Sun.May 13, 2012

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Data is the New Oil

Idaconcpts

Ranging from Facebook to Google to Zynga, thousands of companies are building sustainable businesses on the aggregation of personal data. Data mining has been likened by the World Economic to a “new type of raw material … on par with capital and labor.” One might said to oil. The Rush for Data. The main problem with data aggregation is that malicious developers are not only accessing your information, but they are also able to access your personal identifiable information (PII).

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Do It Yourself Social Media Audit

Janet Fouts

We tend to create the social media presence for our businesses in an organic fashion, which is the natural way to grow relationships right? New tools pop up we just HAVE to try, or our network of connections asks us to join a new network in order to communicate with them. The problem is; as you explore new tools and meet new people who invite you to join them on other networks, your messaging and your social media presence overall can easily get confused.

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Social Media The Great Marketing Equalizer

Small Business Mavericks

One of the biggest benefits to social media marketing is the low cost. At least, it’s one form of marketing that doesn’t need big dollars thrown at it. This really does level the playing field between big business and small business. In fact, I’ll go so far as to say that small businesses sometimes have a clear advantage over larger businesses.

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The Virtual Self And The New Trend Of Self-Tracking

Twist Image

Episode #305 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to. Now, with the ubiquity of smartphones and mobile connectedness, it has never been easier to share with the world our each and every move (look no further than Facebook 's one billion dollar acquisition of Instagram ). And we're publishing our lives.

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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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Giving Back: A Core Part of Our Sharing Nature

Bare Feet Studios

Back in the spring of 2000, while we were still based in Santa Fe, NM, there was a huge forest fire that broke out and endangered the entire community of Los Alamos , home to the birth if the nuclear bomb and one of the largest nuclear research facilities in the world. As a founder of the New Mexico Internet Professionals Association (NMIPA) Shane knew that online would be the best place to coordinate emergency communications.

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How to Select the Perfect WordPress Theme for Your Blog

ProBlogger

This guest post is by Karol K of ThemeFuse. Selecting a WordPress theme is one of those tasks that seem fairly easy at first How hard can it be? you ask yourself. You simply go to Google, type in “best free WordPress themes” and you’re good to go, right? I’m sure you already know where I’m going with this. So let’s just say it out loud so we can put it behind us: Forget about free themes!

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How Do You Tailor Content to Different User Levels?

ProBlogger

Today on ProBlogger, we’re publishing the first in a little two-part series of posts on WordPress themes. The first is on choosing a theme, and the second is on installing themes. Now, some ProBlogger readers might wonder if professional bloggers need this kind of information. Of course there will always be pro bloggers who haven’t ever installed a theme, and the articles may be helpful to them.

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Are professional communicators normal?

Sherrilynne Starkie

This is a handy infographic that compares advertising, PR and marketing people against ‘normal’ people. It looks at how we use social media mostly, but also at how we behave at office parties. Are you normal? Hat tip: Adverblog. Related posts: Wikipedia rules the waves. Content marketing is king. Women in social media. Click here to start to receive my newsletter.