Tue.Apr 15, 2014

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5 Ways to Stop Being Distracted by Phone Notifications

Justin Levy

'Recently I was sitting in a meeting when my phone lit up with a new incoming notification. Not wanting to be distracted, I closed the notification without unlocking my phone. When I glanced back up I realized that I didn’t hear an important update. I had not even engaged with the notification but in those few seconds I became distracted and had to ask for the update to be repeated.

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Fix Your Social Media and Website Message Conflicts

Convince & Convert

'Anyone in a prominent marketing role knows that periodically, it’s important to go through the process of changing and/or refining company messaging or positioning. Positioning in business is related to how we describe ourselves to the world. Today, I have examined a recent positioning change by Accenture. Consider Accenture’s online positioning changes when you go through this exercise and make sure your social media presence doesn’t get left behind.

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Twitter Changes the Social Data Ecosystem

Net-Savvy Executive

'Today''s announcement that Twitter is buying Gnip raises big questions about the market for social media data. While it''s too early to know how things will fall out, the deal changes the shape of the playing field for everyone involved—publishers, data resellers, software developers, and corporate customers. Twitter has bought other companies in the social media analysis space— BackType (2011), Bluefin Labs (2013), Trendrr (2013)—but Gnip is a bigger deal.

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5 Ways to Increase Mobile Conversion Rates

Convince & Convert

'Have you tried using QR codes, SMS, or NFC to increase mobile traffic, but are noticing little to no mobile conversions? You aren’t alone! If your website is not mobile friendly, you will be lucky to see any conversions. That’s no surprise. However, what is surprising are the studies that have come out recently that show responsive sites are doing no better than non mobile desktop formatted sites.

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21 Advanced ChatGPT Prompts To Take Your Social Media to the Next Level

Upgrade your social media game with our in-depth playbook: "21 advanced ChatGPT prompts for social media managers". These powerful prompts are tailored to supercharge your content creation, strategy development, and results analysis. Say goodbye to writer's block and hello to endless creativity as you effortlessly generate engaging posts, come up with original strategies, and optimize your social media performance - all in a fraction of the time.

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How to Build a Billion Dollar SEO Empire

Viper Chill

'A few weeks ago I was one of the tens of thousands of people who enjoyed reading a blog post on Priceonomics about “The SEO Dominance of RetailMeNot” It was an absolutely fascinating read because, being a total SEO geek, I rarely find information in this space that hasn’t been repeated 100 times before. I knew about the company already, but I had no idea about the scale in which they were absolutely annihilating their competitors.

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When Journalism and Blogging Collide: 7 Reporters’ Tactics to Make You a Better Blogger

ProBlogger

'Image via Flickr user Binuri Ranasinghe. This is a guest contribution from journalist and blogger Christian Toto. Journalism appears to be a dirty word in 2014. Some people blast reporters for their perceived biases. Others say journalists simply protect the status quo rather than speaking truth to power. Everyone else is is fed up by reporters paying more attention to a twerking Miley Cyrus than the deficit or health care.

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