SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 1, 2018

I decided to update it this, year to add additional focus for us “one-person shops” who supplement our income or drive our primary income from blogging. Planning a social media or blogging budget can be tough, but if you are prepared, you can make a case for more resources! It’s that time again! Click To Tweet.

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SocMed Sean

MAY 8, 2019

For most businesses, their digital marketing goal is often repeatable, predictable, low-cost traffic to their website that results in conversions of some type. Conversions could be sales, signups, subscriptions, etc…Essentially, most CMOs or marketing strategists want high-quality traffic. No problem, right?

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 8, 2012

2011 was a great year for my blog and I appreciate everyone who stopped by to check it out. What started as a review of the StripGenerator social network (a social network for people who like to create comics), quickly turned into a fun, entertaining passion for converting real-life social media conversations into humorous art.

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 17, 2012

In his 10,000 tweets, did he actually ever contribute to the conversation? Google’s Panda algorithm updates are targeting exactly these types of blogs and has a lready penalized thousands of sites. On My Blog – For my blog, it’s all about daily visitors. Trust me…the Web is PACKED with these folks!

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SocMed Sean

MAY 26, 2022

What does the conversation bubble icon mean in Instagram? The conversation bubble icon in an Instagram post is sometimes referred to as a chat bubble. Note that a filled heart icon indicates a post that you have Liked, while an empty heart icon indicates a post that you have not Liked. Tapping it displays the Comments below a post.

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SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 21, 2011

I recently participate in an Twitter chat where the conversation turned to whether or not it’s a good idea to automate social media activities. Other, more controversial suggestions included allowing automated services to generate tweets for your or using filler tweets like paper.li

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SocMed Sean

MAY 9, 2018

Whether you own a blog or a company, you should always keep in mind that you will be able to better interact with your following if you talk appropriately to their age or demographic group. This is a great way to spark interest in what you post and to have them participate in a conversation. Adapt Your Language To Your Target Audience.

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SocMed Sean

AUGUST 15, 2015

When it comes to blogging or Websites, traffic is good… but what you do with that traffic can make the difference between life and death of your blog and your business. If you’re a newbie to blogging or Web development, a 404 error occurs when your users search for a page that does not exist on your site.

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 9, 2018

In fact, just this morning, I received a tweet from @complexrainbo asking about this very specific issue: @SocMedSean Sean, I have a specific FB Photo and album qu after reading your blog. As you’ll see, in the Twitter conversation, though, there is no solution to this one at this time. I want to move them to albums.

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SocMed Sean

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

It’s hard to follow all the conversations and you can’t look at multiple conversation streams at the same time. For instance, suppose I write a blog post about signs that organizations might not understand Enterprise 2.0 Watch the conversation streams. Then, engage in human conversations. Again, listen.

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SocMed Sean

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Blogging often entails a lot more than technical writing. Blogging requires writing, graphic design, search engine optimization, relationship building, social promotion, and a lot more. Did my readers all leave and flock to new blogs? I had great conversations in real life. Was it the end of the world? –Sean.

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SocMed Sean

JULY 2, 2017

When you switch over to the conversation in mobile, however, viewing that sentiment doesn’t register as having read the message, which causes the sentiment to remain in unread status, causing the new message icon to recur over and over. Press it and…NO UNREAD MESSAGE!

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SocMed Sean

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

And while each of those are important to helping you in your blog distribution plan, I treated StumbleUpon as just another place to submit a bookmark to my site so I could create an inbound link. Ask them what works and doesn’t work for their blogs. Learn from them and apply that intelligence to your blog and articles.

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SocMed Sean

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

In my previous post in this series, I discussed how blogging and tweeting were key elements to sharing my expertise on intranets. Apparently, his recommendation was good enough, because the EVP reached out to me, we had a couple of great phone conversations, and then she asked me if I’d like to come in for an interview.

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SocMed Sean

MAY 24, 2022

TikTok’s chat bubble or inbox icon helps you see conversations and notifications about videos. You can create your own video, give it some quick edits, and post it for the world to see. What Does the Chat Bubble or Inbox Icon Mean in TikTok? You can also see users that have followed you and suggested accounts you might want to follow.

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SocMed Sean

MAY 14, 2018

Embedding A Pinterest Board In Your WordPress Blog Post Is Not As Easy As It Should Be. For instance, if I want to embed a Pinterest board in one of my WordPress blog post, I should be able to do the following: Navigate to the Pinterest widget builder for sharing boards. Copy and paste the embed code into my blog post.

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SocMed Sean

MAY 19, 2012

I’m just over it and had not planned to devote any more blog space or conversation time to the topic. I have wrote several articles on this angst, and even created one of my social media cartoons about those who “ Pout about Klout “ And up until today, I was pretty much over Klout.

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SocMed Sean

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

This doesn’t mean that you can’t post up your ads/commercials, just make sure that they are the minority of your content and the other 80%-90% of your content is conversational, educational, or somehow offers value to your visitors. Do you understand how and where your customers are engaging? Start small, but plan on growing.

