Debbie Weil

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

I love her observation that "the networking goes on in the sidebar, too" through a carefully selected blogroll. But with the ick factor not a concern, corporate blogs are an awesome tool for networking (especially when turbo-powered by its new best friends Facebook and Twitter). Read on for the dirt on corporate blogging.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 28, 2008

· Filed under Collaboration , Communities , Distributed Work , Enterprise 2.0 , Talent Management. The AppGap is a blog and resource on the future of work and how new tools are addressing age-old challenges of organization, collaboration, and innovation. Communities. Communities. Contributors |. Contact us.

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Kikolani

JULY 4, 2010

It is a friendly community that knows the importance of interacting with readers by responding to comments and reaching out to find quality writers to share a new wealth of information on how to succeed at blogging. Home Based Business Resources. Scribnia – a blogging community where readers can review writers.

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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 23, 2011

But understanding how to begin your social media presence is the first phase, building community then analyzing and measure the community and Wikibrands includes those very important topics as well. Understanding the needs of humans, rather than computers is the essence of Wikibrand success. I plan on giving a copy to my clients.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Take this example: Let’s say you’ve created a tool that helps non-profits with social media, and you are sending out a news release as part of your launch. You likely want your story to be news, now. In this case, you probably want your release to rank well in Google News, where timeliness is of the essence. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

and Don, in true self-effacing-yet-no-BS style, continued to offer up nuggets on this oh-so-hot topic in PR, such as On not letting the tool wag the measurement dog : And O. We continued our conversation on social media and ROI. Many new people joined (yay!), Were you inside my head when I wrote the problem with PR ?! Read All About It!

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Saying It Social

JULY 22, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How Social Media ROI is like Santa Claus I entered this contest where I had to post “sweet&# advice about social marketing.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 24, 2010

What we can learn: conviction is a powerful tool. What we can learn: the more we are able to energize our communities, the better our chances of converting them to evangelizers. Conviction in our work, our clients, our organizations is essential before we can begin to convince them. Read All About It! These fine folk did: Jan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

The predictive text and results that show in Google Instant for various keyword combinations are in themselves excellent tools to find the most relevant keywords to use for your site. Finding those keywords your users are searching for most frequently is getting easier. Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising costs might increase. Read All About It!

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Saying It Social

JUNE 3, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials 12 Reasons Your Business Needs a Social Media Marketing Program YESTERDAY 1. Take your message directly to consumers: Social media tools enable you to directly engage consumers in conversation. I’m definitely going to bookmark you!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Students are not taught about new practices, since proprietary tools and techniques often remain with hidden with the agencies and companies that create them. The biggest problem with measurement is a lack of understanding of the basic principles of this art. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" Read All About It!

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 26, 2010

Consider the impact that Facebook Open Graph protocol integration will have on your existing on-site community features and social functionality. This ReadWriteWeb article is a good resource: Facebook Open Graph: The Definitive Guide For Publishers, Users and Competitors.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

As a regular reader, you’ll have noticed that I’ve started making frequent use of tools in the WordPress platform such as block quotes and different forms of emphasis via bolding or italicizing different bits of copy. Pull out the bag of tricks. But hey, it’s never too late to start, right? Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Before I set foot in the place, I knew that the crowd I was going to speak with would be a bit more conservative a bit more skittish about getting involved with social networking a bit more unaware (than the “average bear&# ) on how this tool can potentially help them a bit older than the average audience I’m used to speaking with.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

It’s not so much a question of how fancy the tools are that you’ll use. [We are also] considering changes to the micro-site to track conversions from site to scorecards to email campaigns that hopefully lead to sales. It’s about what you’re going to try to get your target audience to do. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Couch to 5k sounds like a great tool for me to try. I have been following Lindsays running/training for a bit, but havent chimed in before. Ive been trying to get into running myself, but failing miserably. I ran a bit as a youngster, but its been ages. Best of luck on Saturday, Lindsay! I know you will run beautifully. Read All About It!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

HP Communities. Search: HP Communities. adapt the use of tools and approaches to the work situation at a given time. Personal toolkit: A framework for personal knowledge management tools by Steve Barth. Communities of Practice. Cultivating Communities of Practice. Communities (41 posts). Deep Smarts.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

How to: choose the right blog tool , from Arik Hanson ‘s Communication Conversations. Why: I’ve used David’s book, The New Rules of Marketing and PR , for my classes at Johns Hopkins for the last two years. Because what he says is Just. I suspect his new book might have a new place on my syllabus. Read All About It!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Communities of practice. open educational resources. e4innovation.com E-learning innovation: research, evaluation, practice and policy. Grainne Conole Professor of e-learning The Open University University website. Blog Search. Pages About me… Downloads. e4innovation wiki. Publications list. Archives June 2008. April 2008.

