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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

It’s a clever spot and has received a lot of praise from bloggers and on the Twittersphere. Just days before the Super Bowl, Network Solutions released a video that stars Academy Award-winning actress Cloris Leachman spoofing the some-have-called-sexist ads GoDaddy runs during the Big Game. What do you think? Video URL: [link] ].

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JULY 9, 2012

By Carl Franzen Tech bloggers have noted that Twitter’s recent moves betray ambitions to become a more comprehensive search engine, or at least add the capabilities of a search engine to its existing website, so whether this is just the beginning of a sea change in Twitter search remains to be seen.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Professional Blogger and Book Author Erik Deckers on disruption, middle men and his deepest secret. In his own words, Erik is a professional blogger, public speaker, book author, award-winning playwright, and humor columnist. That’s a pretty formidable output in any terms.

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APRIL 11, 2013

53% of bloggers are Millennials. I have a few friends that get real enjoyment out of creating witty videos and posting them on YouTube and Facebook. These videos can be anything from mock music videos to high quality mini-movies. It seems everyone has a blog today because everyone has something they want to share.

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

I found the following statistics from Buffer blogger Sabel Harris that on Instagram there are over 150 million users, 16 billion photos have been shared, and 1 billion likes occur every day. Admittedly, Instagram is my social media platform of choice. It allows for the unartistic (like myself) a chance to be creative.

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AUGUST 15, 2011

Bloggers are not immune from developing their own set of ugly personalities that will send readers packing. By Laura Click A few months ago, I told you about the annoying social media personality disorders that will kill your ability to be successful on the social web. But guess what? How social search is changing the search industry.

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JUNE 20, 2011

By Jeff Bullas Bloggers are starting to wake up to the fact that a Facebook page is now a necessity for marketing their brand and spreading their ideas to a global audience. Below are 5 social media must-reads that we wouldn’t want you to miss. How to Create a 5 Step Facebook Marketing Strategy for Your Blog.

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JULY 8, 2011

The most obvious evidence being the upcoming changes to Picasa and Blogger: both will soon be re-branded, likely as Google Photos and Google Blogs respectively. However, the people at Google’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, seem to be pushing Google+ to front-and-center.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

In addition don’t forget that there’s a whole universe of bloggers with great followings that need content too! While you can expect the “that’s not news” push back, the traditional media is hungry for positive stories and will take advantage of these opportunities on slow news days. Put a button along with a message on your website.

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JULY 18, 2011

By Neicole Crepeau Social media consultants and bloggers have long urged companies to create Facebook pages and Twitter accounts and start a conversation with their customers. Below are 5 social media must-reads that we wouldn’t want you to miss. Are we killing our customers with engagement? So, lots of companies have done just that.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2015

As the newest member of the Firebelly team and a rookie blogger, I was a bit nervous to interview my boss for my first blog post. Duncan Alney, Firebelly CEO & Strategist. So, here goes nothing! For an inside look into the social media savvy mind of Duncan Alney, read on. What’s on your mind these days?

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Now that Google has rolled out AuthorRank, and is starting to place a “trust score” (my term, not an official one) on bloggers and writers, you’re going to start having your content boosted or dinged based on your AuthorRank. Whenever I write about content, I always think of books. I don’t know why.

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AUGUST 2, 2012

Your blog is a chance for you to write to one person — I always tell new bloggers to write an email to their moms — in a light conversational tone about something you learned that day. “Dear Mom, Let me tell you about how to launch an email campaign.”

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AUGUST 23, 2012

While that’s the first thing that people think of — at least me, as a professional blogger — content is anything that can be read, watched, seen, or heard. Content marketing is about more than just blogging.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

There were not too many bloggers who hadn’t identified augmented reality as a top subject in their trend lists of 2010 and there is a simple reason for it – it is (or will be) the world-changing trend. Here are 5 news items or blog posts that I wouldnt want you to miss: 1.

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MARCH 12, 2010

11 Free Tools for Social Media Optimization By Lee Odden Plenty of bloggers are talking about the inevitable intersection of social media marketing and search engine optimization.

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JULY 29, 2011

An average Blogger website. The abundance of social media sharing buttons is becoming ridiculous. At least, that’s how @ NiallHarbison feels in his article “The Ridiculous Abundance Of Social Sharing Buttons.&#

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AUGUST 7, 2012

A lot of bloggers worry about the problem with repeating their blog topics. They think they’re going to bore readers or keep them from coming back. But that’s actually the opposite of what’s going to happen. Here are three reasons you should repeat your blog topics: 1. You need to teach Google.

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APRIL 4, 2011

By Jeff Bullas Bloggers in the main, crave attention otherwise they wouldn’t write, so making your content easy to share is one step towards having readers show up every day to your blog. Fleshed-out a bit, our question is: How many individuals are active users of Twitter? 21 Power Tips To Get Your Blog Content Shared On Facebook and Twitter.

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JULY 12, 2013

Currently I am blogger for Butler University admissions and last Fall semester alone I received 8,000 views on my blog. The Internet is not just changing the classroom setting for education, it is also changing the way professors communicate with students and how university admissions offices communicate with potential students.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

You will continue to find yourself pitching influencers and bloggers rather than traditional media reporters. This means traditional media pitching methods are not going to be as effective and PR professionals will need to be creating different types of content that can be shared across all of these social media platforms.

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