Tue.May 08, 2012

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Social Citizens: How Social Media Can Help Social Problems

Mindjumpers

Tweet Last week, Facebook finally revealed their much hyped “life saving” feature: the organ donor status. This has sparked our interest towards other examples of how brands and charity organizations have managed to use social media as a platform to help social problems through user engagement. Networking on social initiatives. Socialcitizens.org , part of The Case Foundation , is one of these initiatives that thrives to encourage those involved in social media (be it privately or pr

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How to Build Better [Business] Habits

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

This is a guest post from Christopher Wallace. It’s 2 p.m. on a Wednesday and that fully loaded triple-decker sandwich from the nearby deli has you wondering how long you can get away with catching some z’s under your desk, or if that drawing-eyes-on-your-eyelids thing really works. Whether or not you plowed down a big meal or have the mid-week blues, those last few hours of the work day or week can be some of the most unproductive.

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SEO Analytics – A Drop In Traffic Is Not Always Bad News

Small Business Mavericks

The Panda and Penguin Google updates have certainly spooked a lot of people. The slightest move in website traffic volume is now being blamed on either one (or both) of these updates, and whilst significant drops in traffic are a worrying sign, a closer inspection sometimes shows the opposite to be true. I recently looked a website that had seen a 50% drop in traffic, and that drop coincided with the Google Penguin update.

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The Five Reasons Why Most Facebook Brand Pages Aren’t True Communities

Convince & Convert

Jessica Malnik is a PR/marketing coordinator, social media specialist, videographer and an avid blogger. Visit her blog for social media, technology, public relations and marketing ramblings. What are the defining characteristics of a community? It’s a topic I’ve been pondering more and more lately. Is it about geography, common interests, socio-economic similarities, or similar viewpoints?

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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 Efficiency for Nonprofits

Janet Fouts

I talk to nonprofits about various aspects of social media just about every day. By and large people get the value of building community around their cause. They get the relatively manageable expense of leveraging social media to raise visibility for their nonprofit, find funders, advocates, and volunteers when compared to more traditional marketing channels.

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Why do I Think Marketers That Don't Embrace Google+ Will be Out of Business in a Year?

Stay N' Alive

(Want to skip all this and get the courses right now? Go to [link] and sign up now!) As I mentioned earlier on Google+ ( where you'll always hear tech news first from me !), I recently just finished a course on Pluralsight all about how you or your friends can embrace Google+ better for your business or clients (you can see what this course covers at [link] ).

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5 Simple Ways to Discover What People Are Dying to Read

ProBlogger

This guest post is by Brad Smith of FixCourse.com. Blogging doesn’t have to be hard. It takes a lot of hard work and perseverance, but it’s not technically difficult. Anyone can (and should) do it. One of the hardest challenges to overcome is figuring out what your audience wants to read. You know, the type of epic content that gets shares, links, and traffic.

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Jeff Esposito

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5 Unexpected Benefits of Adding Podcasts to Your Blog

ProBlogger

This guest post is by Carol Tice of Make a Living Writing. Are you having trouble keeping your blog readers interested in what you have to say? If interest is waning, it may be time to add some variety to what you’re giving readers, besides just writing blog posts, week after week. Back in July 2011, I started doing monthly live training events for participants in my membership community, which I record.

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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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Passion, People, and Professionalism

Waxing UnLyrical

I had an amazing experience recently while in Dallas for a PRSA Board of Directors meeting. The good folks at advertising agency The Richards Group generously provided space for us to gather, and, as part of the deal, we had an opportunity to witness what in my opinion is a true “all-about-people” story. What happened, you ask? Very simply, agency founder and chief “cheerleader” Stan Richards introduced us to his 600-plus-member organization and related for us his philosophy on

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Infographic: Pinterest Deconstructed For eTailers and Content Marketers

Firebelly

This infographic created by Maxymiser shares interesting information about Pinterest. It details out the who, what, where, when and how you can use Pinterest. For marketers, the last two sections are particularly intriguing. Are you working on Pinterest for a brand? What has been your experience?

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