Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Blogs were in their infancy and we used bulletin boards and comment streams on posts to communicate with our user-base and we loved every second of it. Waay back in the 1990s I co-founded a startup on-line community for the restaurant industry. Shares in Facebook jumped 4% last week at the very thought according to CNN.

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Janet Fouts

MAY 13, 2014

Maybe a blog post or shared item triggered a flurry of views? In those cases a click on the search icon will show you a Google search of LinkedIn with a list of people in that industry. The timeline feature above displays how many views I’m getting over time and I cross reference that with my own events.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 27, 2011

It used to be this would return a list of scholarly papers, some nasty pictures of you at a bachelor party, a random smattering of form posts about cupcakes or software and possibly your connections on some social networks. disclosure: I’m listed as a Klout influencer and have received Klout perks.) Postrank Analytics.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 12, 2010

You know that or you wouldn’t be reading my blog. The entire list of panels that made the first cut are up for voting on their site. We’re going to talk about real cases and real action that local businesses can use. We want people to walk away thinking about how they take action right away in their own local area.

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Janet Fouts

MAY 12, 2015

In fact, they just announced some big changes at the six week mark on their Medium blog. Your follower list is now sorted by date instead of alphabetically. Click on their profile and go to the link that lists who they follow. The most loved list. The ones who have gotten the most hearts show up on the most loved list.

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Janet Fouts

APRIL 29, 2013

You can learn a lot about an industry and a company by doing searches and creating lists around your areas of interest. Then use those lists to stay up to date. Using Twitter’s advanced search find people working in the places you want to be. Get to know who they are and who they follow. v/b6wxtwrwP7P #HireDawnSiff.

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Janet Fouts

APRIL 24, 2013

I’ll just list my favorite takeaways for you to ponder. Listen to customer service and find out what the sore spots are for the customer, then speak to those issues in blogs, videos, FAQ’s they can use as a resource. Segment your lists as much as possible to get them just the information they want. Content Marketing.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 5, 2010

It’s no secret that I think Wordpress is the best blogging platform, and I recommend it for Websites too. We’ll create new ones based on that input and add them to the list. Installing, configuring and training on Wordpress is a big part of our business at Tatu Digital.

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

If you want a particular user to follow you then reach out to them on a one-on-one level, not with a demand, but with a question about what they do, a response to something they posted, a compliment about something they have achieved or a great blog post. Share good information that is valuable and people will follow you back.

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Janet Fouts

MARCH 8, 2015

Do you communicate best through video, short messages with links, long blog posts, images, or in-depth conversations with your community? Hopefully you set up a list of intentions, (or KPIs) for your social media outreach before you started signing up for networks. Besides voice, platforms also have unique formats. Look at the data.

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Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

I went into my Google reader and deleted every blog that hadn’t posted within the last 30 days. Now I can quickly scan the headlines of the blogs who really do add value on just one page. Rather than take up your time reading on, here’s a list of ways to be more efficient managing your social media time.

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Although Perez Hilton is listed as one of the top 5 users by SocialStatistics.com , he’s closely followed by the New York Public Library, Fox News, the Washington Post, and Jaguar USA. Learn more about how to create Google+ Communities on the Tatu Digital Media Blog. Maybe because social media is my business and I like geeks.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 5, 2011

Adding the “ Authorship&# tag &# to syndicated posts will allow users to follow specific authors and list your content on the +1 tab of your Google profile. As Michael Martine wrote on his blog,&# Another Social Network to Suck Away My Time? Which of course means you’ve got to have a Google profile.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 29, 2013

If you read my blog regularly you know that I love a good customer service experience, and having been in the hotel and restaurant industry for many years I know a thing or two about how it all runs. I should start this post with a warning. It’s a bit of a rant. ’ Of course I did and politely too. They offered me a massage.

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Hotels Discount Travel Course 148

Janet Fouts

JUNE 17, 2010

Blogging and frequent updates on social networks can at least let people know where you are and if the communications stop or radically change, your friends will be paying attention. I was told about this list of 8 things you shouldn’t give to social networking sites at CFP. Good stuff here too. Bottom line?

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Privacy Social Networking Aggregator Issues 130

Janet Fouts

JUNE 5, 2014

Follow them on Twitter, read their blogs. Oh, and let me know who I’m missing, I know there are a lot of great people to add to this list. Chieftain of the blog {grow} and social media bouncer. Consultant, educator, podcaster, author of Return On Influence, Born to Blog, and The Tao of Twitter. holtz.com/blog.

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Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The Hubspot brand is well known for blog posts chock full of actionable information about marketing online. Hubspot’s marketing tools help you create inbound marketing through blog posts and landing pages optimized for maximum effect and amazing analytics to give you real insight on who comes to your website. Know your contacts.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 5, 2011

Your profile is going to list your +1′s, posts on Google+ and more soon we don’t know about yet. Make sure you add links to your other networks, your blog and your syndicated content ( here’s how ). Remember that only you see that list of interests. This is going to be a list building goldmine.

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Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

On top of that their sign-up process is really designed to “automatically” build your following by notifying your entire list of connections that you’ve joined and suggesting they follow you. but Pinterest is apparently adding affiliate links to some of the posts to earn money when you click on the links.

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