Mon.Aug 15, 2011

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Facebook vs. Google+ [infographic]

Mindjumpers

Tweet Singlegain has compiled this infographic that compares Facebook with Google+. From the very beginning of its launch, there has been much debate whether Google+ will be an actual threat to Facebook’s dominance on the social media scene. Earlier this month, Google+ hit 24 million users, which makes it the fastest growing website ever to reach that size according to Reuters.

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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. 7 Annoying Blogging Personality Disorders. By Laura Click A few months ago, I told you about the annoying social media personality disorders that will kill your ability to be successful on the social web. But guess what? Bloggers are not immune from developing their own set of ugly personalities that will send readers packing.

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Hot Off The Press Social Media Tips

Jason Yormark

Boy it can be a challenge to consistently come up with compelling blog articles, and luckily today, I stumbled across a few real gems I just had to share. My true north is always trying to write things that I feel are helpful and not just blogging to blog. That being said you owe it to yourself to check out Lori Taylor’s latest blog post 15 Social Caffeine “Must Do’s” To Rock Your Facebook Fan Page.

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New Study Finds You Suck

Waxing UnLyrical

The other day I read that higher education consulting firm, Noel-Levitz, found that more than three-quarters of students and parents it surveyed never or only rarely read blogs on college websites. I manage a blog for a mid-sized Canadian University. The study was listed as one of the bullet points in Academica’s Top Ten , a daily scan of the news stories in Canadian Higher Education.

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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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Search Results and Quality Content is an Oxymoron

Direct Marketing Observations

Like it or not we are a search driven society. Thus this post could have easily been titled, “Content for content’s sake&# or “Crappy content for search engines&# , or “The difference between worthless content and worthy content&#. The point being that in today’s hyper mobile, hyper-consumption, media driven society-we search for the information that we need right now without thinking that maybe what we’re looking at is not nearly the “best&# information

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How To Effectively Use Facebook Ads For Your Business

The Social Media Incubator

Are you one of the many businesses interested in advertising on Facebook ? If so, you’re clearly not alone. According to figures from eMarketer , Facebook‘s advertising revenue — which does not include revenue for “virtual currencies&# — came to an incredible $1.86 billion earned in 2010. What’s even more remarkable is that the site has only existed for less than eight years.

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Your Call To Action: What’s The Point?

Small Business Mavericks

Every piece of effective marketing content ever written has one thing in common. It doesn’t matter if it was writing on a cave wall or a web page with two sentences. There is one piece of every effective marketing content that is absolutely essential. Without it, your marketing content has no chance. That one piece of essential marketing is called a call to action.

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Tips On Keyword Selection - Social Media

Social Media Network Marketing

Understanding Keywords is an essential criteria when you work in the online territory. It is the Keywords that will eventually get your right target to you in the online world. Keyword understanding, finding and usage is one of the most important tool that you have. The knowledge of Keyword is your mighty sword / pen. Keyword finding / research is not a one-time effort.

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A rock but no hard place: Dave’s riot of a week

Danny WhatMough

Tweet. Sometimes I do feel sorry for politicians – of all creeds and colours. Sometimes it must feel like a totally thankless job. But sometimes they don’t half make things tough for themselves. Last week, as chaos descended on the country’s capital, David Cameron faced perhaps the first major ‘national crisis’ of his premiership.

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3 Questions to Ask Before You Publish Your Next Blog Post

ProBlogger

“Warning: this post may cause dizziness.&#. This is not a warning you want to put at the top of a blog post. But guess what? Many should. Why? Because some blog posts leave visitors feeling dizzy and confused. They come in with the intention of either being entertained or learning something. But they leave saying, “What the heck was that?

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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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FeedBurner vs. Aweber: Do You Really Need an Autoresponder for Your Blog?

ProBlogger

This guest post is by Aman Basanti of Ageofmarketing.com. When it comes to turning casual visitors into regular readers there are two main options—FeedBurner and Aweber. FeedBurner uses Feed-based technology (RSS and Atom) to send updates to your blog subscribers. Owned by Google (Google bought it in 2007 for $100 million), FeedBurner is one of the biggest feed syndicators on the Internet.

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Cartoon of the day

Jeff Esposito

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Melbourne ProBlogger Training Event – Tickets On Sale Now

ProBlogger

If you’re an Aussie, have a blog and are looking to improve it – check out the ProBlogger Training Day that we’re holding in Melbourne on 21 October this year. Tickets have just been released in the last hour for the event and they’re selling fast (as I write this over a third of them have sold). The day will build upon the momentum created by the last event back in 2009 where 150 bloggers gathered for a great day of inspiration and networking.

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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.