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JUNE 3, 2013

In addition, there will be numerous evening groups heading out for dinner and drinks. The speaker line up is top notch. Plus you’ll get me as a moderator as well! It’s really social?. This will be a conference rich in conversation and discussion between breaks and during meals. This is a conference I highly recommend.

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APRIL 16, 2013

The convince of always having the internet at my hands, always being able to look up something I was wondering, always being able to check my email, and always being able to catch up on my favorite blog! 23% of teens already own a tablet computer with that number increasing rapidly.

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JULY 15, 2013

Instead of ‘dates’, Millennials hang out in groups, which can make it harder to get to know someone on a deep, personal level. While this can really tick some people off a lot of Millennials find it less intimidating to hang out with a group of people compared to going on a date with one another. Blog Social Media'

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

Thursday, December 19th from 6:30- 8:30 at the Cerulean’s downtown location (339 S Delaware St, Indianapolis, IN 46204) The event will be limited to thirty attendees, press by invite only, and a highly exclusive group of social influencers and advocates.

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APRIL 9, 2013

I’ve talked to marketers in both those groups (and let me tell you size is no indication of smarts or sophistication) and I’m amazed at how many people think they can plan a successful social media program without executive buy-in. Blog Social Media Social Media Marketing' What about you? How did you get it?

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

By Kate Endres To ensure Pinterest is here to stay, the company has conceptualized and is launching a test period for promoted pins for a group of businesses. Blog Social Media' Promoted Pinning: The Future of Pinterest. What Pinterest’s Promoted Pins Mean for Social Media Marketing. Marketers everywhere rejoiced.

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AUGUST 20, 2012

By Jay Baer Trying to convince online influencers to tweet, blog, instagram, or pin nice things about your company is the post-modern version of celebrity endorsement, but with less impact. By Cara Fuggetta Many marketers are investing in Influencer outreach strategies in hopes that a known name can deliver their message to a vast audience.

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APRIL 4, 2013

The Millennial group is constantly being bombarded with social media – it can be hard to keep our attention for more than a few seconds. Generation ADD? Sweet and simple is the best. As noted above, Social Media is the best way to reach us Millennials, but what is the best way to go about it?

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

Despite some headlines taking things a bit too far, like the one touting “mobile to overtake fixed Internet access by 2014,” statistics show there are numerous emerging markets surrounding the mobile movement, including a group who are only using the internet on their phones.

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JULY 24, 2013

Private group – high level of exclusivity and if there is a high network density (members building relationships with each other) then this is an actual community. Facebook groups are the best option, but Facebook hasn’t innovated on groups in a while. This is less of a community and more of an audience.

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DECEMBER 27, 2013

There are moments in our lives that we want to share, but that will be the most relevant only to a smaller group of people. Blog Instagram Social Media' By Instagram We’re excited to bring you Instagram Direct, a new way to send photo and video messages to friends. Instagram Direct helps you share these moments.

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JANUARY 15, 2014

The Firebelly team is made up of a very diverse group of people from different backgrounds and different viewpoints, but everyone at Firebelly has something in common: we all want to do good. However than I met Duncan, someone who also believes in the power of design thinking.

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MAY 18, 2015

See if they are active in any LinkedIn Groups, check out their blog, or follow them on Twitter. Join in conversations, or answer questions (when relevant) in the groups you have joined. Search for potential customers or clients using advanced search. 5 Highlight Your Company. 8 Build Your Community. 9 Don’t Sell.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

You only have to write a blog post once a week, and tweet a few times a day, and dabble on LinkedIn or Facebook. You started blogging once a week. You joined a LinkedIn group or attended a networking event. What Does Soccer Have to do With Content Marketing? You only have to put in a little bit of effort.

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JULY 25, 2013

Treat this group as your friend, a confidant, and immerse them in your cause. They are opinionated, digitally creative and read the news just like you (but they are doing so from a tablet or smart phone). They care about social change!

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APRIL 2, 2013

First a bit of background… Susan Etlinger is an Industry Analyst with Altimeter Group where she focuses on social media analytics and strategy. and in the agency world, most recently at Horn Group. I discuss this in more depth on my blog. The idea is to get the data to work for us, rather than us having to work for it.

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JANUARY 8, 2012

First a bit of background… Susan Etlinger is an Industry Analyst with Altimeter Group where she focuses on social media analytics and strategy. and in the agency world, most recently at Horn Group. I discuss this in more depth on my blog. The idea is to get the data to work for us, rather than us having to work for it.

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

Community…a group of people who all have something in common ” – Derek. Community is a group of people who like or value the same thing in the same way. Community: a group of people that have similar interests and involved in the same thing or an area with people living in that area” – Alex. “Community is based off trust.

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JULY 31, 2012

Curation is the big new buzzword this year in social media circles — collecting information in a strategic amassing of selected information that’s presented in a new way to draw out the subtleties and patterns that might not otherwise be noticed when looking at the group in toto. Curation is an art form into itself.

