Tue.Jul 19, 2011

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Why I’m Over Declaring Tech Tools “Over”

Almost Savvy

With the launch of Google’s new social network, Google+ , there are many who have rushed to publish opinions about the demise of other networks, most notably Twitter and Facebook. Some have even gone as far as to shut down their accounts on these other networks to move their entire online network to Google+. Others, while leaving the accounts open, are no longer updating those accounts and have posted this as their profile picture as a sort of forwarding address: While I’m loving wha

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Postagram, I Sincerely Love You

Firebelly

Digital photography is in its heyday right now and nothing is reaping the benefits more than the camera phone. And no one has fought this more than me. I get a bit old-school snobbish about my photography. I learned on film and I love the smell of stop bath and fixer and watching my film develop in front of my eyes is in my top five favorite activities ever.

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Google+ v. Facebook: The Battle For Our Love

Waxing UnLyrical

Many of us seem to be playing the waiting game. Circles are better than grilled cheese. But the ability to put people in them is not a big enough draw for me to entirely abandon Facebook if only a small number of my contacts set up Google+ profiles. So far, G+ has only been handy if I want to chat with social media marketers, educators who are using social media in the classroom, and the few friends of mine who are early adopters.

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Getting Real With Your Facebook Audience

The Social Media Incubator

A common misconception about social networking sites is the idea that they exist in a virtual playground. Sure, they are entertainment, but some individuals question whether or not they are a tool for businesses. More specifically, many business owners are concerned that the average Facebook user is not typically part of their target audience. Others even stereotype avid online users as apathetic about reality and label them as being cut-off from actual relationships, or anti-social.

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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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Social Media -YOU gotta do it

Janet Fouts

Social media engagement does not happen by accident. It does not do itself. Sure, there are those random occurrences where you get a referral or a hit from someone you just met on Twitter , but trust me, it almost never happens until you’ve put some effort into your Twitter presence. If your blog is an automated sales pitch with comments turned off, do us all a favor and just go take out an ad and get over it.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Tracking Website Engagement

Convince & Convert

Guest post by Petri Darby , APR, the director of brand marketing & digital strategy for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America. In Douglas Adams’ “ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ,” a computer known as Deep Thought spent seven and a half million years contemplating the great Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. Seventy-five thousand generations passed before Deep Thought revealed that the answer was “Forty two.”.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to to Tracking Website Engagement

Convince & Convert

Guest post by Petri Darby , APR, the director of brand marketing & digital strategy for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America. In Douglas Adams’ “ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ,” a computer known as Deep Thought spent seven and a half million years contemplating the great Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. Seventy-five thousand generations passed before Deep Thought revealed that the answer was “Forty two.”.

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15 social media tips for small business

Jeff Esposito

During the South by Southwest conference in March, I talked to a lot of folks and asked them for a piece of advice for small business owners looking to participate in social media. There were a ton of great tips; we turned the top 15 into an eBook for the Vistaprint Micro Business blog. Some of the contributors include Shelly Kramer , Eric Berto and Jeff Cutler.

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Time Management for Ridiculously Busy Bloggers

ProBlogger

This guest post is by Stepfanie Cuevas of The Lady Bloggers Society. I used to be a huge multi-tasker. I was always taught that you can juggle at least a dozen projects at once, and that it was an art form that you could boast to the rest of your blogging buddies. I spent nights writing blog posts, getting assignments turned in, tweeting, Facebooking, and replying to emails.

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The best tips for online writing with reference to famous celebrities (Article for training purposes)

The Way of the Web

Writing online, optimising for search engines and marketing your digital content via social media isn’t rocket science. In fact, the basics of digital journalism, SEO and getting seen on Facebook or Twitter are really simple, but it’s the rigorous application of them that can prove problematic for a lot of people. But you can learn how to nail your blog posts, get ranked first on Google and become a social networking expert by learning from generic celebrity X.

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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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Announcing ProBlogger Melbourne Training Day – Register Your Interest Today

ProBlogger

Today I’m excited to give ProBlogger readers advance notice of a special training day in Melbourne for Bloggers – the 2nd ever ProBlogger Training day. I’ll share the details below ( you can express your interest in attending or sponsoring below too ) but first let me fill you in on the back story: In July 2010 and very much on the spur of the moment I came up with the hair brained idea to run a small conference in Melbourne.

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Cartoon of the day

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5 things I’ve learned from failed blog posts

Akamai Marketing

So every once in a while…I think I have a fabulous idea for a blog post. I mean the kind of idea that wakes you up at night! One that everyone will appreciate and want to discuss. Last week I had one and I wrote a post about it. That post last week was easily the least engaging post I’ve ever written earning me yet another badge of lessons learned.

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Is It All About The Money?

Small Business Mavericks

If you look at the top 20 keywords that Google makes money on with its AdWords service, you’ll find that 4 out of the top 5 are all about money. Here are the top 5 keywords on which Google is earning its gold: Insurance. Loans. Mortgage. Attorney. Credit. Education, technology, and computers also have multiple places within the top 20. I can understand technology and computers, but education?

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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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How to Turn Your Blog Traffic into Money

ProBlogger

Over the last three years as an online publisher, my business has undergone a complete transformation in its approach. Whereas I previously slapped some code from a couple of ad networks into my blogs’ templates and relied upon people clicking those ads to generate income, I’ve increasingly focused my energy upon creating my own products (largely ebooks) to sell.

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Anything You Want

Twist Image

What If You Can Have It All? This past week, Montreal hosted the first-ever International Startup Festival (from July 13th - 15th, 2011). It was attended by close to one thousand participants from all over the world - all of which were hopeful of leaving the drudgery of nine-to-five work to start their own entrepreneurial venture and let go of a traditional working environment.

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