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On Influence and Bad Blog Posts

Direct Marketing Observations

Except maybe in the social media world. What if the reader is someone on the outside and is trying to “get in&# to the world of social media? You see a compelling blog title tweeted, you click on it and it’s end up being something that you might wrap your dead fish in. No one likes a yes man right?

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On Social Media Tools, Noise, and Experience

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I then thought, “There’s a lot of noise out there now, was it, or is it now because of social media? Did social media create the noise ?” ” Is social responsible for this? Social media is like that. The short answer is yes. But I will end on this.

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Protecting Children from Social Media

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How can you protect your children from social media? “I’m on top of it, I know what this social networking thing is all about&# , “My child doesn’t really use it&# , “Does it really matter? Create a blog on WordPress. Comment on any blog anywhere. and you know what? Create a song.

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SEO and Social Media are Inextricably Joined at the Hip.

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I was recently directed by Tom Martin to read an updated post by Rohit Bhargava on Social Media Optimization and while it did get me thinking again about something I had not given much thought to in a while, it, like many other blog posts, opens up another footlocker of thoughts. Create meaningful social profiles.

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14 Quick Tactics to Encourage Corporate Social Media Adoption

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To say that it was a successful tweetchat is an understatement, but what really pushed the chat over the top was the last question in which she asked for quick tactics to encourage corporate social media adoption. 1) Create a Social Media case study of who is talking about your company both in good & bad ways.

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Who are You Blogging for? Your peers or Your Customers?

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Here is a snippet: The &# Transitional social media marketing document&# you sent me is way too vague for a rookie, and makes me go…Blink, Blink. There are a couple of problems with my “thinking&# and it starts with my blog. I write what I know on my blog. Tags: blogging seo marc meyer. Who is it for?

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Who’s making the rules in social media?

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Simply put, a bunch of software engineers and developers built a system in which they assumed they knew what the user wanted without really asking. I came into the project mid-stream and yet the product had essentially been built. And I remember that very first day that I got a look at the site that it wasn’t right. The reason?