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Your Blog Stinks! You Should Quit!

SocMed Sean

Photo courtesy of functoruser on Flickr via Creative Commons license. Maybe it’s time to treat it like a startup business that might never earn you a cool million, but might earn you the respect of your peers and provide a channel where you can share your experiences and expertise. Is your content really interesting?

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Free Culture and Attention as Currency

Waxing UnLyrical

Most web assets from the likes of Facebook, Twitter, Google, Tumblr, Foursquare and a gazillion others appear to be free, opening floodgates of content, ranging from the genius of Wikipedia/ Ushahidi to the apparently innocuous LOLcats. Image: Loius Volant on Flickr, Creative Commons. Apparently all this is free, isn’t it?

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7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: Matthew Smith via Flickr, Creative Commons Can you say “love at first byte&# ? There are several other options, such as Flickr, Tumblr, WordPress, Blogger, etc… even Ping.fm. So of course I checked it out. I don’t auto-post to all of those, but it’s nice to have the option. Responsiveness.

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How to Promote Your Content Across Owned, Earned, and Paid Media

Convince & Convert

Most companies have: Some sort of social media presence (be it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tumblr, etc.). This could happen on networks like LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Facebook, and whatever the kids are using these days. We’ll start with owned assets – they tend to be the simplest to discuss in this context.

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The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Since some people don’t mind Creative Commons licenses, that means everyone should! As a technologist and startup guy, I’ve been continually vexed by the problem of free. After all, when thousands are willing to upload artwork, photos and writing for free, why should anyone pay for it? That’s the big question.

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