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 6, 2010

Fri, May 7, 2010 Government 2.0 , Social Media I’ve been in many meetings with senior executives where the topic has turned to social media, and sooner or later, THE question comes up - “So, explain to me again why we should be playing around with [insert your social media tool of choice here]? htttp://www.scarf8.net The Whole. :

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 27, 2010

community’s zeal for all things social media and online, 1/3 of Americans still don’t have access to broadband Internet , and even among those who do, less than 50% prefer to contact their government via online means, instead preferring the telephone, in-person contact, or writing a letter (!!). community? The Whole. :

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 27, 2010

community, congratulate those of us on new career moves, and help connect potential candidates to new positions too. community and I’m looking forward to see where he takes his passion in this new role. Government Job Resources USA Jobs – the U.S. Dear IT Guy, Can You Actually Use the Tool You’re Creating?

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Saying It Social

JUNE 22, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How Businesses like Sylvan Learning Center and Computer Explorers Can Use Foursquare Depending on where you live you may be seeing more and more businesses advertising that they participate in Foursquare. If so, please share!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

There’s no way – no way – I would have felt so much a part of that community if I hadn’t previously connected with many of the folks I meet IRL on social media. To explore a different communication channel? To try to connect with those who might become part of a community? 3) The balance piece is tough.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

This cultivates a thinking community where information is evaluated, and then adapted and built upon. In the event that your tips do not produce successful results, readers will be able to understand the logic behind each tip, discern what went wrong in their application, and then adapt your tips to their situation. Read All About It!

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 19, 2008

Social media as an industry is changing rapidly – new tools, new resources, and new methods are always emerging. The best that you can hope for is to build a solid fundamental knowledge of the principles of social media and use the tools and relationships that you’ve built to stay on top of the latest trends.

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Steve Ressler, Founder of GovLoop As announced this morning, GovLoop, the premier social network for the government community, has joined forces with GovDelivery, the world’s leading provider of government-to-citizen communications solutions. The short answer was that the community was unsustainable. Within the Gov 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 7, 2010

Development Social Media I Started a Blog But No One Cared Fri, Jan 8, 2010 Enterprise 2.0 Image Courtesy of Flickr user cogdogblog As many of you know, here at Booz Allen, we’ve got an internal suite of social media tools available on our Intranet – hello.bah.com. Lastly, be a community manager.

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 2, 2009

When talking with a middle manager or project manager, I’ll typically start by focusing on the tools themselves, rather than on the overarching strategies, like I would do with senior leadership. Show them how the tools can help them save time. Show them how they can use del.icio.us link] chrishemrick Well thought-out, Steve.

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

They issued memos to their users telling them that this collaborative tool that they’ve all been clamoring for is now available. What collaborative tools, if any, do they already use? The answers to these types of questions will help inform what tools will help you achieve your goals. They created links to user guides.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 8, 2009

Once you start getting more involved with the Twitter you will see that it is really a community of people that just want to give constant updates to people that are following them. Twitter Etiquette As any community will tell you, there are unspoken rules of etiquette that you should follow. Twitterfeed : Performs a useful service.

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 9, 2009

Wouldn’t the organization be better served if IT security became a partner and a resource for others throughout the organization? The restrictions are in place to conserve DoD resources (bandwidth, etc) and to provide a more productive and secure work environment. Dear IT Guy, Can You Actually Use the Tool You’re Creating?

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Community, have had an alternately successful and frustrating (but never boring) year. 2009 went from unbridled optimism to eager anticipation to a little dose of realism, but through it all, the community of people and the relationships that have been forged across agency lines continued to grow stronger.

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 18, 2010

Also, we need more vendors to partner with institutions to bring these tools into the classroom. At Radian6, we experimented in the Spring semester with allowing a select number of undergraduate classes and graduate students access to the monitoring tool for a period of 30 days. The feedback was awesome. Lauren Vargas Sr. The Whole. :

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Social Media Strategery

JULY 12, 2009

In collaboration with Chris and a few other team members, we pitched the idea to our leadership as a low-cost, low-resource opportunity to network, collaborate on some of the tough issues facing our team, learn from other members of the team, and have an opportunity to get involved with the rest of the team beyond their individual project teams. .

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

First, realize that there are no “magic bullet&# slides that I can give you – there are numerous resources available, from CommonCraft’s excellent “in plain English&# series of videos to the numerous 101-style sites out there. I won’t stop preaching that social media isn’t about the tools. The Whole. :

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Here are the three key messages I find myself telling my senior executive clients regardless of what tools I’m showing them. Social media isn’t about the tools – it’s about what the tools enable. Social media has to be integrated into your organization’s overall communications strategy.

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