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CREATIVE RAMBLINGS NOVEMBER 25, 2012 A few thoughts after MBlog 2012 For those of you who don’t know, I was a panelist at MBlog 2012 this weekend. It was the first blogging conference ever organized in Manitoba. only have one word to describe the event: fantastic! New New Media Manitoba and the Women’s Enterprise Center of Manitoba did an awesome job organizing everything. The keynote speaker, Catherine Connors (@herbadmother), delivered a very interesting [.] A few thoughts after MBlog 2012 was written by Cendrine Marrouat for her social media blog, Creative Ramblings. Blogging Ramblings blogging conference Catherine Connors Manitoba MBlog 2012 | SOSHABLE NOVEMBER 25, 2012  The Best Times to Post, Part I: Finding the Sweet Spots I know it’s the heart of football season and the beginning of basketball season, but baseball is the sport that truly helps to illustrate this particular post. On social media, not all times are created equal. It’s important to know where and when to place your pitches to let your fans and followers hit home runs for you. There have been much more scientific studies that detail this. | GET SOCIAL PR NOVEMBER 25, 2012 Can Social Technologies Improve Productivity at Work TweetMy mother worked for a company that blocked employees from accessing the Internet. This was back in the 1990′s — the pre-historic era. remember having conversations with her lamenting the handicap, because there was much she could research and give her clients much better service. Back then, senior leadership made the assumption employes would [.]. Commentary Opinion new social social technologies | SOSHABLE NOVEMBER 25, 2012  Social Media Reputation: Building Your Dealership Power Accounts This is Part 3 in a 5 part series. Read Part 2 here. By now, you should have an understanding of the importance of having an individual – preferably the owner, general manager, or someone else of authority at the dealership – as the “face” and “voice” of the dealership on social media. Attach the Person to the Brand. The end result is still easy to understand. | | | | | | | |
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TWIST IMAGE | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2012 Tim Ferriss Wants You To Learn More, Faster and More Efficiently
Episode #333 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to. There are few people that fascinate me as much as Tim Ferriss. He's young (35 years old), has two bestselling books ( The 4-Hour Workweek and The 4-Hour Body ) and a soon-to-be third one ( The 4-Hour Chef ). If that weren't enough, he is also an angel investor and advisor for companies like Facebook , Twitter , StumbleUpon , Evernote , Uber and many others. Like I said, he's an impressive young man, and that's not even scratching the surface on his bio. Enjoy the conversation. amazon. MORE >> -
NOWSOURCING | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2012  Facebook Introduces Photo Sync To Directly Take On Google Plus
In a move which is certain to be a tactic designed to directly take on Google Plus, Facebook has begun a selective beta experiment called Facebook Photo Sync , and I was one of the lucky ones who got to try it out. If you have a Google Plus account, you will know that you can directly upload and synchronise all of your photos from your computer to your online Picasa account. You can then decide whether or not to make each photo private for your eyes only, or whether you want to share it with your Google Plus contacts. Until now. Then scroll to the bottom of the page. Why, or why not? MORE >> -
CONVINCE & CONVERT | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2012  Are You a Marketing Cheater? The Continued Gamification of Attention
We are addicted to shortcuts. Regardless of the structure and rules of the contest at hand, some among us will stretch the boundaries seeking an edge over our opponent. Perhaps this is just human nature, or maybe it’s more prevalent in America where we cherish our opportunity to have a strong role in our personal success. This insatiable desire to do more, to do better, to just do, is the psychological scaffolding thats supports hedge fund melt-downs, cyclists’ doping, and websites that. MORE >> -
SOCIALNOMICS | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2012  Black Friday 2012 = Record Online Results
Record Online Sales for Thanksgiving, Fuels Black Friday Retail Surge, Reports IBM. Mobile Commerce Exceeds 16 Percent of Online Sales, led by the iPad: According to IBM US shoppers once again took advantage of early promotions this holiday season, driving a 17.4 percent increase in online sales Thanksgiving Day. This increase set the stage for 20.7 percent growth on Black Friday.The biggest surge came from mobile consumers , with sales reaching 16.3 percent, led by the iPad. This data is the result of cloud-based analytics findings from IBM. percent over last year. percent in 2011. percent. MORE >> -
PROBLOGGER | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2012 Are You Defining Your Niche Properly?
This guest post is by Charles Manfre of CodeConquest.com. When I started my blog, I made the mistake of not defining my niche well enough. In fact, I defined it with one word: “coding.” ” Defining the niche my blog targeted with one word was never going to be enough. Perhaps for the pioneers of the internet it was okay, but in this day and age, with millions of websites in the competition, you need more than a one-word topic name for a niche. can’t emphasize how important it is to define your niche. one word simply isn’t enough. Choose an audience, not a topic. MORE >> -
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