Sat.May 11, 2013 - Fri.May 17, 2013

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Twitter for companies

Sherrilynne Starkie

'This is a cool info graphic with some interesting statistics about Twitter and how French businesses use it. Twitter for companies infographic. Related posts: Pinterest for business. The social customer. Wikipedia rules the waves. Click here to start to receive my newsletter. PLEASE LIKE MY FACEBOOK PAGE. Related articles. Twitter Engagement Cheat Sheet [Infographic].

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How Brands Use Vine

Mindjumpers

'The video app Vine is moving into a golden age. The six seconds format perfectly suits today’s news stream and will probably be an advantage like we have seen it for Twitter’s 140 character format. It makes it shareable and accessible. Some huge brands are already using the new service, but what can you actually do with it? The biggest strength of Vine is its simplicity.

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5 Tips for Creating Quality Social Media Content

yMarketingMatters

'There is no denying the importance of social media. It is undoubtedly a powerful marketing channel. But did you know the secret sauce of a successful social media presence is generating original highly shareable quality content! This should be among your top marketing objectives. Publishing content that gets widely shared on social media is good for business.

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Tuesday Roundup: Dance Like A Chicken

Waxing UnLyrical

'If you thought that the Chicken Dance was reserved solely for county fairs and wedding receptions, think again. Today’s National Dance Like a Chicken Day. Amazingly enough, our fine feathered friends have more to do with social media then you may think. Here are five articles from around the web that offer something to dance and squawk about.

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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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Targeting Ottawa’s boomers

Sherrilynne Starkie

'Ottawa Zoomers Show. The baby boomer generation is an important demographic of consumers who are technology-savvy, use social media and are also still into mainstream media. That’s why last weekend’s Zoomer Show, Ottawa’s first ever, was such a big success. The show, Canada’s largest consumer and lifestyle expo for people 45 and up, took place at the Ernst and Young Centre.

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My Switch From iPhone To Android: Part One

Jason Yormark

'After a month or so of research, testing and gathering opinions, I finally made the switch from iPhone to Android. I ultimately landed on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 even though my search initially had me thinking either the HTC One or the Samsung Galaxy S4. When I actually moved my search to in person, while I was impressed with these devices, I was intrigued by the additional screen real estate of the the Note 2.

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Wednesday Roundup: Tips for Entrepreneurs

Waxing UnLyrical

'Here at WUL, we’re huge fans of entrepreneurship. So whether you’ve already started your entrepreneurial journey or are considering taking the first step towards starting your own business, I hope you find these five articles – some recent, some not-so-recent but still relevant – inspiring and useful. Image: Megforce1 (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. 1.

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May 12: this week in social media

Sherrilynne Starkie

'Here’s my pick of the week’s top social media news. Do you agree with my list? You can vote stories up or down, or you can add ones you think are worthy. . May 11: this week in social media. Listly by Sherrilynne Starkie. May 11: this week in social media. Top stories from social media world for this week! 1 Views. crowd rank. curated. alpha. newest. queue.

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Link Building Tactics for Publishers

Adam Sherk

'When it comes to link building publishers have a significant advantage because editorial content, be it hard news or evergreen content, lends itself naturally to linking and sharing. In addition producing quality content on a daily basis creates a steady stream of new opportunities. It is one of the many reasons that content marketing has become so popular, as brands in other industries put an emphasis on content development and promotion and essentially become publishers themselves.

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Why CMO’s Need To Be More Involved in Ecommerce

Buzz Marketing for Technology

'Posted in Commerce Conversion Optimization Customer Experience eCommerce Leadership Online Testing Optimization Personalization Testing. If the $42.3 billion spent online this past holiday season has taught retailers anything, it’s that capturing customers—and their dollars—online is crucial. But online is a big place. And mobile, which can seem like an entirely different universe, looms ever larger.

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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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Thursday Roundup: Twitter Tips

Waxing UnLyrical

'Social media platforms will come and go; but I truly believe that if any recent platform has had a dramatic impact on how we communicate, it’s Twitter. And even if it “goes away” at some point, what it’s taught us about two- and multi-way communication, not to mention brevity, is remarkable. An admitted Twitterholic (or, at least, I used to be… I’m not on the platform that much these days, but it’s still my favorite), here are some fresh takes on Twitte

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When content turns into an ad

Direct Marketing Observations

'It can’t be good… I was going to go off on a rant, but the fact of the matter is…it can’t be good. You feel duped and cheated and misled.

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This Week in Social Media – 5/15/2013

Social Media Marketing

'A roundup of relevant links affecting our industry. Each week, I compose a newsletter that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. These are those links.

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Contagion, Social Media, and Why Things Catch On

Convince & Convert

'Jonah Berger, Wharton @j1berger. Jonah Berger , Marketing Professor at the Wharton School , joins the Social Pros Podcast this week to discuss his bestseller Contagious: Why Things Catch on , the science behind those viral marketing hits, and the importance of setting realistic and helpful goals with a viral marketing campaign. Read on for some of the highlights and tweetable moments, or listen to the full podcast.

