Sat.Apr 05, 2014 - Fri.Apr 11, 2014

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5 Power Tips for Writing Killer Blog Headlines for SEO and People

Harp Interactive

'Categories: Blog , blogging , Content Creation , Content Marketing , Social Media & SEO Tags: blogging , content marketing , seo and headlines , tips for good headlines , Write Great Headlines , writing great headlines How to write blog headlines that get found and shared! In this article we''ll show you 5 power tips for blog headline writing that will elevate your blog to share-worthy status. ( Read more. ).

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Twitter Update: Twitter Rolls Out New Profile Redesign

yMarketingMatters

'It seems I have been writing a lot of social media “update” blogs recently: Linkedin Update: Linkedin Products & Services Page To Be Removed and Facebook Update: New Layout for Business Pages. Yes, now Twitter started rolling out its new profile redesign on Tuesday April 8th. It’s rolling out slowly with celebrities and new users getting priority.

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Manage Your Employees’ Social Media Behavior & Save Yourself From Embarrassement

Atom Thought

'Many of you would have read about how an employee of AOL was fired about 6 months back because he was clicking a photograph during a meeting. He was fired in front of other co-workers and about 1000 others connected via a conference call. The email and the audio clip of the conference call was.

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What is a Digital PR Strategist? (WTFS No. 1)

Firebelly

'What is a Digital PR Strategist? It’s a question I get asked all the time: by confused in-laws, strangers on the bus, the police–whosoever asks me what I do for a living, I usually end up getting asked that question next. And I’ve found it’s a difficult question to answer. In this video, I make.

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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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5 Big Twitter Changes, New Facebook Right-Hand Rail Ads & “Pin It” Explores New Platforms | Social Media Snapshot

Harp Interactive

'Categories: Blog , Facebook , Instagram , Pinterest , Social Media Marketing , Twitter Tags: Facebook , Instagram , instant twitter notifications , Pinterest , right hand column ads , right hand rail ads , social media , Social Media Snapshot , Twitter , Twitter profile changes Catch up on the need-to-know changes and updates in social media that affect your business and brand…all in one place.

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How Social Media Has Become a Tool For Clinical Research

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

'The exceptional growth and adaptation of social media networks represents an ideal opportunity to overcome one of the most challenging aspects of the clinical research industry. This rapidly evolving medium can be a powerful recruitment tool that can be used to: Target specific patient demographics. Drive more pre-qualified patient referrals. Reduce overall costs.

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Subtweets: Trash Talk or Invaluable Customer Intelligence

Firebelly

'Subtweets: is it something that people in their early twenties do (and useless to marketing people) or does it contain hidden customer experience gems. There’s been a quiet phenomenon evolving in the social media landscape over the past several years. People are alluding to personal problems, politics, friends, family and even brands without directly mentioning.

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Please Take My 2014 Reader Survey

Justin Levy

'One area that I have struggled with over the past couple of years has been consistency in writing. Over the last few months I have had several friends encourage me to create more because they have either learned or been inspired by something I have shared. There are many different ways that I could create this information but before doing that I need to know more about YOU.

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Twitter Changes User Profiles

The Social Media Incubator

'On Tuesday, April 8, Twitter announced they will be updating their site with a whole new profile design for Twitter users. This new web profile may look familiar to frequent social media users, as it takes a Facebook-like approach. The look of the profile won’t be the only thing changing. There will also be new features accompanying the redesign.

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Social Networks See Majority of Traffic Coming From Mobile

The Realtime Report

'Mobile is accounting for a huge portion of social networking use; for newer platforms like Instagram, Snapchat and Vine, use is “almost exclusively mobile.” A new report from the comScore Data Mine compares desktop vs. mobile usage for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tumblr, Vine and Snapchat. LinkedIn and Tumblr are the only two social networks seeing more desktop use than mobile.

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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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Design Thinking: Why Does It Even Matter?

