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When Does Social Media Really Work?

Direct Marketing Observations

Recently in the Wall Street Journal, there was an article titled , Why Successful Branding Still Happens Offline. Basically where social takes off and takes on magical tones is when we get to associate a name with a physical face and voice and not an avatar. It can really connect people in infinite ways. That’s the money shot.

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Are You a Productive Reader? - Stepcase Lifehack

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Keep a reading journal. Thursday Bram has some tips on journaling in one of her Lifehack posts. Let me and your fellow Lifehack readers know in the comments! I also really want to keep a reading journal, but I find it hard to sit down and take the time to write about it after I finished reading a book. Post your comment.

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Micro Persuasion: Three Little Tips for Capturing Info Bits Quickly

Buzz Marketing for Technology

In addition, later on you can go back and leave additional notes as comments. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Three Little Tips for Capturing Info Bits Quickly : Comments. You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. Post a comment. Comments: About. Journalism.

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Election 2010: GetUp Tony Abbott Mashup

Laurel Papworth

Only now, we have the long tail of comments: Interesting move – Having women say Tony’s words back to him. By the way quick question: have you ever had a politician respond on your blog with a comment? I agree with every comment he made. You get a new government and a new archive of information. Lemme know?

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How are my Spiritual Birthday and this Blog related?

Taylor Marek

I kept it as a bit of an online journal if you will for a while, then started digging deeper into blogging. It was at that conference I first heard about blogging and the power behind it. He also touched a bit on podcasting, which I had never heard before. I came home and purposed at that point to start “blogging&#.

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Micro Persuasion: Turn Gmail Into Your Personal Nerve Center

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Well, actually, they merely link to Steve Rubels instructions for doing the same, but lifehackers comments are unmatched! You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. Regarding Trevors comment (if hes referring to "toread"), hes right. The comments to this entry are closed.

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2014 Reboot: Get Ready for the New Year With a Blog Overhaul

ProBlogger

You press “publish” and bask in retweets, praise, and a flood of comments. Just me, a journal, and a soft dome light. We all feel the urge to tweak our logos and change our avatars. Leave a comment below so others might be inspired to do the same. Look how professional you are. You’re an inspiration.