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3 new social media resolutions for 2012 and a couple from 2011 that still need attention.

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This is the 2nd year that I’ve published my social media resolutions. That said, I am glad I wrote my resolutions for 2011 as it gave me focus. Here’s my 2011 scorecard: ? Fine Tune Karma for Business: I kept at this social media mantra this year and it worked for me and it worked for my clients.

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Social Media Complainers – your new BFF's

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The quicker the response, the happier the complainer and the more impressed the social media listeners are. Give them a private way to stay in touch (so they can voice their concerns to their new friend on the inside as opposed to using social media). What’s your social currency? But not really.

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YES YOU CAN Measure Social Media

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And because of my strategic side, I’ve been doing a lot of work over the last year on social media analytics and ROI models. Social media is unlike any other medium we’ve seen before, and so we’ve got to measure it differently. Here’s the thing: I’m also strategic and an activator.

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Why use social media for engaged customer service?

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All this social media marketing? Why bother using social media for customer service? 11/9/2011 – Sprout Social excitedly announces it newest platform upgrades, a major overhaul, to its users with this email outlining the latest changes. 11/9/2011 (12 hours later): Oops. Would you do it?

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9 social media trends to keep your eye on in 2012

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2011 was a game changing year in social media. In some ways, social media is growing up, but in other ways we’re just getting started. I’m putting my Carnack hat on and writing down the trends I see in social media for 2012. Further segmentation of social platforms.

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On Alice in Wonderland and Social Media

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The White Rabbit was talking to her, but much of it was non-nonsensical, Alice was intrigued, so she began to follow the talking White Rabbit, until she found herself falling into an endless, cavernous rabbit hole, when she finally stopped falling, she found herself in another world.Wonderland, also known as Social Media.

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A Thousand Little Cuts of Social Media – A Kaizen Approach

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THEN, I’m going to tell you why its relevant to social media. How does Kaizen relate to social media? have when beginning a social media program. If we’re honest with ourselves, the only reason businesses today don’t employ social media already is because they are afraid.