Firebelly

JULY 22, 2013

'What is even bigger than Instagram? Daily Instagram hashtag trends! There are many Instagram users that enjoy posting pictures that correspond to the ‘trend of the day’. Very serious Instagram trend users will post everyday of the week, but most have a particular favorite day or two that they contribute to. Selfie Sunday #SS. ‘Selfies’, better known as a picture of oneself, usually taken with a phone camera, planned to be uploaded to some sort of social media site.

Trends 238

Trends Instagram Hashtag Social Media 238

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 22, 2013

'Hi gang! WUL is on vacation for one more week, but that doesn’t mean our archives are. So today’s roundup contains a selection of posts shared over the years that reinforce the importance of being human. Image: Quinn Dombrowski via Flickr, CC 2.0. From learning to wield power gracefully to the inevitable “fork in the road” we all face, these timeless posts remind us that being human is the one thing we all have in common. 1.

Consultant 215

Consultant Flickr Reputation Resources 215

Small Business Mavericks

JULY 22, 2013

'Content marketing is the new buzzword. Everyone is talking about it. But do you know what it means? For some people, content marketing is about creating online content, slapping it on a website somewhere, building links to it, and sharing it on social media. I happen to think it’s a little more involved than that. This approach is sort of like looking for a spouse by going on as many dates as you can with as many people as you can and hoping that one of them proposes.

Content 98

Content Marketing Proposal Small Business 98

Laurel Papworth

JULY 22, 2013

'As viewers use Twitter, Facebook and apps like Zeebox to continue to drive attention to TV Shows, these social tools paradoxically kill off TV Advertising. If you are a company looking to advertise would you advertise on the TV during the show’s ad break or on the iPad, smart device during the ad break? TV becomes the loss leader to the 2nd screen apps, as television stations hand over their audiences to Facebook, Twitter and Zeebox.

Advertising 108

Advertising Social Media iPad Exercises 108

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Writtent Blog

JULY 22, 2013

'The small business landscape is arguably tougher than ever before. A recent Constant Contact survey found that 59% of SMB CEOs feel it’s harder to run a business than it was 5 years ago, a factor which can primarily be attributed to quickly-changing technology and marketing best practices. The difficulty of success means that competitive marketing analysis is more crucial than ever.

Analysis 106

Analysis BuzzStream Marketing SEO 106

Twist Image

JULY 22, 2013

'It is the constant debate of the marketing industry: should you do spec work? There is a phase in the acquisition of a new client that usually requires a marketing agency to spend a lot of time pitching. This pitch work often consists of both strategic and creative spec work (for free - in the hopes that you win the big account). This work is masked as an exercise to see how well the agency understands the brand''s positioning and how well they can execute on work specific to the client.

Journal 106

Journal Collaboration Training Education 106

ProBlogger

JULY 22, 2013

'Yesterday I tweeted a couple of thoughts on Twitter leading to an explosion of retweets but also questions, reactions and ideas. I thought I’d put them here on the blog too, in the hope they might help to kickstart your week! So many of us wait for opportunity to knock on our door. Most successful ppl are prolific door openers & don’t wait for knocks [ tweet this ].

Exercises 42

Exercises Blogger Issues Course 42

Idaconcpts

JULY 22, 2013

'Throughout my experience in online marketing, I have found that the auto financial service industry has a lot of great opportunities in improving its sites. From making use of responsive design to improving the user experience to creating useful, link-bait time-sinkers, there are several specific steps that auto financial services companies can take to energize their sites.

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Project Nielsen Insurance Mobile 134