Firebelly

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Social media haters are familiar to those of us who do social media on a regular basis. These are the people who, for whatever reason, aren’t just content to never use social media, but think that everyone else is a raging lunatic for even using it. The IT Guy. Call him “Son of Curmudgeon.”

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Firebelly

JULY 31, 2012

Curation is the big new buzzword this year in social media circles — collecting information in a strategic amassing of selected information that’s presented in a new way to draw out the subtleties and patterns that might not otherwise be noticed when looking at the group in toto. Curation is an art form into itself.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 8, 2012

This last part is important, because that’s where social media is taking us. If they tell you they don’t allow social media access in the workplace, remind them that it is you , and not them, who are responsible for generating revenue for the company. Photo credit: Chris Devers (Flickr, Creative Commons).

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Firebelly

OCTOBER 23, 2012

For those industries, the first company to start doing social media marketing is going to be the company who dominates that industry online. Photo credit: Kellogg Community College (Flickr, Creative Commons). It doesn’t take much effort at all. But the dividends will be huge.

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Firebelly

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

It could have been about writing, social media promotion, speaking at conferences, or even wearing a sandwich board. Photo credit: puuikibeach (Flickr, Creative Commons). What if the original title of this post had been “Boost Your Blog Traffic”?

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Firebelly

AUGUST 23, 2012

According to Jeremy Williams , social media director for the Indiana Office of Tourism Development (and my boss when I do travel writing for IOTD), blog posts with photos get more traffic than blog posts without. According to Jeremy Williams, you all should be going crazy over this blog post now.

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Firebelly

OCTOBER 9, 2012

“It seems like nobody truly pays attention to the actual content of their social media, so how can it be used effectively if everyone is using it this way? Photo credit: Rafael Amado Deras (Flickr, Creative Commons). It seems like the actual content is ignored.”

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