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How To Post Effectively on Facebook

Mindjumpers

Tweet Buddy Media has released a report that reveals when it is most effective for brands to update their Facebook pages thus gaining the most impact on their users. The analysis was performed on 200 of Buddy Media’s clients during a two-week period. Effectiveness was measured according to comments and likes. When managing a page it is important to remember that effectiveness is highly depending on the behaviour of your users.

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5 Awesome Association Facebook Pages

SocialFish

About a month ago, Maddie shared this post about awesome B2B Facebook Pages with me and suggested I do a similar post about association Facebook Pages. So, without further ado, I give you these 5 awesome association Facebook Pages: American Dietetic Association –I especially like their “tip of the day&# posts–a great way to drive traffic back to their website.

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6 Twitter Do’s for Business

Akamai Marketing

Today we’re keeping it simple with some tactical suggestions on using Twitter for business. It isn’t that this list is complete or even that it ever will be. I’ve just.

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Social Influence. Where Do You Rank?

Jason Yormark

One of the hot trends in social media these days are the crop of sites that are claiming to measure ones social media influence. Sites like Klout , PeerIndex , and up and comer Empire Avenue all have unique ways in which they measure your social influence based on a variety of factors. All three attempt to apply their own home brew algorithms that factor in the size of your networks, the frequency of your participation, and how often your contributions to these networks are shared.

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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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List of Rules to Remember When Engaging in Social Media

Mindjumpers

Tweet Many organizations are starting to get involved in social media. But do your employees know how to act in new media on behalf of your business? Do you have any guidelines to make them acquainted with a social media presence? If the answer is no, maybe it’s time to start looking at some rules of social media engagement. Make a plan and guidelines for your employees.

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Optimizing WordPress Excerpts for Maximum Clickability

Waxing UnLyrical

This is part of the Blogging for Grasshoppers series. As I’ve been paying more attention to blogging—not just the writing thereof, but the look and how the posts come across—one of the fields that I believe is little-used is the “excerpt&# field in one’s WordPress blog. Of course, this is merely my opinion, but having seen a number of blogs that don’t seem to do this, I thought it time to tell the rest of you grasshoppers why this is important.

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The Dirty Dozen Top 12 Social Media Mistakes to Avoid

Webbiquity SMM

There have been numerous posts written about the pitfalls of social media marketing (including helpful pieces from Online Social Networking , Sysomos , and one I wrote for HubSpot ). But the list below is a summary of the most common mistakes based on both my client experience and research for this recent presentation: How to Achieve B2B Social Media Success.

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Beckham and Vergara Hit Video for Diet Pepsi

Mindjumpers

Tweet Two days ago, Diet Pepsi launched a new commercial, which features Sofia Vergara and David Beckham. The ad aired during an episode of NBC’s Chuck, and it features Sofia who is trying to clear the beach in Santa Monica in order to pick up a Diet Pepsi. At first, Sofia showed up in a Diet Pepsi print ad for the new skinny can, which wasn’t received very well.

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Is social media territorial? Should it be?

Direct Marketing Observations

I was walking the dog the other night and watched as he “marked&# his territory and naturally I thought about the natural Tug-o-War that occurs with social. The desire for different departments wanting to own the “rights&# to social media. Why do you think that is? Look at how strongly some people feel about the subject! Danny Wong , the co-founder and Lead Evangelist for Blank Label says that PR should own social media because that department knows “what the appropriate messages ar

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Change Before Mediocrity Grows on You

Waxing UnLyrical

Guest post by Shakirah Dawud. Changing won’t be easy. You know this, so you’ll spend the entire process weighing the pros and cons, predicting whether this is something you “really need” or just a lark. You’ll wonder whether it’s a change you can “live with” (or what, I wonder?) and what other people will think. You’ll stall for all those reasons, pretending you’re still thinking about it when really you’re avoiding the thought of it the way you would a plague-infested rat.

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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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Monday’s 5 Social Media Must-Reads

Firebelly

Below are 5 social media must-reads from last week that we wouldn’t want you to miss. HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Advanced Social Media Search. By Ann Smarty Social media search — the ability to tap into thousands of real-time updates — has long been a hot topic. It opens up endless opportunities for market and competitor research, content inspiration and, obviously, network building.

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Danish Startup ‘Podio’ Keeps Store in San Francisco [interview]

Mindjumpers

Tweet The Danish startup Podio – often referred to as ‘Facebook for the workplace’ – has crossed the borders of Denmark. The official launch of Podio happened a bit differently by the company setting up a Podio store in San Francisco. From this store Podio would make people aware of their existence by targeting them on the street, hosting workshops and conferences in the store and letting people network etc.

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What should you outsource in social media?

Akamai Marketing

Last week, I moderated a panel at the Hawaii Social Media Summit (#SMSHI) of Hawaii’s social media business users about their outsourcing – what they do and don’t outsource and.

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That Time Our Website Was Hacked

Waxing UnLyrical

Guest post by Shanan Sorochynski. The afternoon of March 28 was not a super-happy-fun time for my department. Instead of seeing the University homepage, visitors were greeted with a black screen that had the messages: “Hacked by SecurityBus,” and “Sorry Admin you’ve just been hacked.”. My first reaction was to check if the institution’s blog—the piece I manage—was still up.

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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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3 Great Weekly Social Media Podcasts

Firebelly

Podcasts aren’t nearly as common as they used to be, or maybe I just haven’t noticed them as much. A few years ago with the ever-growing popularity of the iPod and iTunes, it seemed like everyone with an Internet connection and a microphone tried to start their own podcast. Many of them have now bit the dust. In fact, when researching podcasts for this article, it was tough to find quality podcasts that have an episode more recent than 2008.

