discusses the ROI of social media. I’d like you to watch the video and then we’ll discuss (warning; there’s some NSFW language in the video): Gary Vaynerchuk on Social Media ROI.

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Mindjumpers

JULY 6, 2011

Tweet Facebook is a great channel to gain exposure and to drive dialogue with your tribe of fans. However, starting a Facebook presence will not give you immediate response. One thing is to get people to go to your page, another thing is to get people to push the magic Like button so that you are connected. We have collected a number of steps that will boost your fan base and give you better results in increasing your number of fans. 1.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 5, 2011

This post is meant to be a getting started guide for those of us who got an invite and are now wondering how to use Google+. If you’re looking for an overview of Google+ check out Part 1 of this post: Google+ and World Domination. Start with your Google Profile. Your profile is going to list your +1′s, posts on Google+ and more soon we don’t know about yet.

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Firebelly

JULY 2, 2011

Twitter Trends — we all see them along the right side of our laptop screens or smartphones every day. I love the Trends for breaking news or following what others are saying during the season finale of my favorite TV shows, but there is a particular breed of Trend I never tag — the promoted hashtag. As I log onto Twitter now, the promoted hashtag for the United States is #ANewMcDFavorite, obviously for McDonalds.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 6, 2011

[Ed: I'm on vacation. Here's the third of a week's worth of guest posts.]. Say what? One of the biggest gripes I have with people (myself included) is that we aren’t the best at … well, expressing ourselves clearly. We’re pretty good at things like naming what TV shows we like, what kind of foods we prefer and what movie may have seen over the weekend.

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Mindjumpers

JULY 7, 2011

Tweet Yesterday at 10:00 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) at its Palo Alto headquaters Facebook unveiled its new video calling feature powered by Skype. More than 50,000 of people tuned in on the video streaming to catch it live. I too was waiting eagerly for what the social media giant was going for, next. The launch was also spiced up with the recent launch of Google+ and a lot of predictions were being made regarding Facebook’s counter attack.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

JULY 3, 2011

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Firebelly

JULY 6, 2011

We’ve decided over here at Firebelly to give Wordless Wednesday a go. You all probably know how it works, but in case you don’t: each Wednesday we’ll post a photo and give everyone a glimpse into what’s going on in the office that week. So, before I start chattering about depth of field and f-stops and prime lenses, I present to you our very first Wordless Wednesday.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 2, 2011

Google+, I’m on the horns of a dilemma. I don’t love you, I don’t hate you. Do I even like you? You’re nicely-laid out. I like dragging and dropping people into circles. It’s interesting to know who’s added me. It’s annoying that your preferences are preset to email me anytime anyone sneezes in Google+. Yes, I’ve changed them.

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Mindjumpers

JULY 8, 2011

Tweet YouTube has unveiled its experimental new design called Cosmic Panda. Anyone can be a part of the experiment by clicking on [link] followed by a click on “Try it out!” On YouTube’s official blog, the company calls it a TestTube experiment, which will be “A New Experience for Videos, Playlists, and Channels&#. TestTube, YouTube’s idea incubator is a side project conducted by YouTube in order to get user feedback on their latest project developments.

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Small Business Mavericks

JULY 8, 2011

Where do you get your blog ideas ? If you are a successful blogger in your niche, then I’d be willing to bet that you don’t get your ideas for posts all from one source. There are plenty of places to go online to get ideas for your blog posts. No matter what industry or niche you serve, these 21 sources for blog post ideas are golden opportunities.

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The Social Media Incubator

JULY 7, 2011

Here are a few easy steps to help you video chat with your friends on Facebook through Skype: Go to [link]. Click “get started” button. Download what it tells you to do so. If the download fails, try it one more time and it will ask you to run the download. Do so. Then when it is finished downloading you can open an instant message window to the person you wish to call and the icon will appear at the top of the instant message screen.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 4, 2011

[Ed: I'm on vacation. Here's the first of a week's worth of guest posts. Happy 4 th of July!]. David… or Goliath? Despite its small size, Malta has always been a strategically important island. Sitting in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea it has always been an important crossroads between Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Its magnificent Grand Harbour has also contributed to making Malta a key maritime center over the centuries.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

JULY 6, 2011

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Small Business Mavericks

JULY 6, 2011

A new report shows that LinkedIn – not Facebook and not Twitter – is the No. 1 social network. If you think about it, that makes a lot of sense. Facebook is still a personal space for a lot of people. It’s a place to connect with friends and family. And, yes, if you own a business, then you probably use it for that too. But there is, and there will always be, an element of personal in Facebook.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 3, 2011

Everyone’s all abuzz and atwitter about Plus, the new social network from a search engine company with which you might be familiar. I won’t break down all the features and how-tos and what-ifs, as other folks are better at that, including Jason Falls and Chris Brogan. My initial, abbreviated take is that Google’s new social toy is essentially a Facebook Twitter hybrid with outstanding ease-of-use and eye-popping potential.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 7, 2011

[Ed: I'm on vacation. Here's the fourth of a week's worth of guest posts.]. There was an auto-DM waiting for me this morning. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up, and I felt my #HowlerMonkeyAngst boiling to the surface. It is from the seed of angst that most of my guest blog posts are born. The wheels were turning and my mind started flying off in dozens of different directions.

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Akamai Marketing

JULY 7, 2011

Its not that I don’t like Google+, I do. I think its elegant. I think its a brilliant integration of Google’s products. I think there are both useful and fun elements to Google+. Will it replace Facebook? I really couldn’t say. I think it will be DIFFERENT from Facebook. For example, right now, there isn’t an official brand presence on Google+, that hasn’t stopped brands from setting up their presence, brands just don’t have a different presence than people ri

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Small Business Mavericks

JULY 7, 2011

Mashable is reporting that Google is planning to rebrand two of its largest Web products – Picasa and Blogger. The rebranding supposedly is taking place in concert with the public launch of Google +. Here’s my question: Why? I understand rebranding Picasa. It’s new name will be Google Photos. When I think of Picasa, I think of Picasso – the famous painter.

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Kikolani

JULY 6, 2011

This is a guest post by Tony Hue. Sorry, Darren Rowse. I just don’t have the commitment to build a better blog in 31 days. Nor do I have $20. In fact, I don’t think anyone needs 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. You have the talent, you have the passion, and, evidently, you have the desire to improve your blog. So join me, young Frodo. Let’s build a blog people want to read.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 3, 2011

Going through the grind. Earlier this year, I went through the process of getting my Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card. Since India doesn’t recognize dual citizenship, every former Indian national, on acquiring the citizenship of another country, has to go through a painful process of first “renouncing&# his/her citizenship (you actually have to apply for and receive a “renunciation certificate&# ).

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Direct Marketing Observations

JULY 6, 2011

Sometimes I’m not so sure I always know what that means. Value drivers. It’s sort of a corporate speak type of thing to essentially describe the capabilities of your company isn’t it? But really the dumbed down version of value drivers is a term to describe the competitive advantage(s) of your company. But what if we say you are a “social company”?

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