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Uncovering The Remarkable In Your Social Networks

Waxing UnLyrical

Yet how much do we really know about the people behind the avatars? And that made me think some more: what is the hidden remarkability in the lives of those we encounter every day – or, at least, every few days – in social media? It’s quite remarkable , and I was floored when I found out. We think we know them.

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How to Create a Reader Avatar for Your Blog

ProBlogger

For several years, I’ve been using Reader Avatars (also called Reader Profiles or Personas) on my blogs – and I’ve found them very effective and helpful. To create your first reader avatar, you’ll need to spend some time thinking and writing about a type of reader that you’re either attempting to reach or who is already reading your blog.

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Are Social Causes a One Click Pony?

Convince & Convert

In this edition of The Baer Facts, I talk with Kyle Lacy of ExactTarget about thousands of Facebook and Twitter users temporarily changing their avatars in support of marriage equality , currently being debated by the United States Supreme Court. As a friend of mine stated on Facebook, it’s almost literally the least you can do.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #402

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Spoiler alert: Avatar is huge." A Modern Greek Tragedy - The New York Review of Books. It's doubtful that a young college dropout who built a social network so that he (and some friends) could meet a mate (or two), would wind up being such a powerful force in the world today. social network. social network.

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The Power Of Direct Relationships

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Is it directly with the brand or with an online social network? In contrast, 52% of consumers responded that they are "much more concerned" or "somewhat more concerned" about sharing the same data on social networks." It's one of the main focuses of my next business book, CTRL ALT DEL (out in May 2013).

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Indiscriminate Interconnectivity

Direct Marketing Observations

At the end of the day, all we are, are just real people with real names with real avatars or… real people with strangely made up names with odd avatars swimming around fish bowls of ambient connectivity. It’s random, it’s purposeful, its meaningful and meaningless sometimes.

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10 Social Media & Digital Marketing Inspiration Metrics You Can’t Ignore in 2019

Pam Moore

Social Media is About Humans Connecting to and Growing With Other Humans. Underneath all of the bits, bytes, and likes we can't forget why we like social media in the first place. Social networks connect human beings. 10 Social Inspiration People Metrics You Can't Ignore: 1. They can't be fully measured or tracked.

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