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DIRECT MARKETING OBSERVATIONS JANUARY 25, 2012 Chances Are You’ve Met Less Than 5% of the People in Your Social Network The difference between a friend, an acquaintance and the friends and acquaintances we have met online is blurring…Social media would seem to dictate or would assume that I’m supposed to develop or have developed these deep online, networked, connections, i.e. That I have met them. Jay Baer calls it false intimacy. Does it matter that I have not met them? Absolutely not. Mathematics. | INBLURBS JANUARY 25, 2012 B2B Decision Makers are Increasingly Researching in Social Media In the beginning of the internet it was a source of information and today entertainment and shopping have accompanied this attitude. But research is still the main factor when it comes to web use. Before social media people went mainly to search engines to research and to find products and services. And even on the road these information are accessible through mobile devices. What do you think? | SPIN SUCKS JANUARY 25, 2012 The Pinterest Debate Between Two Friends This post is running concurrently on Future Comms. On Facebook just after the first of the year, Paul Sutton posted something about not understanding what the big deal is about Pinterest. It won’t be a surprise to you that I commented. said something about how he was off his rocker (except I think I was a bit more nice than that). So he challenged me to a duel. so I accepted. Not yet. | WAXING UNLYRICAL JANUARY 25, 2012 6 iPhone Accessories for Almost-Professional Photos/Videos I saw a post from Chris Brogan a while back, talking about how it’s ok to not be an expert and, in fact, we shouldn’t wait until we’re experts at something to do it. Sounds about right to me. After all, I never trained in public relations (fuhgeddabout social media), and my background is in Economics (probably why I like numbers so much) and drama, but I think I’m doing ok. | | | | | | | | | -
JOEY STRAWN | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 [Title of the Post] TweetThis is one of my favorite posts and it’s about a year or more old so I know there are a lot of you who may not have seen it. Today, I’m reposting it in all it’s glory (which a few new fun things added in) for your enjoyment. “Targeted quote about the subject of [.]. Blog Social Media blogging blogging template buzzword social media something you've heard of tag the right way to be social writing for social media MORE >> -
PUSHING SOCIAL | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 How to End or Relaunch Your Blog Without Upsetting Your Readers Sometimes things don’t work out as planned. Your blog might be one of them. You’ve probably fallen out of love with your blog topic and you want to make a change. Running up the white flag is discouraging and you hate to admit you have to make a change, but you want out. How do you do it? How do you leave your blog and transition your readers? This might help… Breaking Up With Your Blog… Put a plan in place for the wind-down of your blog before you start. It will make the process easier and prepare your readers. Make sure you are turning off your blog for the right reason. MORE >> -
PAUL GILLIN | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 Five Facebook Tips for Small Businesses Most small businesses are terrible at marketing in general and online marketing in particular. That’s understandable: The founders are usually more passionate about what they do than about promoting themselves. But with Facebook becoming the place you just have to be for businesses of all sizes, a little marketing know-how comes in handy. When we look at what platforms our small business customers are using for social media marketing, 94% of them are on Facebook,” Schmulen said. However, “Most small businesses are doing Facebook without knowing why they’re doing it.”. Tip #5: Measure. MORE >> -
ADAM SHERK | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 Publisher Survey: Reddit Traffic Way Up, Digg Way Down The rise of Reddit and the steady decline of Digg have been well documented. Just recently Reddit announced that its traffic has more than doubled in less than a year (to 2.07 billion pageviews in December), an impressive feat. Has this translated into a significant change in social news referrals for publishers? Anecdotally we’ve all seen Reddit gain in prominence at a time when Digg has struggled to maintain its relevancy. Adam Singer summed up the general sentiment in recent conversation we had on Twitter: “Reddit / Stumble won.” The numbers represent visits, not pageviews. MORE >> -
CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 Guest post: How to capture Internet marketing success in 2012 Video marketing Mobile and text marketing Emails Local search marketing Related Posts: This is a guest post by Kathleen Hubert. Her bio is at the end of the article Internet marketing techniques and strategies evolve constantly. For this reason, marketing professionals must continually analyze and adjust marketing plans to ensure the best results. Upgrading a. Great Resources Tips guest post internet marketing Kathleen Hubert MORE >> -
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- What’s New in Social Media for Associations SOCIALFISH | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- 4 Android Apps for Facebook IDACONCPTS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- 4 Reasons Why B-to-B Email Newsletters Should be a Part of Your Marketing Plan for 2012 TRADESMEN INSIGHTS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- Ramit Sethi Exposed: How He Earns Millions Blogging PROBLOGGER | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- Karl Marx Made the Same Mistake STEPHEN P SMITH | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- The Rise Of The Profersonal In Social Media ENGAGE | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- What ‘Search Plus Your World’ Means for your Google Ranking MINDJUMPERS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- FTC Guidelines and Disclosure for PR Agencies SPIN SUCKS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- Social media for financial services: Wedbush Securities firm-wide social media use FRESHNETWORKS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- Essential Elements Of Community Platforms FEVER BEE | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- Seasons of Talk CONVERSTATIONS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
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- SEO Made Simple – And It Really Can Be Simple SMALL BUSINESS MAVERICKS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- Marketers, Here are the Keys to Your IT Department – Good Luck CONVINCE & CONVERT | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- Your Business is an Extension of your Spirituality IMAGINE YOUR REALITY | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- 10 Ways Multi-blog Authors Can Stay Creative and Generate Great Posts PROBLOGGER | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- Life Without Facebook ~ A View From Gen Y #2 DIVA MARKETING BLOG | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- SMX West and Back to the Brain Share BRENT CSUTORAS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- Metaphors: you break ‘em, you buy ‘em SOCIALIZED | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- And In The End. TWIST IMAGE | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- Brands Pretending To Be Human THE RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- Measuring your social media output JEFF ESPOSITO | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- Human beings are weird ENGAGING BRAND | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- A better kind of business — Patagonia ACIDLABS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
- Cartoon of the day JEFF ESPOSITO | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
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