Firebelly

'You’re probably wondering what design thinking is all about and what its role at Firebelly is… Put simply, it’s a way of thinking that gets the root of any problem, no matter how big or small, or how ambiguous it might be. Yes, aesthetics are a part design, but design thinking goes deeper. When design.

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What Every Marketing Department Needs to Know About Google+

Convince & Convert

'“Ghost town.” “Waste of time.” “It’ll never happen.” These are common sentiments when it comes to Google+, but it really is time to rethink your strategy because Google+ is not going away. I know, your department’s resources are all tied up with other channels, like Twitter and Facebook, and you think Google+ may well be a flash in the pan.

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Please Take My 2014 Reader Survey

Justin Levy

One area that I have struggled with over the past couple of years has been consistency in writing. Over the last few months I have had several friends encourage me to create more because they have either learned or been inspired by something I have shared. There are many different ways that I could create this information but before doing that I need to know more about YOU.

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Which Social Networks Drive the Most Engaged Referrals?

The Realtime Report

'YouTube is the “undisputed champion” among social networks in terms of driving referrals, delivering the most traffic and the highest levels of engagement, according to a new study from Shareaholic. The analysis of average visit duration, pages per visit and bounce rate reveals which of the top eight social media platforms are driving the best referral traffic.

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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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Manage Your Employees’ Social Media Behavior & Save Yourself From Embarrassement

Atom Thought

Many of you would have read about how an employee of AOL was fired about 6 months back because he was clicking a photograph during a meeting. He was fired in front of other co-workers and about 1000 others connected via a conference call.

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This Chart Explains the Reachpocalypse and Why Facebook is Laughing All the Way to the Bank

Convince & Convert

'Facebook is the largest voluntary, non-religious organization in the history of the world. They are not dumb. Facebook organic reach for business pages is plummeting, and will drop even further because Facebook is a public company that has fiduciary responsibilities to their shareholders to maximize returns. Fundamentally, Facebook cares about THEIR business, not about YOUR business. ( click to tweet ).

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How to Host Your Domain Name with Bing.com For Free

Bill Hartzer

'Tired of having to pay for web hosting and don’t want to park your domain name with a domain name parking company ? Well, you can (temporarily) host your domain name with Bing.com for free. Yes, that’s right, all you have to do is set your domain’s name servers to Microsoft’s name servers and your domain name, when typed into a web browser, will automatically redirect to a keyword search at Bing.com.

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Social Media News Ticker: Twitter Debuts New Ad Types, Vine Gets Direct Video Messaging

The Realtime Report

'Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: Vine adds direct messaging via video (photo: Vine blog). Facebook. Facebook updates Pages Manager for IOS – Facebook released version 3.0 of Pages Manager for iOS with several new features, including the ability for page administrators to pin and unpin posts on their pages, create and edit events on iPad, and more (AllFacebook).

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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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Manage Your Employees’ Social Media Behavior & Save Yourself From Embarrassement

Atom Thought

Many of you would have read about how an employee of AOL was fired about 6 months back because he was clicking a photograph during a meeting. He was fired in front of other co-workers and about 1000 others connected via a conference call. The email and the audio clip of the conference call was [&hellip.

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This Chart Explains the Reachpocalypse and Why Facebook is Laughing All the Way to the Bank

Convince & Convert

'Facebook is the largest voluntary, non-religious organization in the history of the world. They are not dumb. Facebook organic reach for business pages is plummeting, and will drop even further because Facebook is a public company that has fiduciary responsibilities to their shareholders to maximize returns. Fundamentally, Facebook cares about THEIR business, not about YOUR business. ( click to tweet ) This chart we made shows Facebook’s declining organic reach (according to a widely cite

Banking 167
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How an Iconic American Brand Cut Through the Real-time Marketing Clutter of the Super Bowl

Social Media Strategery

'Oreo’s “blackout” tweet. Arby’s tweet about Pharrell’s hat , Nintendo’s Wreck-It Ralph Tweet. These are some of the go-to examples of “real-time marketing.” You can’t watch a live event now without being bombarded by branded messages, all of which are meant to associate the brand with the real-time event and become part of the conversation.

