Thu.Nov 14, 2013

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The Biggest Social Media Story of 2013

Direct Marketing Observations

'Remember this? It’s one of the classic lines of all times in a movie. Greed is Good. Remember this? It was one of the biggest acquisitions in 2013. Remember this because it will be the social media headline of 2013… To quote The New York Times : What business makes no money, has yet to pass its third anniversary and just turned down an offer worth billions of dollars?

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Social Media Promotions: An Overview Of Sweepstakes

Firebelly

'Last weekend I was a guest lecturer at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. courtesy of my great friend Shashi Bellamkonda – better known as the Social Media Swami or @shashib. Shashi asked me to take a page out of our social media promotions playbook and record a video for the class to watch on sweepstakes. Below are two of the takeaways: Every Community Wants Growth.

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Children and Social Media Project

Direct Marketing Observations

'I’m starting a new project. I have no time to really be doing this but it means that much to me; and I know it will have an impact, so I’m doing it. First the backstory. It started with an email I sent to the superintendant of our school system. It went unanswered. Here’s a few excerpts: Dear _ It’s been awhile since we last talked, the most recent being when we held a social media summit meeting in your office with some of the other “social media” people in

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Google Ripples Shows You How and When a Post Went Viral

Bill Hartzer

'I have written about this before, but I have to say, that I really like the Google Ripples feature of Google Plus. It shows you exactly how, when, and where a post on Google Plus went viral, and exactly who did the sharing to make it do so. Not only can you see when the post went viral, but you can actually see who shared the post and who did the resharing of the post.

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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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Real-Life Instagram Project Filters In Unique View of London

Convince & Convert

'Just when you thought snapping and sharing photos on Instagram couldn’t get any more addictive, a creative new project out of London is making waves for bringing the platform’s beloved attributes into the read world. Called “Real-Life Instagram,” artist Bruno Ribeiro has placed cardboard cutouts resembling Instagram’s photo frame complete with filters alongside some of London’s photogenic places and landmarks.

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Analyze Your Visits to My Blog

Ari Herzog

'Thank you for reading my blog. Google Analytics tells me that 34,532 unique visitors (including you) came here over the prior six months. Monthly visitors, May – Nov 2013. Over 90% of visitors arrived for the first time. Many returned. Frequency of visitors, May – Nov 2013. You come from different countries… Countries of visitors, May – Nov 2013. …and use different browsers… Browsers of visitors, May – Nov 2013. …and operating systems… Opera

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Yahoo!’s Domain Name Auction

Small Business Mavericks

'Starting today at noon EST, Yahoo! listed more than 100 domain names for auction at Sedo. They made the announcement on their Tumblr blog yesterday. I didn’t know Yahoo! was in the domain name business. Did you? Some of these domain names are actually pretty valuable and whoever ends up with them will have great keyword-based domain names that should do well in the search engines for years to come.

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Reboot Your Business: How To Ride The 5 Disruption Waves That Will Sink Your Competition

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'That''s some title, isn''t it? On Tuesday, November 26th (at 3 pm eastern), Danny Iny from Firepole Marketing is going to be hosting a webinar that will dive deep into the core concepts of my latest book, CTRL ALT Delete , and it''s 100% free! But you do have to sign up, which you do right here: Reboot Your Business: How To Ride The 5 Disruption Waves That Will Sink Your Competition.

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Help! Random Facebook friend request. Should I accept it? (+ handy script)

Absolute PA

'This question came up recently when a client asked about ‘friending’ on Facebook. Do these situations sound familiar.? You regularly use your Facebook business page to make connections and build buzz around your business, products and services (gold star!). You’re a member of several groups on Facebook and network through them to find leads and joint ventures.

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Amazing People Are Everywhere. Meet Rae Hoffman.

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'This story needs a bit of framing, so please bear with me. Back in April 2006, I was speaking at a Search Engine Strategies event. There was another speaker at the event who took park in a link strategies panel. Her name? Rae Hoffman (aka Sugarrae ). I have a hard time remembering the full set of circumstances, but I took exception to a few things she said on stage about the power of reciprocated links, and I even blogged about it right here: Rae Hoffman On Links At Search Engine Strategies Tor

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Social Media Automation 101

A beginner's guide to social media automation tools and getting automation right.

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#20: Creative Ways to Run a Business From Anywhere in the World with Natalie Sisson

Amy Porterfield

On this episode of the Online Marketing Made Easy Podcast, I interviewed Natalie Sisson, also known as the Suitcase Enterpreneur. In 2006, Natalie left her home country of New Zealand and since then has been traveling the world and living out of a suitcase — all while building a successful online business. On her blog, […]. The post #20: Creative Ways to Run a Business From Anywhere in the World with Natalie Sisson appeared first on Amy Porterfield | Online Marketing Expert.

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What My Wife Has Taught Me About Blogging After Just 3 Months

ProBlogger

'Next week marks the 3 month anniversary of Vanessa (my wife) starting her first blog at Style and Shenanigans. It’s been a fascinating process to watch her plan, launch and grow her blog. Some might imagine that being married to ‘the ProBlogger’ means she’s constantly being told what to do and being given secret tips and advice – however I’ve been remarkably restrained in my involvement and very impressed by what she’s intuitively built already.

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Blog Writing: Answers to Top 9 FAQs

Writtent Blog

'As our customers approach us for blog writing services, they tend to ask the same questions over and over. Business blogging is different from personal, you are limited in time and have to set priorities… Often it’s just difficult to find the time to do the writing even though you know your business and your customers extremely well. Image Credit: LimeRed Studio. 1.

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