October, 2009

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Tips on Writing Retweetable Tweets for Business

Harp Interactive

If you’re using Twitter as a tool to promote your brand or products, it’s crucial that you write retweetable tweets. The shareability of your message makes it viral and extends the reach of your message beyond your own Twitter followers. The trick is to make sure that the content you are writing provides immediate payoff by entertaining, giving useful information, provoking or sharing experiences that help your followers.

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Do You Know Your Employees? Social Intranets As The New Talent Management System

SocMed Sean

Tweet Sean R. Nicholson Imagine, for a moment, that you have accepted a new position as a corporate executive tasked with figuring our how to make your company work better, faster, cheaper. Along with the details of your position, you have been informed that you have access to a wealth of competitive intelligence, product experience, and innovative thinking at your fingertips.

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The Art of Saying Thank-You on Facebook | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

Home About Testimonials Events Services Webinars Twitter Getting Started on Twitter Webinar Twitter Webinar: Tools and Tips (Intermediate Level) LinkedIn LinkedIn 1 – Getting Started LinkedIn 2 – Building and Leveraging Your Network Ask Calendar Contact Blogging Branding Business Career Facebook LinkedIn Networking Social Media Tips Twitter Lijit Search The Art of Saying Thank-You on Facebook Posted by Irene Koehler in Facebook on October 6, 2009 | 4 responses You’re on Faceboo

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My 9 Favorite Wordpress Social Media Plugins | jasonyormark.com

Jason Yormark

jasonyormark.com Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me Browse > Home / Social Media , Wordpress / My 9 Favorite Wordpress Social Media Plugins | Subcribe via RSS My 9 Favorite WordPress Social Media Plugins October 6th, 2009 Posted in Social Media , Wordpress Tweet Share The WordPress platform never ceases to amaze me. It’s by far one of the greatest pieces of software ever built, and to think that it is free is the icing on the cake.

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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 the Economy and Social Media Are Ruining PR

Socialized

Or: The Decline and Fall of Western Civilisation. The combined effects of social media and a down economy are ruining the PR industry. Here’s how. Companies have slashed both staff and budgets across the board, and public relations is no exception. Still, companies will outsource PR as they always have. But if they were once reluctant to pay EVP/SVP hourly rates of $200, $300, or more, then they are today completely unwilling to do so.

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It's Not the Tools, It's What You Do With Them

Justin Levy

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking It’s Not the Tools, It’s What You Do With Them Written on October 14, 2009 by Justin Levy in business , business strategy , chrisbrogan , communications , ims09 , inbound marketing , motivation , social media , social media strategy , video 21 Comments - Leave a comment!

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Social Intranet Best Practices – Creating an Intranet Governance Team

SocMed Sean

Tweet Angie Cullen When developing your Intranet, it’s best not to develop in a vacuum. You may not be the best person to make decisions on how employees will use the intranet to do their job. Be sure to identify employees that will be involved in the maintenance of the portal and get everyone involved in the design process. Create an Intranet Governance Council that will include at least one member from each department throughout your company.

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The CIA is Watching Your Every Tweet

Freelance Social Media

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe The CIA is Watching Your Every Tweet by cinta5 on October 19, 2009 Not just what you tweet, but your Amazon book review, your Facebook status, and your blog comments. According to Wired.com , the CIA is investing in Visible Technologies, a software firm that specializes in social media monitoring. “It’s part of a larger movement within the spy services to get better at using ”open source i

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Blogging – Just Do It!

Almost Savvy

Home About Testimonials Events Services Webinars Twitter Getting Started on Twitter Webinar Twitter Webinar: Tools and Tips (Intermediate Level) LinkedIn LinkedIn 1 – Getting Started LinkedIn 2 – Building and Leveraging Your Network Ask Calendar Contact Blogging Branding Business Career Facebook LinkedIn Networking Social Media Tips Twitter Lijit Search Blogging – Just Do It!

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Tips for Using Facebook Fan Pages

Socialized

Several clients have told me recently they don’t think their Facebook pages have as many fans as their brand seems to warrant. They’ve asked me what they were doing “wrong” and how to improve their pages. One executive compared the “coolness” of his brand to a larger, boring brand that drew many more fans to its Facebook page, adding, “I don’t get it.”.

