Sat.May 23, 2015 - Fri.May 29, 2015

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The Pros and Cons of Becoming a Thought Leader

Waxing UnLyrical

Guest Post by C.A. Newberry. You started a blog, penned some insightful articles and accumulated a couple thousand followers on Twitter. Shall we label you a “thought leader?” Nope, not happening. Sorry. But while that may sound a bit harsh, the teenager who lives down the block did the same thing. While I truly believe he’s smart and has some witty things to share, I’m not convinced he fits into the “thought leader” category just yet.

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The #1 Quality Of Amazing Social Media Managers

Firebelly

Social media managers are multitasking maestros that know and do a lot of things, but the best ones have one quality in common. So what is the #1 quality of amazing social media managers? They’re fluent in using both sides of their brains! That really sums it up. The best social media managers are creative when developing content and compassionate when dealing with customer service issues.

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6 Tips to Improve Your Business Writing

Idaconcpts

Thanks to email, people in business has to write intelligently every now and then. Unfortunately, that doesn’t automatically mean that everyone knows the ins and outs of proper business writing. Follow these six tips to instantly get better at crafting emails and other types of business copy. 1. Clarity is the top priority in business writing. A lot of the time, successful people want to use “big” words because they think it makes them sound smart.

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2015 Facebook Industry Report – Video on the Rise

Saying It Social

A comprehensive overview of Simply Measured's 2015 Facebook Industry report that highlights the top three takeaways for your business. The post 2015 Facebook Industry Report – Video on the Rise appeared first on.

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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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#measurePR Recap: Measuring the Millennial Workplace

Waxing UnLyrical

When brainstorming guests for the May #measurePR Twitter chat, I instantly thought of Maddie Grant and Richard Sheridan. Maddie is a culture change consultant and digital strategist who is recognized for her authority on productive workplaces and communities, and co-author of the new book, When Millennials Take Over. Rich is CEO of Menlo Innovation (featured in Maddie’s book) that is re-inventing the workplace, as well as author of Joy, Inc.

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Weekend Reading

Ari Herzog

Here are some articles I’ve recently read and shared. You may enjoy them too… First, a fun video: Between Medium and Linkedin, which has a better audience for content marketing ? Are you confusing marketing and communications ? Do you care about logos and municipal branding ? The myth of stranger danger and what to do about it. What fear tells you and why it’s important.

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2015 Facebook Industry Report – Video on the Rise

Saying It Social

A comprehensive overview of Simply Measured's 2015 Facebook Industry report that highlights the top three takeaways for your business. The post 2015 Facebook Industry Report – Video on the Rise appeared first on.

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Even More Pinterest Promoted Pins Features Coming!

Devumi

Pinterest Promoted Pins have been becoming the new hot paid advertising option on social media since they were introduced last year. Now that they’re available to everyone, and they’re being used regularly, Pinterest has been able to refine the Promoted Pins features and uses for better engagement. While the initial Pinterest Promoted Pins features, which […].

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How Much Do Facebook Fans Still Matter?

Jon Loomer

I know there’s a growing sentiment that Facebook fans no longer matter. This claim tends to be shouted loudest by those who also claim that organic reach is dead ( it’s not ). While I’ve long supported the notion that fans still matter — and matter a lot — my opinion is starting to change, at least when it comes to Facebook ad targeting.

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A Quick Discussion on TSU Lead Us To Understand The Feelings We Hold For TSU - May24Sunday2015 - Social Media

Social Media Network Marketing

Recently A Quick Discussion on TSU Lead Us To Understand The Feelings We Hold For TSU. The Question: ‘What is TSU To You’. This was ofcourse a general discussion and the people were those who have experienced TSU. They are active users. What TSU is: An Opportunity Positive Energy Family This Is Free To Join. Over 3.5 Million Users Who Are Musicians, Artists and Everyday Social Media Users With Friends And Family All On TSU.

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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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Do You Believe These SEO Myths?

