Sherrilynne Starkie

JULY 19, 2013

'Twitter has gone mainstream as people, brands and organizations flock to the social network. They set up profiles, find people to follow, start tweeting their hearts out and start to attract followers themselves. It takes time but as follower numbers continue to rise, we know the effort is worth it, right? Image via CrunchBase. Well, maybe not. Maybe all this tweeting, retweeting, following and friending is just so much spitting in the wind.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 19, 2013

'Ed: WUL is still on vacation, but here’s an oldie-but-goodie from our vault that originally ran on Sept. 28, 2012. It might answer a question you ask or have been asked, so here it is again. Enjoy! I got an interesting question from someone I know (name withheld on request) recently. I was asked: “I would like to reach out and connect with a professional contact that I have made via Twitter/Facebook /LinkedIn.

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Kikolani

JULY 19, 2013

'Are you a blogger, Internet marketer, freelance writer, or just someone who likes to get their email? Whether or not you use Gmail, you should be concerned. Here’s why Gmail wants you to be excited about their new tabs. It’s supposed to help you only get the emails they deem as important in your primary inbox. The rest gets sorted in tabs for Promotions, Updates, Social, and Forums.

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The Social Media Incubator

JULY 19, 2013

'The most common misconception about social media for business is that it can be done as a separate entity. However, that statement couldn’t be further from the truth. It should be looked at as a tool and component of your overall business strategy, not a standalone strategy. First, you need to make sure the implementation of your social media campaign isn’t sporadic.

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Kikolani

JULY 19, 2013

'Are you a blogger, Internet marketer, freelance writer, or just someone who likes to get their email? Whether or not you use Gmail, you should be concerned. Here’s why Gmail wants you to be excited about their new tabs. It’s supposed to help you only get the emails they deem as important in your primary inbox. The rest gets sorted in tabs for Promotions, Updates, Social, and Forums.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 19, 2013

'Sometimes deepening the relationship between your brand and your fans is as simple as giving people a way to engage on a new level. Instagram is a great tool for capturing fan and customer excitement in the moment, but in order to understand the magnitude of the effectiveness of visual marketing, it helps to take a look at the numbers: 90% of information transmitted to the brain is visual, and visuals are processed 60,000X faster in the brain than text. [ source ]. 40% of people respond better

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Twist Image

JULY 19, 2013

'If you''re going to spend any time reading anything today. I''m going to encourage you head over and read this post by James Altucher titled, Living The Counterfeit Life. Then. if you are smart: You will sign up for his free e-newsletter (so you can get his frequent pieces of glorious writing): James Altucher Insider''s List. You will buy his latest book (which I am currently loving): Choose Yourself!

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Absolute PA

JULY 19, 2013

'There are lots of tricky moving parts to email marketing and list building. The obvious visible-to-everyone pieces… opt in forms, freebie offers, delicious calls to action that STOP visitors in their tracks. and the not-so-obvious: auto-responders, follow up sequences, list segmenting, thank you pages and web form codes – WTF?! Hmm…slippery little suckers… That’s why I LOVE it: challenging (sometimes of toe curling proportions) with loads of bits to fix neatly into

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Twist Image

JULY 19, 2013

'Sit back, relax and watch this. As few months back, Kevin Rose (ex- Digg now at Google Ventures ) recorded an episode of Foundation with YouTube co-founder, Chad Hurley. It''s a pretty amazing story and will give you some amazing insights into making ideas happen, smart marketing, overcoming challenges. and what a little bit of luck can do. Tags: chad hurley. digg. foundation. google ventures. kevin rose. youtube.

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Social Media Marketing

JULY 19, 2013

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Writtent Blog

JULY 19, 2013

'The media was buzzing about the power of content marketing this week. Between the power of content marketing for talent recruitment and growing attention in the tech realm towards tools for content creators, it’s clear that the discipline continues to be embraced by the brightest minds in business. To inspire your content strategy in the weeks to come, we’ve curated the brightest articles we encountered this week, which range from an honest look at using technology to make your job easier, to a

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ProBlogger

JULY 19, 2013

'Just a short post today to let readers know that next wee we’ll be holding a ProBlogger Webinar. You can register for it here. It has been a while since we’ve had a webinar here on ProBlogger so we’re going to make this one a Q&A session where you can ask any question that you might have that relates to blogging. To help me answer your questions I’m bringing a couple of members of my team here at ProBlogger onto the webinar with me.

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Jeff Esposito

JULY 19, 2013

'How are you doing? Hopefully staying cool during this heat wave – I’m trying my best but am melting pretty good. The week flew by in a good way with lots of productive meetings and surprisingly making Power Point decks was even a little fun. Be sure to keep cool and hydrated this weekend, until then, enjoy this week’s edition of Five for Friday and look forward to catching up next week.

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Kikolani

JULY 19, 2013

'This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. This Week on Kikolani. How to Organize Finances with FreshBooks – Find out how to organize your finances using FreshBooks including invoice management, expense monitoring, time tracking, and

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Bill Hartzer

JULY 19, 2013

'As you probably know, I am very active on just about all of the social media networks. I post often, share often, am very active. Probably more active than 90 percent of my social media and search engine optimization colleagues. I have been for years. In fact, it’s been at least 10 years that I’ve been sharing, commenting, and posting on social media and social bookmarking sites.

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