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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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The FINAL word on Social Media ROI | Shuaism

Josh S Peters

Home About eBooks Social Media and Internet Marketing Speaking Twitter Says You Are Here: Home » Social Media » The FINAL word on Social Media ROI The FINAL word on Social Media ROI Written on October 20, 2009 by Josh Peters in Social Media 25 Comments - Leave a comment! The FINAL word on social media ROI is this… sometimes. Give me a few minutes of your time and I’ll gladly explain.

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Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Industry News , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn’t Matter Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn’t Matter by Tamar Weinberg on October 22, 2009 Share Apple, the company behind aesthetically pleasing hardware that keeps fanboys drooling, has recently joined Twitter.

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It’s 2AM, Do You Know Where Your Organizational Information Is??

SocMed Sean

Tweet Sean R. Nicholson Having been in the field of information management for quite a while now, I have developed a few credos that seem to prove more and more useful as the volumes of organizational information continues to grow. I used to drive one of my previous team absolutely crazy with this one: “The only thing worse than no information is BAD information” Think about it.

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Google Wave for the Virtual Office

Freelance Social Media

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Google Wave for the Virtual Office by Jesse on October 1, 2009 Well, we’ve had our invites to Google Wave for a little over 12 hours now and although I may have slept for part of that time I have had some vision for ways that LangfordSevier can integrate this service into our virtual office.

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The Content Marketing Survival Guide: How to Navigate the Wilds of Social Media

Use this guide to inspire your creativity and ignite more successful and sustainable social media conversations.

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New to Social Media? Step 1: Be a Consumer | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

Home About Testimonials Events Services Webinars Twitter Getting Started on Twitter Webinar Twitter Webinar: Tools and Tips (Intermediate Level) LinkedIn LinkedIn 1 – Getting Started LinkedIn 2 – Building and Leveraging Your Network Ask Calendar Contact Blogging Branding Business Career Facebook LinkedIn Networking Social Media Tips Twitter Lijit Search New to Social Media?

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FTC to Penalize Questionable Blogging Practices

Socialized

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finally stepped up and issued new regulations affecting commercial use of social media. Specifically, the agency now requires bloggers to disclose relationships with sponsors, whether the blogger is paid or merely receives “free” products and services; and for celebrities to disclose their paid relationships with sponsors.

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Dealing with Social Media Rejection | Justin Levy

Justin Levy

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Dealing with Social Media Rejection Written on October 31, 2009 by Justin Levy in relationships , social media 22 Comments - Leave a comment! If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed. Thanks for taking time out of your day to come hang out here!

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What Chris Brogan and Gary Vaynerchuk Have in Common, and What You.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing , Opinion > What Chris Brogan and Gary Vaynerchuk Have in Common, and What You Can Learn from it What Chris Brogan and Gary Vaynerchuk Have in Common, and What You Can Learn from it by Tamar Weinberg on October 19, 2009 Share If you’ve been abreast of the strides and developments in the marketing space in the last few years, you’d know about both Chris Brogan and Gar

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Social Media Marketing GPS

SMGPS will tell you the why & how to use social media for marketing, 1 tweet at a time. You'll learn essentials in digestible little spoonfuls.

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Turning Good Intentions Into Action

Jason Yormark

jasonyormark.com Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me Browse > Home / Misc. / Turning Good Intentions Into Action | Subcribe via RSS Turning Good Intentions Into Action October 27th, 2009 Posted in Misc. Tweet Share When I changed focus on my blog towards a professional approach my traffic went up considerably. Makes sense considering most people are more interested in issues and discussion regarding social media rather then my life.

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Google Wave Tips and Tricks, Twitter | Freelance Social Media

Freelance Social Media

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Google Wave Tips and Tricks, Twitter by cinta5 on October 2, 2009 Wave Tips and Tricks was started by Sam Davyson Find the wave here The first 7 tips posted are below: 1. Mark read waves as read. This keeps your inbox clearer and makes updated waves stand out.

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Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends by Adam Sherk on October 1, 2009 This week Google started embedding a Hot Trends graph at the bottom of search results pages for queries that fall within their top 100 fastest-rising search terms, as seen in this example screenshot: While checking out search trends is interesting for users, it can also be valuable to publishers.

