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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Today’s article is a guest post by Dennis Yu, an international speaker and author on search engine marketing and Facebook marketing. Incidentally, for the brand managers and agencies reading this — if your favorite company took two hours to answer the phone when you called, how would you feel about them? The Oracle Debacle.

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

By Drew Olanoff Let’s put it out there right now: I am personally not a fan of Klout, which ranks people based on their Internet interactions and engagement on services like Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. It comes as part of a deal that now plugs Klout into Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, as part of its social search algorithm.

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Social Search Statistics from SES Chicago | Main | Firebellys Top 9 Blog Posts of 2009 » December 17, 2009 5 Ways to Fan the Viral Flame In the Igniting Viral Campaigns session at SES Chicago last week, Tessa Wegert, Interactive Media Strategist at Enlighten; Greg Finn, Director of Internet (..)

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

If you’re a B2B company, you want to generate leads, or maybe you’re a non-profit trying to get volunteers. Thanks, but no thanks, website, there were just 25 million results for whatever I typed into Google. Put simply, it’s the action that you want someone to take when they see your marketing. I’ll go find another one.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Firebellys Top 9 Blog Posts of 2009 | Main | We Interrupt This Lifecast: Syndication Overload (Part 1) » January 07, 2010 Social Search: Tempur-Pedic "Ask Me" Commercial People trust their friends more than Googles algorithm. I thought this approach was ingenious.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

In today’s competitive environment, it takes a fierce marketing strategy to position your company and communities ahead of the competition; and this session will equip you to make-over your existing marketing plan into a Super Model of success. We look forward to seeing you in Dallas!

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

35% (173) of the Fortune 500 have active Twitter accounts (a post within the past thirty days); and nearly 50% of the top 100 companies (47) have a Twitter account. The number one ranked company, Exxon Mobil, does not have a Twitter account. This represents a six percent increase over the 2008 study.

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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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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

How to Do Everything in Google Buzz (Including Turn It Off) By Gina Trapani Googles new social media service Google Buzz will show up in your Gmail account this week. Heres how to customize and use Buzz--or opt out of its inbox-cluttering updates completely.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

This situation serves as a fantastic call to action for companies who have yet to develop a social media disaster plan. Given the topic, I'm left to wonder if any response would have doused the fire? Posted by: JamesBurnes | August 04, 2010 at 11:43 AM James thank you so much for your comment.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read | Main | Teens & Young Adults Prefer Facebook Over Blogs » February 02, 2010 Social Media & The Super Bowl Companies love to entertain us with their 30 second spots during the Super Bowl.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

Does social media marketing fit your company's approach to business? Use google, google alerts, and other tools like this. So social media marketing may be right for your company. Here's the highlights. Do you have a responsive way about you? Are you committed to deep and sustained marketing efforts? Or maybe not.

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JULY 22, 2010

In my instance the company's policy, which is special to Firestone and not to the industry as a whole, stood in the way. The company was arrogant -- all but the social media manager who chimed in on my post. Posted by: Tonytellez | July 23, 2010 at 10:15 AM This reminds me of my Firestone story posted on Get Social PR.

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MAY 27, 2010

  Specialized computer programs can track everything being said about a company through websites like Twitter and Facebook. Many companies are hiring people specifically to track these comments and respond appropriately.It When companies actually put the effort in to interacting with their audience, definitely.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

Youll learn how to identify your content assets, use a push and pull approach, the social platforms that can work for you, a review of the monitoring tools, and see case studies of companies doing it right. Firebelly Vice President Chantelle Flannery will also be at the conference signing copies of her book Corporate Blogging for Dummies.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Youtube Tuesday: Lost Generation | Main | 5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read » January 27, 2010 Dentyne "Friend Request" Commercial: 60 Connections In Every Bottle Many companies now include a Facebook or Twitter URL in their television commercials.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

The 10 Social Media Metrics Your Company Should Monitor By Nick ONeill While companies are starting to adopt Social Media for online marketing campaigns, and even letting employees participate, the question of ROI (Return on Investment) arises, along with doubts about what metrics to measure. But now what?

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MARCH 11, 2010

An out of theclassroom experience to learn about their thoughts and goals that varied fromrunning their own record labels, music studios, and production companies tobeing a rapper, a performer, or a video game designer. As a rewardfor Duncan, he got to learn about today’s students in a new light.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

Social Media vs. SEO By Erik Qualman SEO is still a vital part of any product/companies health (especially in the here and now), but as we look down the road, the simple fact is that I trust more what my friends and peers think than an algorithm.

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OCTOBER 27, 2009

I'm sure there are lots of self-centered companies and people (read: ad agency execs who are usually skin deep and certain executives from psuedo digital marketing firms) that think everyone is constantly watching their twitter feed and so should immediately know what they're talking about.

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JUNE 11, 2010

Its important to be careful with whom you allow admin privileges on your companys Facebook page. Nonprofits (and businesses) have been requesting this functionality for years. Firebelly Memo: There are pros and cons to this new functionality.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Nevertheless, I still see a lot of companies simply saying "Find us on Facebook" or "Follow us on Twitter" without providing a URL. Update (3/1/10): I have now seen the commercial with the youtube.com/Sienna URL at the end. Im assuming the first time I saw the spot, it got cut off. Make it easy for them to do so by providing the URL!

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

Comscore stated: “YouTube.com drove the lion’s share of the video streamingactivity at the Google Sites property, with 53.5 But some companies have used video in such a great brandingmethod that others have copied. And Youtube dominates the pack (as if that’s a surprise to anyone…).Comscore million unique streamers and1.1

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AUGUST 13, 2010

Facebook says that, in addition to special celebrity-oriented videos, the live video channel will also be used for official Facebook announcements, press events, live chats with Facebook engineers and live streaming of its developer conference, f8. Nobody forced companies to get involved with their customers in this way. And for what?Certainly

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AUGUST 27, 2010

For companies that have a physical location it makes sense to have a Facebook Place in order to track the people who are stopping by your store, office, or venue. Here are 5 articles to help you understand its relevancy to your business.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2012

While Jeremy Epstein is an accomplished marketing executive, it is his belief in the importance of sharing his learning with his community that inspire the comparison with Yoda (the great teacher from the Star Wars saga who arguably influenced all Jedi) and the fact that a photo of Yoda is in the first page of image SERPs on Google.

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