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A social media analogy for golfers

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I’ve been learning to play golf. My father has been playing all his life, and so I set a goal to be able to play 18 holes with him without being a total embarrassment. Mission accomplished. Now I want to be able to break 100 consistently. I was making progress, when the pesky weather stopped cooperating. Golfers talk in golf analogies. A lot. “Keep it on the short grass,&# means keep the ball in play. “Par for the course,&# means typical or average (ironic because a par, for me

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Need blogging inspiration to start off 2011 with a bang?

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WordPress is offering free daily post or weekly post inspiration. We’re always happy to help here at SocialFish, too, of course. Sometimes all you need is a little push and a little discipline… Our top tips for getting organized? 1. Read, read, read. Subscribe to association and other blogs relevant to your industry (if you don’t know where to start looking for them, start here.

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Top Five Takeaways from Open Community

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This post originally appeared on Thanks For Playing as part of our Open Community virtual book tour; in it, we were asked by Elizabeth Engel to do a “Monday top five&# post. Here are Lindy’s top five takeaways from Open Community ( buy your copy today !). Number 5: Fail smart and forget perfect. OK, so that’s kind of cheating, since those are two takeaways in one.