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My Brief List of 54 Twitter Rules (Did I Miss Any?)

Socialized

I have a lot of rules I’ve imposed on myself, in everything I do. I won’t use a postage meter, for example, because I think an envelope with a stamp is less likely to be thrown out. I also have a lot of rules for how I use Twitter, so I thought I would share them. I was very deliberate when I wrote “rules for how I use Twitter.” These are the rules I’ve established for myself.

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How to Be Social: A Social Media Manifesto

Learn the 10 worst social media marketing mistakes and how to avoid them.

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Guess Who's An Official Blogger for LeWeb 09!

Almost Savvy

Home About Testimonials Events Services Webinars Twitter Getting Started on Twitter Webinar Twitter Webinar: Tools and Tips (Intermediate Level) LinkedIn LinkedIn 1 – Getting Started LinkedIn 2 – Building and Leveraging Your Network Ask Calendar Contact Blogging Branding Business Career Facebook LinkedIn Networking Social Media Tips Twitter Lijit Search Guess Who’s An Official Blogger for LeWeb 09!

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Missing in Action

Justin Levy

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Missing in Action Written on October 10, 2009 by Justin Levy in announcements , fun 7 Comments - Leave a comment! If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed. Thanks for taking time out of your day to come hang out here!

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Need Social Media Coaching?

Taylor Marek

Home About Contact Archives Testimonials Speaking Podcast Chat LIVE Social Media Vault My Inner Circle Plugins eBook Hire Me Need Social Media Coaching? October 27, 2009 by Taylor Marek Something has been on my mind for the past several years now. It is in regards to showing you how to take advantage of the tools available to us today. I know I haven’t spoken much on it, and I know a small handful of you are following me like a dog to learn from me.

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Fighting Cancer via Social Media #BeatCancer

Freelance Social Media

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Fighting Cancer via Social Media #BeatCancer by cinta5 on October 16, 2009 Help raise money to beat cancer and set a Guinness Book of World Records. Only 20 hours left!! Raise 1¢ to #beatcancer with every blog post, tweet and Facebook status. Ebay, PayPal, and Miller Lite are sponsors donating to #beatcancer.

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8 Stupid Simple Social Media Tricks to Boost SEO

Discover just how easy it is to boost SEO with social media.

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A Look at Muck Rack's Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk A Look at Muck Rack’s Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later by Adam Sherk on October 20, 2009 I’m definitely a fan of Muck Rack – it offers an easy way to track major media journalists on Twitter and pick up on trending topics. So I’ve been curious to see how their Twitter press release service would do.

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Microworkers Paid Less Than a Penny for Writing

Socialized

Technology has made many things possible, and is enabling unethical people to pay as little as one quarter cent per word for their writing. The Internet is the great democratizer. It is also the great enslaver of the disadvantaged and the marginalized. Freelance writers, often students, mothers, and older people, are the victims of a global conspiracy to pit people against each other to auction their skills and time for as little as possible.

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Mobelize Your Wordpress Blog! | jasonyormark.com

Jason Yormark

jasonyormark.com Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me Browse > Home / Wordpress / Mobilize Your Wordpress Blog! | Subcribe via RSS Mobilize Your WordPress Blog! October 20th, 2009 Posted in Wordpress Tweet Share I could spew all the stats about mobile browser usage, but the cold hard facts are that more and more people are using their mobile devices to browse the web.

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Determining Social Media ROI

Justin Levy

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Determining Social Media ROI Written on October 12, 2009 by Justin Levy in business , business strategy , ims09 , inbound marketing , marketing , marketing strategy , roi , social media , social media strategy , video 19 Comments - Leave a comment! If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed.

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What Would You Ask a Blogger?

Almost Savvy

Home About Testimonials Events Services Webinars Twitter Getting Started on Twitter Webinar Twitter Webinar: Tools and Tips (Intermediate Level) LinkedIn LinkedIn 1 – Getting Started LinkedIn 2 – Building and Leveraging Your Network Ask Calendar Contact Blogging Branding Business Career Facebook LinkedIn Networking Social Media Tips Twitter Lijit Search What Would You Ask a Blogger?

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