Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Take posts from your blog and expand on them for an e-book. Create an e-book and self-publish it on the Kindle, ePub, and iBook formats. Use your blog and guest blog posts to promote your book. Create a slideshow presentation on video and submit it to YouTube. Here are 10 uncanny ways to drive more traffic to your blog.

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

2005: Flickr. Do I want to treat Flickr as a serious base for showcasing my photographic works? AOL was going strong and the books sold on Amazon were made of paper. Another friend, Dinnertube , started posting videos on Youtube in 2006. This is a guest blog post by Stephen Black. This is his story. Ask Chiaki Williams.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

We’ve seen that individuals nowadays don’t sift through their Yellow Pages to find a local business (nor do many people even own such a big book any longer); they turn to the Internet for help. How can I market effectively with Flickr ? I hope you enjoy the book and find it valuable. Should I start a video blog ?

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Social Media Marketing

MAY 22, 2013

Industry News Google is demanding that Microsoft remove the YouTube app from Windows phones , as it allows users to view the videos without ads and to download videos directly, both violations of the terms of service. In the previous two respective years, 76% and 77% planned to increase their YouTube efforts. Not so fast.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 12, 2014

Image: Retis via Flickr, CC 2.0. Their use of viral sensation “ Call Me Maybe ” has captured tens of millions of views on YouTube. In her free time, she loves practicing her French or getting lost in a good book. Memes are one of those things. They also post trivia and news stories related to the pest.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 23, 2012

Some basic content concepts: Written word: White papers, ebooks, newsletters, electronic magazines, online articles, print books — you name it. Find photos from Flickr or Picasa — be sure to use Creative Commons photos — or buy royalty-free stock photography, and put them in your blog posts for added impact.

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Direct Marketing Observations

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Does Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Youtube, Tumblr, WordPress, Posterous, Typepad, Flickr and Evernote amongst others, charge to use their platforms at an entry level? It’s actually been gasoline on an open flame. There’s a simple solution. We have to level set expectations up front.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 24, 2008

Week 3: Photos & Images Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site. Have some Flickr fun and discover some Flickr mashups & 3rd party sites. Take a look at LibraryThing and catalog some of your favorite books. Week 2: Blogging Set up your own blog & add your first post. Explore any site from the Web 2.0

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 25, 2011

The shelf life of tweets, status updates, YouTube videos and, hence, their footprints on the public memory, is dropping by the second. Image: Loius Volant on Flickr, Creative Commons. The repercussions of “free” extend to music, books and authors. Apparently all this is free, isn’t it? No, not really.

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Social Media Marketing

MARCH 29, 2013

The YouTube marketing specialists at Pixability recently conducted a major study of 200,000 branded videos on YouTube, and ultimately discovered that more than 50% had lunder 1,000 views. The top quarter of brands on YouTube have an average of 181 videos, while the bottom quarter had an average of 29.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 18, 2010

Firebelly Vice President Chantelle Flannery will also be at the conference signing copies of her book Corporate Blogging for Dummies. This session will help you put a social media strategy to get the right online reputation leading to greater visibility, buzz, and results. We look forward to seeing you this weekend!

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SocialFish

MARCH 18, 2011

Anyone can now make a video, recording, create a blog or publish a book. Ideally any association with a magazine or journal, books, pamphlets, newsletters, white papers, research articles and a web site has purchased media liability insurance. Media Exposures. However many associations don’t have media liability insurance.

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Akamai Marketing

APRIL 4, 2011

Million users on YouTube. Maybe your clients are creative and visual so they like YouTube or Flickr better. When people start with the tools I just want to take a book out of my Kindergarten lessons, shove my fingers in my ear and start saying “ Nah Nah Nah…I can’t hear you! 640 Million on Facebook.

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Firebelly

JUNE 3, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 3 Easy Ways To Make Your Facebook Page More Welcoming | Main | Flickr Friday: Sexist Profiling on Twitter » June 03, 2010 Jakes Take: Fresh Logos, Fresher Coffee Every brand could use a re-design every once in a while.Even Google updated their logo last month, if you haven’t noticed.

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

If someone’s talking about you on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, or any other social networking site and you’re ignorant or delinquent in response, do you want that stigma of non-response or late response attached to you? Tags: Book Reviews books marketing newmarketing. Why I wrote the above.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

Image: Jordan Pérez Ordenez via Flickr, CC 2.0 Four unintentionally depressing self-help books on happiness , from Cracked.com. Happy dog, big tongue, from mcira on YouTube. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? I didn’t expect to get the answers that I did.

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Bare Feet Studios

APRIL 14, 2009

A colleague and friend of mine, Toby Bloomberg, is writing a “Tweet-Book&# on Social Media Marketing. Here is how Toby defines a tweet-book: It’s a book written using Twitter as platform and distribution channel. Social Media Marketing GPS #smgps is the first business book to experiment with this format.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 9, 2011

I wrote an article about the history of the Black Death , gave some advice about what to wear to metal festivals and posted some silly metal YouTube videos. Image: garlandcannon via Flickr, CC 2.0. I haven’t done anything different. This month, I stand corrected. Google, you are awesome. Just an idea. Yours sincerely, Steff.