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AUGUST 1, 2012

LinkedIn offers location, company, job title, school, skills, group, gender and age. The group section is a great tool as well because you target members of a specific LinkedIn group. The company section includes the option to target companies by name or by category, but the more useful is targeting companies by name.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

I know with my friends, those not so pleasant photos of you from the weekend do not go up on Facebook or on Instagram, instead it is a joke between our close group. We care more about privacy for that reason alone. We probably know the privacy settings to any social media better than some of our textbooks. We do care about privacy.

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MARCH 2, 2012

The age groups that come in next are 35-44 and 45-54. According to data from comScore, TechCrunch and Shareaholic (compiled by Modea) – Pinterest is most popular with people between the ages of 25 and 34. And behind those age range are college kids. So much for the social trickling upwards from the teen demographic.

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MARCH 18, 2011

With the help of the BuddyPress plugin , you can turn your website in to the perfect hub for a group of people. A unique feature of the plugin, however, is that every single one of your users can create their own functioning WordPress blog housed under your WordPress website.

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MAY 5, 2011

The restaurant gets to host an important cause and get a large group. As a group we had some great conversation and fun. . • The organization gets $400 plus involvement in a conversation with some cool people. • The organization gets to continue the conversation after the event with the individuals. • They tutor homeless children.

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APRIL 22, 2011

Only on its 4th episode at the time of writing, hosts Sarah Lane and Amber MacArthur (familiar names if you were a fan of the now-defunct TechTV network) commonly cover new websites and social groups emerging on the web. Did I mention I’m heavily biased toward podcasts I can watch?

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MARCH 6, 2012

Here are pros and cons to hating online: On the one hand, they have outlets on social media where they can voice their negativity to a large group of people quickly and with little effort. You may find these people in your Facebook community, for example. On the other hand, haters are now exposing themselves.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2011

Very effective at managing people issues, and leading group discussions. It is something to keep an eye on for sure but at the moment I feel that it is going to be the straw that broke the camels back for many marketers, especially for those who still have not even learned how to leverage other tools like Facebook, Twitter and blogging.

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JULY 18, 2011

By Kevin Cheng I’ve been thinking about grouping and organization of friends for a long time. I’ve decided to try to document my thinking so far on Google Circles, as well as the larger context of digitally grouping people. Can We Ever Digitally Organize Our Friends?

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JUNE 11, 2010

Group lists top five social media risks for businesses By Sharon Gaudin As businesses increasingly try to figure out how to use social networking tools in the enterprise, an IT governance group has released a ranking of the top five risks social media poses to companies. Firebelly Memo: This number is only going to grow.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

and was reading a post from 2006 on the Three Minds blog. Linda Stone, a leader in the digital revolution (headed up the social computing group at Microsoft in the early 90′s) and digital bon vivant coined the term in 1998. I was sitting in Austin a few weeks ago waiting to go have drinks on Dirty Sixth Street. What do you think?

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JUNE 23, 2015

To celebrate, I thought I’d do something a little different with my blog post this week—a retrospective on eight of my favorite memories from the past eight years. LinkedIn recently reminded me that it’s my eight year work anniversary with Firebelly. 5 LANDING NATIONAL WORK AFTER IMPRESSIVE REGIONAL WORK. That was a big win. #6

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MARCH 21, 2012

According to a report by Jeremiah Owyang of Altimeter Group , only 8 out of 30 brands surveyed had expectations set. Setting expectations is the corner stone of any successful Facebook community.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

President), I’ve grown a bit discouraged with the lack of benefits, the lack of interaction with my friends (interaction in my peer group seems like more of a novelty) and the growing addiction I was urging myself into. But more like Ulysses (the Greek hero not 18th U.S.

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JANUARY 19, 2012

Based on numerous meetings with all kinds of people and organizations – here are a few of the top reasons that some groups will have a tough time succeeding with their Facebook marketing efforts. According eMarketer, 93% of people expect brands to have a presence on Facebook. So, the rush will continue.

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JANUARY 14, 2010

Flickr : There is a great Flickr group called MLK BLVD that contains images of Martin Luther King, Jr. Details have been updated for 2010. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is Monday, January 18. Below are 4 ways you can celebrate his legacy with social media. Boulevards from across the country. It makes for an interesting tribute.

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

Use Twitter as a way to group all the websites you normally visit to individually. Twitter is the perfect way to start the ripple in the puddle — your information working as the initial drop of water. Whom do I follow? Former Answer: Anyone you want! Current Answer: Applicable accounts! Some people tweet total crap.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Here are 5 news items or blog posts that I wouldnt want you to miss: 1. In Age of Friending, Consumers Trust Their Friends Less By Michael Bush People have caught on to the fact marketers are increasingly behind that influential blog post or tweet. Mobile social networks will reach 223 million people around the world.

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