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Did Microsoft Just Buy Vericen.com, a Typo Domain of Verizon?

Bill Hartzer

'Did Microsoft just register a domain name that is a typo (a typo domain) of Verizon? I know this might be a stretch, but I am really curious about one of the domain names that was just registered, and was set up on Microsoft’s name servers: vericen.com. Well, most likely it was NOT Microsoft that registered this domain name. Here’s why.

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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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How To Tackle Negative Comments While Managing Community In Social Media

Social Media Network Marketing

'Hi Folks, do you work as an Online Community Manager? Do you often receive the negative remarks of some person whom you have not known in a long time? Well you do not have to be a community member to receive negative feedback / response or a comment. You could have subscribed to a site and there you have someone creating a high noise level. You may not know this person.

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What Every Marketing Department Needs to Know About Google+

Convince & Convert

'“Ghost town.” “Waste of time.” “It’ll never happen.”. These are common sentiments when it comes to Google+, but it really is time to rethink your strategy because Google+ is not going away. I know, your department’s resources are all tied up with other channels, like Twitter and Facebook, and you think Google+ may well be a flash in the pan.

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Some Questions About Your Questionable Content

Twist Image

'Marketers, we have a problem. Do you know how long an effective Facebook post should be? If I told you forty characters, what would your reaction be? A tweet should be 100 characters (even though Twitter affords you 140 of them). It makes perfect sense, right? I know that people like Tom Webster over at Edison Research is, without a doubt, rolling his eyes.

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11 Ways to Come Up with a Rocking Content Marketing Strategy

Writtent Blog

'Image source. No more mediocrity. If that isn’t your motto as a content marketer, it should be. Consumers today have more free content available online then they know what to do with. Between websites, social media, eBooks, whitepapers, and blogs, we’re all functioning in information overload. The time is now to make your content so incredibly outstanding that it’s beyond reproach, even in a highly saturated world.

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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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How to read your ideal customers’ minds (using marketing tools you already use)

Absolute PA

'The best way to really understand your customers and prospects is to ASK and LISTEN. It’s the only way to learn their desires, needs, challenges, wants and dreams. That means, you can make a profound connection through your marketing, and provide them with the solutions to their deepest desires and wants through your products and services. ( Did you know that all the big PR agencies conduct listening periods of at least a few months on behalf of their clients before creating an online mar

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H&R Block Declares a Hipster Tax Crisis

Convince & Convert

'Image via HipsterTaxCrisis.com According to H&R Block, the American Hipster is in a deep crisis – a Hipster Tax Crisis. Leading into the 2014 tax season, the company launched a satirical campaign with a cause-marketing element that pokes fun at Hipsters who are, “struggling to file taxes in non-ironic ways.” Created with the goal of showing the more fun side of H&R Block, the campaign is targeted at raising awareness with millennials.

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TED And The Art of Loyalty

Twist Image

'People don''t like to admit just how addicted they are to their smartphones. I won''t be the first to blog about how many people are quite sensual with their devices. Don''t laugh. Think about the way you caress, touch, and engage with it. What is the last thing that you touch before you go to bed at night, or the first thing that you pick up when you wake up in the morning?

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Google Adds Report Spam, Paid Links, Malware Page to Quality Guidelines Navigation

Bill Hartzer

'In the past 24 hours, Google appears to have added a new page as a part of their quality guidelines: a page that explains how to report spam, paid links, malware, and other problems. Previously this page was not a part of their quality guidelines located here. You can see the new page listed below, which has also been added to the sidebar navigation of the Link Schemes and other pages that are a part of the quality guidelines: Since Google does not allow caching or archive.org of its Webmaster

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7 Tips for #SocialMedia guidelines and Government

Laurel Papworth

'Five years ago I wrote a list of social media guidelines for the Enterprise which has been read 100,000+ times. And even today creating social media guidelines for staff are a challenge. I often ask my students to get into teams and come up with some guidelines. They never have the same as another team, and get quite cross with each others’ value systems.