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Firebelly Is A 2013 TechPoint Mira Awards Finalist

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We’re usually editorial in our blog, but good times call for celebration – and that includes you – our community. TechPoint created the Mira Awards 14 years ago to honor companies that exhibited great technology excellence and innovation. I don’t typically use exclamations in blog posts. JH Specialty, Inc.

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Top 15 Facebook Marketing Obstacles

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Based on numerous meetings with all kinds of people and organizations – here are a few of the top reasons that some groups will have a tough time succeeding with their Facebook marketing efforts. The company/organization is inherently not interesting. Their real life community can’t be extended into social spaces.

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6 Tips for Building A Sustainable Social Strategy

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Whether you’re over talking and burning your audience out, over taxing people inside your program or promising levels of service via social media that your company can’t deliver, the prudent approach is to have a balanced approach. Additionally, not every brand can really build community. Use them wisely.

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Monday’s 5 Social Media Must Reads

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By Guy Kawasaki There’s lots of good advice out there for running a good Facebook Page and how you can build a long-term community. And one company is attempting to help publishers better understand how encouraging sharing can increase profits. Below are 5 social media must-reads that we wouldn’t want you to miss.

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From Living in a Van to IBJ’s “Forty Under 40?: The Daniel Herndon Interview

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Here’s a bit of background on my man… Daniel exemplified his good-hearted nature in 2009 with his guerilla marketing efforts for a not-for-profit called Community First Initiative. He and the not-for-profit director lived in a not-so-hip or -new van to demonstrate the need for donations for the organization.

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4 Stories About Why Our Stories Matter

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We act as part of communities. You’re thinking of getting serious with your boyfriend or you’re thinking of going to work for a new company. Some working the system and some organically rising to the top. On a daily basis, we now create little stories that go toward making up the tapestry of the social web.

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Is Jeremy Epstein The Yoda Of Community Marketing?

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What Henry Ford, Espresso, And Community Have In Common. I love his approach – he thinks aloud and collaborates in the open with the members of his community, shares best practices, and relentless connects people. Thankfully, Jeremy will continue writing and sharing his ideas with the community he has built.