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SocMed Sean

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Sometimes, there just aren’t enough hours in the day and my blog takes a bit of a backseat to my clients and my family. Company monitors conversations to determine whether the messaging is resounding with the prospect or the community.

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SocMed Sean

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The other day, I overheard an entire conversation that was so full of social media lingo and jargon that it was like a whole new language. While helping them understand the terms is important, don’t make your conversations overly cryptic with a lot of jargon.

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SocMed Sean

MAY 22, 2012

Now, Facebook is hijacking your timeline and inserting “Trending Articles” While I’m not positive about the source, it’s likely that Facebook monitors the articles/blog posts that your friends are clicking on and sharing and then presumes that you’ll want to see them too. Have a better way to do this?

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SocMed Sean

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Recognizing A Blog-Owner VS. A Blogger. Those that own blogs and those that are truly “bloggers” The first category, those that own blogs, write occasionally so they can write an occasional rant, share a tip here or there, and maybe post some photos of a conference that they are attending. 1 point possible).

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 3, 2022

It can result in 63% lower cost-per-click and up to 96% more engagement, leading to more conversions. This allows campaigns to not only be more precise but also to be more easily and quickly adjusted to improve performance. Pinterest Advertising Offers A Much Easier Interface Than TV or Radio.

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SocMed Sean

JULY 24, 2012

Blog frequently, monitor your channels, respond to as many questions and inquiries as you possibly can. Face-to-face conversation is the best form of communication (co-location) – Internally, face-to-face is the best. Via social media, however, a 1:1 conversation is best. Listen for individual questions or inquiries.

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 29, 2017

Today’s social media comic is reflective of a conversation I have had with leaders at multiple agencies. Those agencies were so invested in their Microsoft partnerships and being a “ NET shop” that they often overlooked the idea that every solution didn’t require a waterfall development process using.NET.

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 28, 2017

Spending time listening to social conversations about your products and those offered by your competitors might help you advance your current offerings. Monitoring real-time conversations and market changes, could provide you ample time to prepare for any changes on the horizon.

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SocMed Sean

JUNE 26, 2012

Your customers might already be engaged in conversations about your brand on sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Pinterest. Developing a social media strategy isn’t easy, especially with so many channels out there…it sometimes feels like social media overload ! Cutting corners isn’t a good approach, either.

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 10, 2013

Estimates indicate that companies aren’t even responding to the posts on their Facebook timelines , so why bother inviting your customers and potential clients to engage, if you’re not going to participate in the conversation? Does it align with your overall marketing or customer service strategy?

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SocMed Sean

JUNE 16, 2018

As a content marketing advocate for both personal blogs and businesses, I get asked this question a lot. Writing content isn’t easy and people want to know how soon they can expect to start seeing organic search traffic from their masterful blog posts. The answer I usually give to my clients is they start to rank in 60-90 days.

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 11, 2012

What would your boss, spouse, significant other, or mother think if they read the conversation online? 6) Consult with the site owner or community manager – When in doubt, ask the community manager whether they are okay with the way the conversation is going. Would they remind you of Thumper’s rule?

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SocMed Sean

JULY 20, 2018

I certainly haven’t put together any WordCamp presentations about it…although I might after finishing this blog post. The reason I stopped is: The only way to build a successful blog is to write about what you care about and give your readers what they want. Because that’s the goal of my blog. In my case.

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SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 18, 2018

link] — Wendy’s (@Wendys) December 6, 2018 Add to that, they work hard listen to the conversation and then engage with their followers. Sorry Durrr Burger, you got the frozen beef and we wipe you off the map. Who’s next? Sometimes, they use humor to taunt their competitors.

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SocMed Sean

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Tools like knowledge bases, content management systems, enterprise search, blogs and wikis all played critical roles in the development of these systems. Using my social channels, I was able to engage in some incredible online conversations with industry leaders in Intranets. Let’s be clear, though.

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SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

Since the whole purpose of this blog is to share my thoughts and experiences, I thought it might be a good exercise to just dump out the items that come to mind first on certain topics. There is no “best time to tweet”, no “ideal Facebook post” and no blog topic that will automatically drive thousands of page views.

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SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 9, 2011

The word “viral” should be replaced in all conversations with the word “valuable” I know it sounds funny, but wouldn’t you rather have your content “go valuable on Twitter?” Monitoring tweets and Facebook posts is just an extension of listening to real-life conversations and answering the phone.

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 22, 2012

This blog post was originally posted over at PopGoesDad. Thanks to Kurt for the invitation to Guest Blog. Most parents seemed to (somewhat) understand how to have the sex and drugs conversations with their teens, but rock and roll was an entirely different story. So what does this have to do with social media?

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 17, 2019

For those that haven’t, Twitter often looks like a big, jumbled-up mess of unstructured conversations. If you spend all day creating quotes of things you said yourself at conferences or in blog posts…definitely a big no. #6)

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