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Conversation Gained-How to Determine Influence in B2B Social Media

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Pro Tip #1: If your org is using social media of any type, you should have some type of social media influencer strategy. And… Having some type of influencer strategy will allow you to know more about the space that you’re marketing in and to. Do you know what the strategy, tactics & goals are for your organization?

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Should Companies Play it Safe in Social Media?

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Call it paralysis by analysis. Does either strategy ( I use the term lightly) work? Of course doing the barest of minimums also sets you up for the hacks who love to point out the companies who…do the barest of minimums. Or…doing the barest of minimums sets you up for nothing. So what’s happening here? Not really.

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30 Social Media Sites, Tools, Posts and Articles that I Bookmarked from 2010

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4) A ridiculously long Directory of Social Media Monitoring and Analysis Tools. This post from Don Bulmer titled 13 Rules of Leadership for Communication, Influence and Social Media Strategy , did just that-it resonated. is my Social Media Strategy is hilarious if not for the fact it’s very very accurate.

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