Almost Savvy

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Chances are that you’re one of the over 300 million people who have set-up a virtual home on Facebook because it is a great place to keep up with family and friends, as well as connecting with businesses and groups of interest. It is also a place filled with fascinating information – blog posts, videos, photos and news articles.

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Almost Savvy

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

A finely-tuned marketing and social media strategy which creates a level of buzz, but isn’t matched by the actual experience or product in real life will do nothing other than create a group of disappointed, and likely vocal, customers. Have you seen examples of brands using social media well or others missing the mark?

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Almost Savvy

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Reading the list of LeWeb Official Bloggers , you’ll quickly note that it is a diverse group, coming from many different countries. What is Your Favorite “Real-time&# Tool? There was the static web, the social web and now here comes a new web: the real-time web. What an enormous honor it is to be selected! LeWeb Bingo!

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Blogger Lijit Reputation LinkedIn 145

Almost Savvy

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Here Comes Google Buzz New Tool Makes My Email Work Harder and Smarter I Don’t Care Where. Earlier in the year I got up and spoke in front of a group of 40+ people about my blogging and job search, the the room was set up with wi-fi and there were plenty of laptops there then too. Martin Piraino´s last blog.

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Almost Savvy

JUNE 29, 2009

Then, I realized we could have a little fun with this and allowed my thoughts to wander to an older form of communication – radio. Is it really new to wonder why some other group is invading “your&# space? Does technology “belong&# to any one group or generation? Are Facebook and Twitter just the new radio?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In the post, I shared my don’ts of social networks, and to that point, I added the following rule for LinkedIn: Gathering all the email addresses of users you are connected to — even locating email addresses of LinkedIn Group managers — and utilizing this mailing list to promote your own company or service off-site.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Here’s the first paragraph of my summary: I show businesses how to use social media technologies for external community building and outreach, and for internal collaboration. Use the groups features and find groups where you might want to contribute. And I get some really great insight from the community on LinkedIn.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Twitter as a tool to communicate during conferences. After attending SMX (I’ll post something on that soon) and SES NY, I realized that Twitter is a useful tool for conferencegoers to communicate their whereabouts or to share breaking news and announcements. Twitter as a marketing tool. What are my top picks?

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Almost Savvy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Please Enjoy This Spam Facebook Tip: How To Choose Who Can See Your Friends New Tool Makes My Email Work Harder and Smarter Shopping Cart Your shopping cart is empty Visit the shop 18 Tweets ? A defriending or privacy lock-down can feel just that tiny bit more personal for us than it might for another. Hope that makes sense!

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Facebook Privacy LinkedIn Social Networking 272

Almost Savvy

APRIL 6, 2010

People influence me with an amalgamation of their actions, written words, spoken words, body language, how they treat others, their associations (people, groups and activities) and how they spend their time.

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Almost Savvy

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

I had already been a huge LinkedIn user and advocate for years prior to this and, similarly, was frequently asked to help others learn how to best use the tool. It’s amazing how connecting people from all over the country eliminates the *competition* that is normally felt in networking groups.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Karrer and Michele Martin have just launched Work Literacy , which is: "a network of individuals, companies and organizations who are interested in learning, defining, mentoring, teaching and consulting on the frameworks, skills, methods and tools of modern knowledge work." community. (5). Lijit Search. Lijit Search.

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Josh S Peters

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

What ever level of awareness you’re trying to achieve social media is a powerful tool for that. Setting up your listening posts and building a solid foundation can be done for free to cheap (on the software side) using tools like Google Reader, Google Alerts, Yahoo Pipes, etc. Want people to talk about your brand at all?

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Almost Savvy

AUGUST 3, 2009

I know; I took some of them using their cameras and cell phones so they could all get into the group shots. I marveled at how they were able to stay atop those five-inch stiletto heels, despite the obvious challenges in pay. For these scantily-clad partiers, there are photos to think about, lots of photos.

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Reputation How To LinkedIn Lijit 191

Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

This 40-something Florida Mom found herself undergoing several simultaneous life shifts, and realized that products and the communication about them didn’t resonate with her any longer. “If we’re going to counsel clients on the role of community, and its ability to garner insights, we need to be able to walk the walk.&#

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Convince & Convert

JULY 5, 2010

Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Thomas for five days.

