Firebelly

JUNE 13, 2013

'With mobile technology rapidly growing and changing it is exciting to see what we can expect to happen in the future. I discovered an article written by JWT on the 13 Mobile Trends for 2013 and picked out a few that I already see happening in my own mobile use. Million Ways To Say Hi. Yes we still make calls on our mobile phones, the original purpose, but today there are so many faster, more exciting, and richer ways to stay connected to our friends and family.

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The Social Media Incubator

JUNE 13, 2013

'In an announcement by the social networking service giant on Wednesday, Facebook informed users of the rollout of hashtags to status updates. “Hashtags are just the first step to help people more easily discover what others are saying about a specific topic and participate in public conversations. We’ll continue to roll out more features in the coming weeks and months, including trending hashtags and deeper insights, that help people discover more of the world’s conversations.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 13, 2013

'The force is strong with this one. In a galaxy not so far away, a popular snack food brand, Pringles, has joined forces with the iconic movie franchise, Star Wars, to launch a crowdsourced video contest. Themed around, “The Force For Fun,” one video will win $25,000 and a chance to be featured as Pringles national advertisement. The contest is hosted on Tongal , a platform that facilitates creative and video content for brands through crowdsourcing.

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Writtent Blog

JUNE 13, 2013

'It’s easy to start a blog, but it’s incredibly difficult to build an audience. 92% of marketers are currently creating custom branded content. Each company has some serious competition to gain notice from today’s consumers, who have more information at their fingertips than ever before. Advice to write “quality content” isn’t always enough; even brilliant content can be ignored if you aren’t marketing it the right way.

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Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 13, 2013

'There has been a pretty strong contingent on Facebook trying to avoid hashtags. Unfortunately, for them, Facebook started supporting them yesterday. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. You can actually do some pretty cool things with Facebook hashtags. Such as: Click on hashtags, even if they originate on other services, such as Twitter. Search for a specific hashtag from your search bar.

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Stay N' Alive

JUNE 13, 2013

'I showed earlier tonight a way you can access on Facebook.com the stream for any particular hashtag without having to have a link to get to it. I mentioned Facebook would likely release an API for this. Being the idiot that I am I neglected the fact that Facebook already has a search API, and you can start using it right now. Anyone, developers or not, can do this right now.

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Stay N' Alive

JUNE 13, 2013

'There''s no doubt that Facebook launching hashtags is a big thing, especially for marketers, but I think for users too. Now you can add a simple keyword prefaced by a pound sign (#) to any post or comment and immediately let others click and see the entire conversation around that particular keyword. This is really what defined Twitter - it was the ability to have organized conversations through hashtags that made Twitter a breeding ground for conversation.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 13, 2013

'This is a guest contribution by Belinda Weaver, marketing copywriter behind The Copy Detective. You’ve finished your latest blog post and it’s pretty good isn’t it, isn’t it? Are you sure? Some bloggers think that coming up with ideas is the hardest part of blogging. Maybe you agree. Personally, I think it’s harder to turn an idea into blogging GOLD.

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Jeff Esposito

JUNE 13, 2013

'Hey folks, this week’s edition of Five for Friday is a vacation edition. I’m up enjoying Storyland with the family and want to wish all the other dads out there a happy Father’s Day. So until next week enjoy this week’s edition. 22 Cringeworthy Ways To Tell The World You’re Pregnant - this is a train wreck, but is definitely something that you should look at and learn from along with giggling a bit.

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Stay N' Alive

JUNE 13, 2013

'Yesterday Facebook announced that they were finally launching the support of hashtags, a format currently supported on Twitter and Google+. This means any time you include a pound sign (#) followed by a keyword of any sort (try #throughglass for a fun view), it will turn into a link in your Facebook status update or Page post and people can click on it to view all public statuses and statuses they have permission to see on Facebook with that hashtag.

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