Small Business Mavericks

SEO has been around a long time. For as long as there have been search engines, if you think about it. Certainly, it has been around long enough to collect some myths that should be debunked. Here are a few of the worst: SEO is no longer being used in internet marketing. This one is kind of silly, because as long as there’s a search engine, there will be a way to optimize your site for it.

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Interview With Alex Brown On "Non Glory" A Video Series

Diva Marketing Blog

. I've often said the social web gives more than it takes. Meeting people who may be outside of your usual network is one of its best 'gifts.' Alex Brown and I are worlds apart. We met in the "blogosphere" in 2009 when he was managing one of the first and most innovative online communities for Wharton. Needless to say Alex is a pioneer in digital media.

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Are you in the Twilight Zone?

Absolute PA

Busy’s the new black these days – ask anyone how they are (entrepreneurs I’m looking at you espesh!) and I guarantee you’ll get a response of “yeah, good, busy” from almost everyone. There’s always something… BUT, are you making the same mistake I used to? If you are, you’ll be wasting time and restricting your growth, never mind profits, all while feeling like the busiest bee on the block – gah!

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Do The Kind Thing

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How do you want it? Cheap, fast and great. Fine, but you can only choose two of those things. It's one of those famous business lines. You can't have it all. or can you? Daniel Lubetzky wanted to create a snack that was both tasty and healthy, convenient and wholesome, in a company that is both economically sustainable and socially impactful. Crazy?

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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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Content Marketing Caution

Small Business Mavericks

David Lizerbram is an attorney and business law strategist. His advice on the Marketo Blog – Dot Your I’s and Cross Your T’s: Don’t Let Copyright Law Be Used Against Your Content Marketing – is good advice for anyone creating content for internet use. To quote Mr. Lizerbram, “DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) states that if you own the copyright to a piece of content, such as written copy, images, or videos, and someone uses it online without your permission, you can se

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EducationWP

Taylor Marek

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.

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#60: Copywriting Tips to Persuade, Promote and Profit with Ray Edwards

Amy Porterfield

When it comes to communicating the value of a product or service, Ray Edwards is a true legend in the industry. I met him way back in my corporate job days when my boss hired him to work his magic on a new sales letter for a product we were launching. That was when I […]. The post #60: Copywriting Tips to Persuade, Promote and Profit with Ray Edwards appeared first on Amy Porterfield | Online Marketing Expert.

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Where Consumers Spend Their Time Is Where Advertisers Should Spend Their Money

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This was the argument that was debated over twenty years ago. Why do we have to keep having the same argument? We love dogma, don't we? Yesterday, Mary Meeker (from Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers ) did her thing. And, "her thing" is one of the most important (and highly anticipated) reports on Internet trends. She brings it forth every year, and every year there is always tons of data that points to what consumers are doing and the huge gap between what they're doing and how businesses are a

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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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ICYMI – Instagram, Periscope, YouTube and Spotify

Danny WhatMough

Here’s my weekly round-up of things you need to know and might have missed this last week in the world of digital PR and social media. Want this in your inbox each week? Subscribe here. Instagram starts sending email updates. Periscope launches on Android. Facebook makes some design updates to its iPhone app. YouTube adds a ‘shop’ button for pre-roll ads.

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Google’s Mobilegeddon: The Best Excuse to Repurpose Old Content

ProBlogger

This is a guest contribution from Mike Canarelli. For bloggers looking to refresh or repurpose old content, the April 21 release of Google’s “mobile-friendly” update comes at the perfect time and offers tremendous benefits. Gloomier prognosticators have nicknamed the update “MOBILEGEDDON” (yes, typically in all caps) because of its potential to disrupt 40% of all online searches—specifically those queried from mobile devices.

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Interview With Alex Brown On "Non Glory" A Video Series

Diva Marketing Blog

. I've often said the social web gives more than it takes. Meeting people who may be outside of your usual network is one of its best 'gifts.' Alex Brown and I are worlds apart. We met in the "blogosphere" in 1999 when he was managing one of the first and most innovative online communities for Wharton. Needless to say Alex is a pioneer in digital media.

