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WAXING UNLYRICAL MARCH 2, 2011  When Did Professionalism Go Out The Window? Guest post by Gini Dietrich. Last week, TechCrunch took a stab at PR professional Timothy Johnson. Actually, a stab is putting it mildly. They called him a PR disaster and printed his emails to Leena Rao , the “extremely sweet and mild-mannered colleague&# of author Robin Wauters. She asked him to circle back when he had something more newsworthy. He wrote things such as “Seriously?&# | FIREBELLY MARCH 2, 2011  Facebook For Business Tip #6: Profile Image “Billboards” The profile image on your brand’s Facebook Page is valuable real estate. Take advantage of that. Whether it’s a Facebook contest you’re hosting or an off-Facebook marketing effort you want to make your Facebook fans aware of, turn your profile image into a “billboard&# display. Keep in mind that only your non-fans will land on that when first visiting your Page. | GREG VERDINO MARCH 2, 2011  Jay and Amber's new rules for the NOW revolution Search Amazon for books about social media and the site offers up more than 140,000 choices. haven't read them all, but I'd wager that most focus on social from a marketer's perspective: how to use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, influencer engagement and all sorts of social goodness to reach consumers and sell them stuff. The basic premise? So let's start with: why this book? Why now? And why? | JASON YORMARK MARCH 2, 2011 3 Must Have Free Cloud Software Services I’ve found myself breaking free of hard drives and flash drives as more and more cloud based storage and software options have become available. For those not in the know, cloud software/services basically refers to storing or working in online environments where your data is stored “in the cloud” and not on your machine or external hard drives. As long as you take the necessary steps through these services to protect and backup your data, you’re going to be just fine. You owe it to yourself to check out these winners. GB free, and an extra 250MB for every friend you invite that signs up. | | | | | | | |
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FIFTH GEAR ANALYTICS | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011 5 Keys to Successful Website Design, Development and Deployment.
Launching a new website can be relatively painless. HOWEVER, the creation of assets and planning necessary to have a great site at launch requires a lot of hard work. SIGMA's Creative Director, Barb Coté, and I, sat down and reflected upon our recent website redesign of www.sigmamarketing.com. Together, Barb and I were able to identify the following as the 5 key elements that enabled us to successfully and relatively painlessly deploy our brand new website MORE >> -
DAVE FLEET | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011  Facebook Commenting Platform: Pros and Cons For Businesses
Facebook has announced a new version of its Comments Box plugin – its social plugin that enables Facebook-connected commenting on a website. In this post we’ll take a look at some of the apparent benefits and risks of this new feature for businesses. Facebook’s Comment Box plugin. Among the features Facebook has revealed: Social relevance – the new plugin uses what Facebook calls “social signals&# to prioritize comments on posts. Comments then stay sync’d between the two sites. People can also self-moderate, hiding comments that they don’t want to see. MORE >> -
SCOTT GOULD | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011 Freak or unique: a lesson in Twitter bios
I wrote a guest post for Search Engine People this week, inspired by my friends Robin Dickinson and Olivier Blanchard on writing a great Twitter bio. This is how I start: Olivier Blanchard ‘s latest Twitter bio says “Pray that I never become your competitor’s secret weapon.&# When I read that, I tell you what I do do – I click on his link and find out more. How many times have you seen a Twitter bio that says “Husband. Father. Thinker. Runner. Twitterer. Love design and the web.&# or words to that effect? Are you similar to me or I do relate to you? MORE >> -
KYLE LACY | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011  Social Media Automation, Philosophy, Ethics and Stupidity
Today’s post is from Robby Slaughter of Slaughter Development, a productivity consulting firm. have a habit of making fun of Kyle Lacy for repeating himself online. We’ve had some good discussions about this topic, and since I’m writing all about it here on HIS blog you know that he’s willing to have to conversation in public as well as in private. Here’s what I find hilarious (note—pay attention to time stamp of each tweet): Before you accuse me of photoshopping, allow me to assure you that all these are genuine tweets. And I only went back a few months! MORE >> -
MY CREATIVE TEAM THINKING | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011  How Is Social Media Like A Mullet?
Photo: Copyright 2001 Columbia Pictures. When you live in the South you often see the male hairstyle known as the mullet. As Joe Dirt said in the movie by the same name, a mullett is “business in the front, party in the back.&# And that is how social media is like a mullett: it’s both business and personal. It’s not easy juggling your different accounts, keeping in mind what you should and shouldn’t say using that particular account. have a personal and a business Twitter account, and assist in tweeting several other business accounts. And it works pretty well. MORE >> -
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- I CHALLENGE @REALASKANINJA TO A STARE! (3.2.11 – YTO Day 61) TAYLOR MAREK | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
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- Affiliate Nexus Tax Coming to Arizona and Minneapolis IDACONCPTS | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- Three Things They Don’t Teach You in Business School SPIN SUCKS | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- Do You Have a Blogging Will? PROBLOGGER | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- Should We Continue To Trust Google? | Small Business Mavericks SMALL BUSINESS MAVERICKS | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- Your Brand: Is it Making Meaning? SCOTT GOULD | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- Happy 5th blog birthday to me! | Sherrilynne Starkie SHERRILYNNE STARKIE | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- Understanding Facebook’s Master Plan – Part I SOSHABLE | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
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- Social Media Training for Sales – Social Selling University Launches KOKA SEXTON | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- Increase Your Visibility by Commenting on Blogs TRADESMEN INSIGHTS | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- 5 New Business Books That You Should Read (But Probably Never Heard Of) TWIST IMAGE | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Make Headlines GET SOCIAL PR | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
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- The iPhone is my All-in-One Device. Why do I Need an iPad? STAY N' ALIVE | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- Are You Afraid of Your Own Media? JEFF KORHAN | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- Google redesigns Google Profiles, getting ready for new social layer? SOCIAL WAYNE | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- Awesome Reviews for Blog Post Promotion: The Ultimate Guide KIKOLANI | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- How did the cofounders of yobongo come up with the name … yobongo! SOCIAL WAYNE | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
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- iPad 2 Faster, Thinner, Lighter with HD Cameras SOCIALNOMICS | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
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- Visual creativity DREW'S MARKETING MINUTE | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
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- An Update on the Tanzanian Blog Project: It’s Working! PROBLOGGER | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- Making Time for Marketing ABSOLUTE PA | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- I CHALLENGE @REALASKANINJA TO A STARE! (3.2.11 – YTO Day 61) TAYLOR MAREK | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- I CHALLENGE @REALASKANINJA TO A STARE! (3.2.11 – YTO Day 61) TAYLOR MAREK | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- I CHALLENGE @REALASKANINJA TO A STARE! (3.2.11 – YTO Day 61) TAYLOR MAREK | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
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