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Almost Savvy

MARCH 31, 2010

With all of these cool online tools, it is time we think about our friends first, ourselves second, lest we find ourselves with fewer friends caring what we have to say. I am absolutely no blaming the tools. Like all tools, as long as people use them wisely and with others in mind, it can be a useful party of the online ecosystem.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Calls to Action Have Benefits For starters, leveraging your primary site and email communications is by far the easiest way to reach your existing consumer base, since they are the ones that typically spend the most time visiting your site and reading the emails you send them. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Almost Savvy

MARCH 1, 2009

Posted by Irene Koehler in Business , Networking on March 1, 2009 | 40 responses After spending much time deeply immersed in the high-tech, heavily wired world of virtual networking, it can become easy to overlook some of the “old school&# networking tools. Front and center among these time-tested tools is the business card.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Private brand communities vs. Facebook. Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter. The methodology and use of media tools is the same, it is the message itself that differs. The methodology and use of media tools is the same, it is the message itself that differs. Podcasts vs. YouTube. Things I Don’t Want to Hear Anymore in 2010 =-.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

I’ll have to look into the new Exact Target tool. My clients are currently set up with Constant Contact which has been trying to add more social tools- but not quite cohesive yet. DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] Jered I think you hit the nail on the head, here. Warm fuzzies.

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Josh S Peters

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Right now the camps seem to be polarized and split into two very outspoken groups. Social Media is a tool… that’s IT. It’s a very versatile and extremely powerful tool with an immense amount of potential I believe we’re only just beginning to tap into. Just like with any other tool or method.

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ROI Social Media Metrics Loyalty 161

Almost Savvy

MAY 3, 2009

The Virtual Writers Group ( [link] ) is a blog about writing, with a heavy emphasis on the writing business in the digital age. I’m the virtual group leader of the Florida Writers Association, and that blog is an outgrowth of that position (but I need to market it better).

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Almost Savvy

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Participate in local and industry-specific networking groups. There may be many different and challenging ways to use your skill set in ways which you’ve never even considered. These are a wonderful source of support and career-related resources. Keep it positive. JibberJobber.com – or some other tracking software.

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Apple LinkedIn Skills Reputation 145

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 2, 2010

I’ll be talking about brand community strategy and how to activate your audience. Danny Brown) Tagged as: brand communities , facebook , facebook strategy , facebook success summit , Speaking Engagements Did you enjoy this blog post? How can I help you?

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Facebook Social CRM Consultant MySpace 121

Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Blogging for Community These blogs seek to guild a consistent readership that interact with the blogger(s) and advocate on behalf of the content on other social outposts. This is especially misplaced with group written blogs, where the broad content focus and inconsistent tonality makes RSS subscription less likely.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Every time I tell someone I’m a Community Manager , I get a varied response. &# That last one might be the most honest of the three, since asking a Community Manager whether they tweet for a living is like asking a construction worker if they cat-call for a living, or a doctor if he asks people to say “ah!&# for a living.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

I offered a model of an environment with six channels for: authoring, syndicating information, communication, collaboration and networking, researching, and evaluation. Several advanced students (2-3 from each group) participated in this experiment. I still need to work on linking to other social networks and to openID.

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Almost Savvy

JULY 15, 2010

Please Enjoy This Spam Facebook Tip: How To Choose Who Can See Your Friends New Tool Makes My Email Work Harder and Smarter Shopping Cart Your shopping cart is empty Visit the shop 41 Tweets ? Sadly, while people use these tools to gain business their tactics hinder their objectives. The bottom line is that people want a quick fix.

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Social Networking LinkedIn Comments Twitter 279

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

tools to develop professional learning communities for international school teachers, at an introductory level. Tools in Your Professional Practice. tools in my professional practice. technologies to help me communicate, collaborate and connect with like-minded educators amazes and inspires me. tools in practice.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

I love the Twitter culture and community, and I spend quite a bit of time using Twitter. There is no real benefit to having more Twitter followers per se, just a potentially bigger group of people with whom you can interact in pursuit of a more definable goal. But really, there’s not much point in that. How can I help you?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

We have many good tools at our disposal right now we could be putting to use. But marketers have always reached out to communities in many forms, and each new medium has taken its turn as Holy Grail for customer influence. Group them into personas related to the tagged characteristics.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2010

The post explored the topic of utilizing common interactive marketing tools in unintended ways to tap into consumer demand. Not unlike traditional surveys, keyword research and social data mining tools tell a powerful story about the information target audiences want from organizations, on-and-offline. Joining the LinkedIn group now.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

The book includes several compelling examples of groups creating and maintaining impressive online collaborations, without a profit motive in sight. His chronicle of an online study group at Ryerson University is a perfect example of the ramifications of widespread interconnectivity that society will be wrestling with into the future.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

3 must-read articles about social media (plus a bonus from the Convince & Convert vault) Sent twice per week (usually Monday and Friday) Sent at 1pm pacific time 3-2-1: it’s the greatest newsletter in the history of social media newsletters. How can I help you?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

This relational group will be a much smaller subset of the network of folks that you know. A network built from relationships that are carefully tended is likely to become a remarkable group of lifelong friends and colleagues. Lijit Search. by communicating with customers as people. Community Newsletter.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

And More… Although I’m not using it presently, you can also configure your NutshellMail to include Linkedin and MySpace content, as well as updates from the Ning groups of which you are a member. This, I'll try. Thanks for not only making people aware of this with your post, but also doing some of the leg work.

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