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The Line Being Drawn Between Smartphones And Tablets

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Human beings are an intriguing group. What does advertising do? Well, if you believe the very first episode of the very first season of the acclaimed television show, Mad Men , the answer is simple: happiness. Advertising sells the notion of happiness. Use this, buy that and be happy. That's the purpose. That's it. Love it or hate it. Maybe things were simpler back in those days.

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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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See you later Vistaprint, best of luck

Jeff Esposito

Eight years, one month and 13 days ago, I walked into Vistaprint to take on a role as an associate manager on the company’s PR team. Taking the job, I thought that it would be something that would help me transition out of the sports world and get into more of a stable PR role. Little did I know that walking through the doors would lead me into a completely different career path – for the better.

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Anchorman-Inspired Tips to Help you Blog Your Way to the Top

ProBlogger

This is a guest contribution from Kirsty Sharman. There are a million and one articles online that talk about how to earn money blogging. They all have the same tips, talk about the same things and usually just teach us things we already know. The truth is: people like you and me (I’m assuming you’re a blogger if you’re reading this) didn’t start blogging because we wanted to be bac link experts, banner ad salesmen or tech gurus.

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20 Instagram Apps to Take Graphics From Good to GREAT

Rebekah Radice

Are you using Instagram to market your business? Would you like to create branded images that boost awareness around your company? Not Photoshop proficient? No problem! With the right apps – you can create the perfect Instagram image in a snap! But with an abundance of Instagram apps at your fingertips, how do you know which one to choose? I’ve tested and tried just about every app out there and today I’m sharing my favorites with you.

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The Importance Of Viral Videos. Or Not

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Every Monday morning at 7:10 am, I am a guest contributor on CHOM 97.7 FM radio broadcasting out of Montreal (home base). It's not a long segment - about 5 to 10 minutes every week - about everything that is happening in the world of technology and digital media. The good folks at CHOM 97.7 FM are posting these segments weekly to SoundCloud , if you're interested in hearing more of me blathering away.

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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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See you later Vistaprint, best of luck

Jeff Esposito

Eight years, one month and 13 days ago, I walked into Vistaprint to take on a role as an associate manager on the company’s PR team. Taking the job, I thought that it would be something that would help me transition out of the sports world and get into more of a stable PR role. Little did I know that walking through the doors would lead me into a completely different career path – for the better.

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I Always Write My Own Content

Bill Hartzer

If you ever seen any content written or any other type of content on the web with my name on it, then I was the one who wrote it. In fact, even though there is over 1,000 blog posts here on my blog and over 100 pages of online marketing, SEO, social media, and domain name content here on this website, I wrote it all. There was a time a few years when I accepted a few guest blog posts, but they always had the other writer’s name on them.

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The State of Digital Marketing 2015

Buzz Marketing for Technology

With mid-year coming up and summertime upon us, many marketers are taking stock of the first half of the year and re-checking their Digital Marketing plans to finish out 2015 strong. So I’d like to offer you some statistics I found eye-opening from a recent report published by Smart Insights: One half (50%) of businesses surveyed do not have a defined digital plan or strategy, although they are active in digital marketing.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #258

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Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see? My friends: Alistair Croll ( BitCurrent , Year One Labs , GigaOM , Human 2.0 , Solve For Interesting , the author of Complete Web Monitoring , Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Networks and Lean Analytics ), Hugh McGuire ( PressBooks , LibriVox , iambik and co-author of Book: A Futurist's Manifesto ) and I decided that every week the three of us are going to share o

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Even More Pinterest Promoted Pins Features Coming!

Devumi

Pinterest Promoted Pins have been becoming the new hot paid advertising option on social media since they were introduced last year. Now that they’re available to everyone, and they’re being used regularly, Pinterest has been able to refine the Promoted Pins features and uses for better engagement. While the initial Pinterest Promoted Pins features, which I wrote about a few months back, were indeed useful, the new features are even better.