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The Marketing Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2009

Conversations Jump to Comments Image by cambodia4kidsorg via Flickr Over the course of December, I have been closely following Jacob Morgan ‘s blog-posts on Social Media , emerging Enterprise 2.0 Home About In the Media Criticising Social Media ? Preventing Social Media Spam December 25, 2009.9:00 00 am Enterprise 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2009

I recently wrapped up writing a book on social media marketing for individuals to large businesses entitled The New Community Rules ( Amazon link ) and the book is slated for a late June/early July release. And congrats on the book, too. Wow, a baby and a book. David Jacob … love the name. Very happy for you, T.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Weekends are devoted to Blog posts and writing the new book. A typical day starts at 6am with answering the new email that came in over night and then some morning reading in my RSS reader (see photo of this mornings Google Reader).

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Laurel Papworth

APRIL 6, 2011

The Dates: Sydney, Tuesday 3rd May BOOK HERE. Brisbane, Thursday 5th May BOOK HERE. Melbourne, Friday 6th May BOOK HERE. Learn how to integrate Facebook and Twitter, YouTube and Flickr into your website (new or old). This course is not for absolute beginners – some familiarity with social media recommended.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Image: twchoi11 via Flickr , Creative Commons Though I wouldn’t consider myself as devoted as some fan clubs. Image: Gitgat via Flickr , Creative Commons Instead, speak up and join the conversation. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? Wanna Subscribe? Shall We Tweet?

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Firebelly

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

You’ll have ashort video of grooving elves to share with your address book in no time! The Web site, created by OfficeMax , is asilly, fun way to spread holiday cheer. All you have to do is upload photos ofyour friends, family or pets, and Elf Yourself does the rest.

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The Marketing Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Web search engine YouTube Zemanta Top Posts yatra.com v/s makemytrip.com 10 Reasons to Work for a Startup [#whyworkforstartup] Plug 2 Surf Whiz : Tata Indicoms Internet Card Blogs Blogcatalog Favorite Blogs Becky@customersrock Dr. Reply bath mateus December 17, 2009 at 2:10 am Very impressive. Thaks for the info.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

The Pork and Beans video enlisted in familiar faces across the YouTube culture. With over 1 billion video views on YouTube per day, if you have a great video that shows your passion for the product and the right audience comes along, you can find your video in the spotlight. The video above is one of the first iPod touch commercials.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 28, 2011

I used the XOOM several times to show my kids at the Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri different videos on YouTube, impromptu discussion of how using Facebook and Twitter can be a part of a job, and that the Internet is more than just a place to find video games to play. Image: brandon shigeta via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Image: Martin LaBar via Flickr, Creative Commons And even many non-Christians will be relaxing, perhaps joining in the revelry (as many of my friends did when I was growing up in India). After all, in just a couple of weeks, the video has made it onto CNN and its views on YouTube are climbing by the second. The Apostles.

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The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

53 pm Preventing Social Media Spam Jump to Comments Image by Josh Russell via Flickr Sometimes it feels really sorry to see the tactics of a select group of folks in the name of using Social media as a Conversation Medium ! Home About In the Media Enterprise 2.0 Conversations Facebook will surge ahead in India February 4, 2010.8:53

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The Marketing Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Web search engine YouTube Zemanta Top Posts yatra.com v/s makemytrip.com 10 Reasons to Work for a Startup [#whyworkforstartup] Plug 2 Surf Whiz : Tata Indicoms Internet Card Blogs Blogcatalog Favorite Blogs Becky@customersrock Dr. I guess, it's an entrepreneur/ blogger fav topic to blog when starts a startup.

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Justin Levy

JULY 3, 2010

So far I’ve found that they block Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Luckily I was able to get on to Flickr to upload all of the photos that I’ve been taking. Except that as I’ve gotten settled at the hotel I’ve found out that they block access to every social site. 250 discount if you use "JUST25" when registering!

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Laurel Papworth

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The diagrams I used are on Flickr. Pedagogical studies show we learn more effectively from our peers than from exams, teachers or books. how we “discover&# educational information is by searching exactly for what we want when the timing and context is right. Training for Corporates is changing…

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Brian Solis and Deirdre Breakenridge just published an excellent book, Putting the Public Back in Public Relations. There’s no effort in adding thousands of email addresses to an address book, performing a mail merge, and sending off a generic press release. Jonathan Fields Self Help,&# asking him to review a new book.

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The Marketing Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Web search engine YouTube Zemanta Top Posts yatra.com v/s makemytrip.com 10 Reasons to Work for a Startup [#whyworkforstartup] Plug 2 Surf Whiz : Tata Indicoms Internet Card Blogs Blogcatalog Favorite Blogs Becky@customersrock Dr. I guess, it's an entrepreneur/ blogger fav topic to blog when starts a startup.

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Freelance Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Kitchen Bug Social Dating Chemistry Crush or Flush Cupid’s Lab Flirtomatic SpeedDate WooMe Learning / Education / Reading BookCrossing Bookins BookMooch BookSwim Carmun Citeulike Connect via Books Good Reads Hitflip LibraryThing Shelfari Wordsy Family Babbiz Eons Family 2.0 Diigo Foxmarks Furl Lycos iQ Ma.gnolia Mobilicio.us

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Justin Levy

JULY 14, 2009

You can follow the Summer of Social Good Charities: Oxfam America ( Twitter , Facebook , MySpace , Flickr , YouTube ) The Humane Society ( Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , MySpace , Flickr ) LIVESTRONG ( Twitter , Facebook , MySpace , YouTube , Flickr ) WWF ( Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , Flickr ) 4.

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The Marketing Blog

JUNE 2, 2008

00 am Social Technographics Ladder Jump to Comments Authors of new book groundswell , Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff have talked about Forrester’s Social Technographics® where the consumers have been classified into six overlapping levels of participation. - Do not participate or observe. Thanks for highlighting it here, Daksh.

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