Tue.Apr 10, 2012

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5 Things Small Businesses Need To Know To Avoid The Groupon Curse

Waxing UnLyrical

Perhaps it was an episode of Extreme Couponers or the explosion of social commerce sites such as Groupon that sparked my addiction to a good deal, but either way, I’m hooked on them. One night in February I was perusing Groupon and found deals galore capitalizing on the upcoming holiday. As any good female friend should do, I reminded my clueless friend Steve that Valentine’s Day was around the corner.

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MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook: Two-Year Growth Rates

Adam Sherk

With a new baseball season underway I thought I’d check in on the 30 MLB teams on Twitter and Facebook. Which teams are seeing the most growth? I have not done a sports team comparison post in quite a while, mainly because the figures quickly become outdated and total reach is not all that important to look at. But one advantage of having done this in the past is that I have previous figures to compare against.

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How to Buy a Website

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

This is a guest post from Andrew Knibbe, Marketing Manager at Flippa. Scroll down for a special offer from Flippa! Patrick Meninga’s post a few weeks back mentioned his experiences in building and ultimately selling his website. Apart from a great how-to on starting up a site, it highlights the growing trend to buying websites rather than starting from scratch.

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How to Find People on LinkedIn

Ari Herzog

A student in my social media marketing class asked me how she can find employees who work at certain companies. I created a video in response — for her and for you. Enjoy and learn : Please continue reading How to Find People on LinkedIn and leave a comment if inspired. Ari Herzog is currently seeking a full time position in social media. Connect on LinkedIn today.

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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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Are You Using A Website Monitoring Service?

Small Business Mavericks

Can I see your website right now? Go on – go and check, I’ll wait. You can probably view your pages just fine – here’s some news – it doesn’t mean that I can. I’m not being facetious either – this is a serious question. There can be any number of problems with your website, and you may not know about them.

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The Church And State Of Advertising

Twist Image

Are marketers poisoning the well? When I first started publishing music magazines back in the nineties, I kept running into the question of ethics. We were a two-person operation back then and my job was not only handling all of the editorial content, but the advertising as well. Having a role with that kind of duality was seen as a no-no. The world of editorial content in the media and the advertising that surrounded it was separated like the church and state.

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Best Instagram for Android Pics

Idaconcpts

Got suggestions? Leave them on the comments section.

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Blogger Correspondant Great Barrier Reef Itinerary: #QldBlog

ProBlogger

Last week I excitedly announced a competition to fly 10 ProBlogger readers into the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland. The response has been amazing. We’ve had hundreds of entries and there has been some great interest in the promotion. With just under a week to go to get your entries in I thought today I might whet your appetite a little by revealing the itinerary of the trip.

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Thinking creatively to overcome social roadblocks

Jeff Esposito

Why bother trying when you get the same result? Think differently. March 29, 2012 9:49 am via Twitter for iPhone Reply Retweet Favorite @geoffliving Geoff Livingston. A few weeks ago, the Tweet above inspired a pretty good conversation with Geoff Livingston. While some saw as passive aggressive, I saw it as an inspiration to dealing with roadblocks and changing perceptions.

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What the internet should be for…

The Way of the Web

Find something cool (in this case, a 9-year-old’s DIY cardboard arcade), share it, and bring people together to enjoy it and make a child very happy. Story via BoingBoing. The best way to enrich the web is to go out and discover, find and create interesting things and then help people come together around them. Buffer.

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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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Cartoon of the day

Jeff Esposito

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Redesigning Your Blog to Drive Reader Behavior

Convince & Convert

Soon, you’ll be seeing an all-new version of Convince & Convert. It’s undergoing a full makeover , led by the amazing Rafal Tomal from Copyblogger Media. We’re of course staying with the Genesis Framework that provides enormous customization capabilities with unmatched ease-of-use. Here’s an almost-ready preview: The design is based on the new Streamline child theme that is successfully being used by Danny Brown of Jugnoo – who has forgotten more about blog opti

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Should Your Business Be on Pinterest? [infographic]

Firebelly

Pinterest is radically different from other social networks for a variety of reasons – and that’s another blog post folks. While we’ve got some clients that we’re working with – in various stages from launched to in development – on Pinterest programs, you might not want to put the same level of planning, execution and analysis in to your program.

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