Convince & Convert

MAY 14, 2013

Michael Dell spoke about the issue of proximity in an article in Forbes back in 2006: The first step was to add blogs and message boards in the hope that irate customers will talk to the company rather than gripe to the whole Internet. We may get to use Facebook for free, but our competitors can buy ads against our conversations.

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Social Media Strategy How To Training 148

Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

The team has a lot of photographs on Facebook (and also some on Flickr). However, the photos in each location appear to be different, and the file names on Flickr are straight from the camera (tough to rank in search engines when your photo is named “CIMG1537″). If you have a photo gallery, it should be everywhere.

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Social Media Content Analysis Sports 120

Bare Feet Studios

JULY 8, 2009

On the other hand, Whole Foods CEO really crossed the line by posting on stock message boards under an alias name , attempting to influence the stock price of an acquisition. Money cannot buy you influence on the social web; remember it comes from Transparency, Truth, and Trust. Flogs – aka Fake Blogs.

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Social Media Astroturfing Wikipedia Upcoming 80

Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 23, 2011

Virtually every social media monitoring tool worthy of the label covers the big social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter), social bookmarking sites (Digg, Reddit) and content sharing sites (YouTube, Flickr). The best also monitor message boards and forums, easy to overlook but critical particularly for niche b2b products and services.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Buy royalty-free images: You can also simply buy royalty-free images and not have to worry about copyright. Use Creative Common images: Another great source to look for free images is to visit the Creative Commons photos on Flickr. No matter the attribution type you use, it’s still a polite to link to the original Flickr page.

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Blogger Creative Commons Privacy Flickr 52

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Use WWSGD to include a little message before or after each of your posts, asking readers to subscribe to your RSS feed (or buy you a drink). The genius of this plug-in (and the reason it’s named after Seth Godin) is that you can set one message for first-time visitors, and a second message for repeat visitors.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Tweetdeck 167

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

So, Facebook, when are you going to have a Business Center that regularly communicates with owners of small businesses or larger businesses who don’t place ad buys on your network? million members, and I’ve asked her to contribute her thoughts as she’s gathered from Facebook’s message boards and discussions.

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