Mon.Aug 08, 2011

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Recipe for Successful Blogging

Mindjumpers

Tweet Blogging can be complicated and it is quite different from traditional writing styles. Blogging is a quick and an interactive way of expressing your ideas – more like online diaries, but written with an aim of making people read it. But many people face the problem of their blogs not getting enough traffic and the content not being read, inspite of putting a lot of effort in it.

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Why a Municipal Website Moved to Facebook

Ari Herzog

Mayor Keisuke Hiwatashi of Takeo, Japan, a city located in Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, frowns when people leave comments on municipal websites (especially those with blogs or other interactive content) with anonymous names and handles. “When people give their opinions or ask questions, they should take responsibility for this as adults, and this should be done using their real names,&# said the mayor at a press conference announcing his city’s migration from their tradit

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Crowd source your next cup of coffee with Twitter

Janet Fouts

I ran across a post about Johnathan Stark’s crowd-funding experiment this weekend and I couldn’t resist playing along. Here’s the story. Johnathan created a web page on his site and uploaded a screen shot of his Starbucks Card. Anyone who wants a free cup of coffee can download the card to their phone, scan it at any Starbucks that accepts mobile cards, and–if there’s enough money on the card–get a free cup of whatever.

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Can You Build A Brand On Facebook?

Small Business Mavericks

As marketers, we like to talk about how you can brand yourself wherever you go. You can brand yourself on Google and Bing. You can brand yourself on billboards. You can brand yourself at the local Chamber of Commerce. You can brand yourself on Twitter. You can brand yourself with articles and through your blog. But can you brand yourself through Facebook?

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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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Blogging: 5 benefits of commenting on blogs

Absolute PA

Do you comment on blogs? Here are five great reasons why adding comments is good for your social marketing and online profile. Creates opportunity – by regularly engaging on blogs you’re building your contacts and this can lead to more connections, guest post opportunites and new business. Raises your profile – adding interest to someone’s article gets you noticed by other readers and the blog author.

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An open letter to Google and G+

Jeff Esposito

Dear Google, You started off so very nice with Google Plus. It was clean, had a lot of white space and then I could share what I wanted with who I wanted and see information from who I wanted. It was lust that I was hoping would turn into love. Maybe not as big as my man-crush on Twitter, but at least a decent platform that could supplant Facebook, which I am not a giant fan of.

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Cartoon of the day

Jeff Esposito

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How It Gets Social

Absolute PA

Towards the end of 2009 I was asked to contribute a short piece on the rise of social media networking for Creative Action Design’s annual, Ingredients. At the time, innovative businesses were taking tentative baby steps into social media marketing – exploring, testing, figuring – some successfully, some not. Most were questionning how to measure success, and this question held the biggest debate, along with ‘ how can we use this without it taking up loads of time?

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Monday’s 5 Social Media Must-Reads

Firebelly

Below are 5 social media must-reads that we wouldn’t want you to miss. 20 Expert Tips for Better Facebook Marketing. By Pamela Seiple Nurturing a Facebook presence that actually provides business benefits takes some work. That’s why we’ve gathered the following 20 expert tips to help you take your Facebook marketing to the next level.

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Digital Done For You: Your digital marketing served on a platter

Absolute PA

There are no shortcuts for successful digital marketing and there’s no getting around it. Marketing your business using social media and online takes time, consistency and effort. If you’re a small business wanting to raise your profile and find business leads online you may as well accept that it will probably require your continued involvement. The good news is that not only does it really work but you also don’t have to do it all!

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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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Every Day

Waxing UnLyrical

Every day is the same. The sun rises, the darkness recedes. Bird calls get louder and then fade as the roar of traffic takes over. Your alarm clock goes off (or maybe your dog wakes you up), you begin your morning ablutions, you take the same route, you get to work. It’s another day. Every day is not the same. The sun rises, the darkness recedes.

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Digital Audit – Your Online Credit Check

Absolute PA

The first step to using social media and online marketing is plotting a plan of action. It’s really tempting to just dive in, afterall – it’s free to set up an account on social networks, and everyone’s doing it, so how hard can it be? Right? WRONG! The biggest mistake small businesses make is jumping in without. looking at which activities are suited to their business, their customers and their unique way of working. understanding why they want to use social media market

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15 Indirect Affiliate Marketing Tricks that Work

ProBlogger

This guest post is by Harrison Li of Blog Lectures. If you have ever bought something online, with no doubt, there have also been times when you rejected buying a certain product. And if you won’t buy it, the seller loses money. What about when you do buy something? As usual, you check out the item, all excited, and make sure it ships to your place as soon as possible.

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How I Made it onto Freshly Pressed 3 Times in 6 Months

ProBlogger

This guest post is by Hassan Osman of TheCouchManager.com. Less than a month after I launched my blog, one of my posts got featured on Freshly Pressed—Wordpress.com’s homepage where each weekday, ten posts are selected from around 450,000 new blog posts. I didn’t even know what Freshly Pressed meant until I saw an email from one of the WordPress editors congratulating me on being featured.

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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.