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What Can P90X Teach Us About Social Digital Principles?

Direct Marketing Observations

In case you may be living under a rock and do not know what P90X is, it’s currently the media darling of the fitness world. It’s a fitness program encapsulated on DVD in which it stresses 3 simple core principles into it’s workout regime. The core principles are grounded in intensity, variety and consistency. So I thought, can we make a correlation between P90X and social?

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Grateful Dead Facebook Page: Great Use of Interactive Content

Adam Sherk

Thanks to Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead we know that the band’s approach over the years offers useful insights for marketers. But how is the organization itself doing with social media today? Based on a current promotion on the Grateful Dead Facebook page I’d say they’re doing great. In support of the release of the complete recordings from the Europe ’72 tour (and the 40th anniversary of that tour) the Grateful Dead Facebook page utilizes a separate tab to create a multi-page interac

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Weekly Roundup: The Spin Sucks Edition

Waxing UnLyrical

I don’t think I’ve ever done this before. Devoted an entire Weekly Roundup to posts from one – yes, one! – blog. But that’s what you get for Gini Dietrich and her guest bloggers writing such smart posts that had me go, “Dammit, why didn’t I write that first?!&#. But she, and they, did. So I must, and will. 1.

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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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Facebook Upgrades Security

Mindjumpers

Tweet Facebook’s security and privacy issues have been a much-debated topic for long. Now, Facebook adds the ability to use the platform through a HTTPS connection that should increase security for users. HTTPS means that the communication that runs between your computer and the webserver is encrypted. This makes it far more difficult for others to hack your profile and data, if you for instance use Facebook while you’re on a public wifi.

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3 Ways A Blog Helps You SEO-Wise | Small Business Mavericks

Small Business Mavericks

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The Gamification of Social Media

Social Media Marketing

Empire Avenue is the new game in town. It sits squarely in the social networking space, but it has a different twist - one from which I think businesses may be able to gain valuable insights, all while allowing people to enjoy themselves. What is it? Essentially, it is a rewards system that makes what we already do on the web - create and share content - fun by making it a stock market-like atmosphere.

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Why Facebook’s New Safety Measures Are an Improvement

Waxing UnLyrical

Guest post by Matt LaCasse. The chief complaints I hear about Facebook are about its safety and security. Mark Zuckerberg and his team have heard the cries from the masses, and unveiled a bunch of new tools yesterday addressing these two issues. I’ll let you read the post to get all the details, but I wanted to highlight a couple of the big takeaways that I see with this announcement. 1.

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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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“Meet the Author”: Talking Open Community on NTEN

SocialFish

Just a quick pointer to a “Meet the Author&# audio conference we did with NTEN last week. We hung out on the phone with Anna Richter from NTEN and chatted with interested folks about the background to and concepts in our book, Open Community: A Little Book of Big Ideas for Associations Navigating the Social Web. Click here for the recording , which is free for NTEN members (not sure how much it is for non-members, but we can find out).

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How To Promote Your Business In 2011 | Small Business Mavericks

Small Business Mavericks

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Irresponsible Blogger Syndrome: Do You Have It?

Saying It Social

What is Irresponsible Blogger Syndrome? Irresponsible Blogger is a common Syndrome which can afflict bloggers of any shape and size, regardless of expert status and subject matter. No blogger is safe from Irresponsible Blogger Syndrome without taking the proper precautions. The Syndrome is not contagious unless you emulate an afflicted blogger. While Irresponsible Blogger is not contagious it can cause severe reactions in others; often inducing backlash, reader unsubscription, and blacklisting.

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In Memory of Hank

Waxing UnLyrical

This is a personal post. So if you have the patience to put up with it, I appreciate it. If not, we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programming tomorrow. Three years ago today , our dog Hank died. Those of you who have pets know how much it hurts when we lose one. Those of you who don’t probably think the rest of us are crazy. But to each his own.

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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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Social Media is a Helpful Tool – But NOT Behind the Wheel!

The Social Media Incubator

home about smi learning lab contact SMI is powered by seasoned professionals from C.E.L. Public Relations and Small Business Mavericks C.E.L. Public Relations Small Business Mavericks Loading Quotes. scan or click the QR code to see the packages we offer Social Media is a Helpful Tool – But NOT Behind the Wheel! by admin on April 21, 2011 Social media is an incredibly convenient communication vehicle and a powerful business tool as well.

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Who Profits From Social Media?

Small Business Mavericks

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Which News Sites Have the Most Keywords in Common with eHow?

Adam Sherk

eHow is back in the news after claims it was hit hard by latest expansion of Google’s Panda update and subsequent denials from Demand Media. Articles like “How to Pour Water Into a Glass Cup” make it difficult to dispute eHow’s reputation as the poster child of content farms. But in terms of keyword targeting, how different is eHow from major news sites?

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Lessons Learned From the Traveling iPhone

Waxing UnLyrical

You know how I told you I was out in Eugene, Ore., earlier this week ? It was a dramatic trip in more ways than one. But I’m going to focus on the “one&# for the purpose of this post. My United flight to Eugene went via San Francisco, which is always dangerous, because it makes me start wondering why we ever left the Bay Area in the first place.

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HootSuite Talks to Spanish Speaking Community

Idaconcpts

On April 21, 2011 there are several websites down. Among the affected are HootSuite, Reddit, Foursquare and Quora. The problems appear to be caused by an issue affecting the Amazon Web Services. The company claims that are working to resolve the problem. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon Relational Database Service and Amazon Elastic Beanstalk also appear to be experiencing problems.

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