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While I Was Out: Reflections On a Social Media Hiatus

Waxing UnLyrical

So I figured I’d just share some of what I experienced the last several months… consider them reflections on a social media hiatus from a business point of view. And those of you who are small business owners yourselves might relate. If you have a strong community , they will be there when you come back.

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15 Things Smart, Social Savvy Business Marketers Never do on Facebook

Pam Moore

As with anything in life or business, when there is opportunity for goodness, there is also much opportunity for risk and even damage to your brand and business. Facebook presents tremendous opportunity to nurture relationships, establish and grow community, increase brand awareness and even your business bottom line.

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YoMacha: India's Hot or Not ?

The Marketing Blog

What’s really encouraging to see is that it is an internet startup from a non-metro. is an internet startup from Jaipur and has been launched with a concept of rating pictures of people or users themselves. The focus of the blog has shifted from that of a startup-centric one when it originally started in 2007.

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Being Lightweight: Tools We Use | Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Instead, we use hosts like Vimeo.com that have good privacy options. We love Twitter because its lightweight - its a direct line to part of our community that doesnt require clicking a link in email. For many small businesses, Quickbooks (and similar programs) are often a heavy, cumbersome way to deal with the books.

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The complete knowledge sharing guide. | lucasmcdonnell.com

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Business (22). Whether you work at a multinational corporation, run a small business or non-profit, or are self-employed, you can benefit from putting these knowledge sharing principles into practice. Consider these stories about the early days of a few startups posted on Guy Kawasaki’s blog. Categories. Blogs (28).

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Too often we see social media strategies that involve putting photos into Flickr, videos into YouTube or the creation of a Facebook application and then never revisiting the environment to engage with the communities around this content.

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Social Pros 29 – Lauren Vargas, Aetna

Convince & Convert

Lauren is one sharp cookie; she used to do social media/community management for Radian6 among others, and is also noteworthy because she has something like 5,000 pairs of eyeglasses, which is pretty awesome. Targeting small businesses, targeting enterprises, very passive support versus very active customer support. Good times.

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