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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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Monday Roundup: Blogging Tips from Around the Interwebz

Waxing UnLyrical

'Happy Monday, everyone! There’s a ton of stuff going on, so here at WUL we’re taking a short break from “live” blogging this week. That doesn’t mean how we can provide value to you isn’t still on our minds… it is! So, in the spirit of education and the public good, here are are five articles that will provide you with blogging tips from optimizing your excerpts to increasing your readership.

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Penalized or Banned in Google? Don’t Issue a Press Release Like IGXE Internet Gaming Exchange

Bill Hartzer

'If your website is banned in the Google search engine or if your website is penalized, then I don’t recommend writing and distributing a press release about it. IGXE the Internet Gaming Exchange , a company that specializes in selling MMORPG currencies, items, power leveling, and CD-keys, such as World of Warcraft gold, apparently got penalized in the Google search engine for buying links.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & The Future of Google Author Rank

Kikolani

'This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Featured Post of the Week. How to Generate More Leads With Your Blog: 5 Tips – Learn how businesses with top marketing blogs generate leads with social media and content marketing.

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3 Ways to Use Google to Be Better at PR

Convince & Convert

'I’d like to let you in on a secret that most PR pros don’t think of: . Some of the easiest placement opportunities you’ll EVER land for a client (or your employer) are found using the most common online tool you can think of. Google. It’s completely under-appreciated as a PR tool. Let me share a few specific details, so you can get your company or your clients more business online.

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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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Friday Roundup: Customer Service

Waxing UnLyrical

'TGIF, everyone! Today’s roundup focuses on one of the most important aspects of any business, customer service. When it’s good, it’s great; but when it’s bad, it can spell T-R-O-U-B-L-E for your company. Here are five posts looking at the importance of customer service (including its importance in public relations). Image: larryc (Smile) [ CC-BY-2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons. 1.

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comScore April 2013 Search Engine Rankings

Bill Hartzer

'Every month about this time comScore releases the search engine rankings data, and I try to remember report it here. These are not the actual search engine rankings that you see when you search at a search engine, which are constantly changing. Think of this more as the “market share” for the search engine industry. In April 2013, Google’s web sites were still on top of the search market in the United States.

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Why Bing And Yahoo! Still Matter

Small Business Mavericks

'Google might have the lion’s share of the search market , but Bing and Yahoo! are still important. Between them, they have close to 15% of the search market. Of course, they fluctuate up and down and at times have a total of 20% between them. Usually, Bing has a little more than Yahoo! and that’s okay. Not everyone can be on top. While all the search engines generally look at some of the same criteria, there are differences.

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How to Integrate Social Media into Your Website with a Homeland Embassy Strategy

Convince & Convert

'Image by Eric Schwartzman. I’d like to walk you through a social media strategy concept known as the homeland-embassy approach. It’s an idea shared first by Steve Rubel , though I’m not sure he meant to take it as far and as literal as I’m going to here, but the basic gist is that your website is your homeland and your social networking accounts are your embassies.

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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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The Truth About Advertising In 2013

Twist Image

'Here''s a quote worthy of your attention: "The real fact of the matter is that nobody reads ads. People read what interests them. Sometimes it''s an ad." - Howard Gossage. Let''s face it: we often make out marketing and advertising to be more important than it really needs to be. This doesn''t mean that it''s not important, creative and a part of our lives, but this quote from the famed Mad Man speaks to the reality of a media saturated world. and this quote comes at us long before th

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4 U’s of Web Copywriting: Tips for Writing Great Headlines & Copy

Writtent Blog

'If you’ve been writing for the web long, you’ve probably heard of the 4 U’s formula, which says that content should be Urgent, Unique, Useful, and Ultra-specific. Originally developed by business coach and serial entrepreneur Michael Masterson , this formula works wonders for headlines, titles , and email subject lines, but with a little tweaking, it can be a powerful blog writing formula, too.

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YouTube Live Streaming For The Masses

Small Business Mavericks

'The next phase of video marketing has begun. Not too long ago, YouTube rolled out live streaming videos for specific channels. This past week, however, they opened up live streaming to anyone with a channel of more than 1,000 subscribers. That’s almost everybody. If you are just getting started in video marketing or you are well on your way to reaching 1,000 subscribers, then you have a measurable goal to strive for.

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When is Social Media Experimentation a Waste of Company Resources

Convince & Convert

'Social Media Controversies Addressed, Fresh Each Week. In this edition of The Baer Facts, I talk with Kyle Lacy of ExactTarget about whether brands should be taking the plunge into other emerging platforms , specifically SnapChat. As an author, it scares the bejesus out of me, but it appears kids really don’t want to read. And as a parent, it spooks me, but it appears kids don’t want to use social networks that their parents also use.

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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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The Most Important Thing You Will Watch All Week

Twist Image

'Have you thought about education lately? When you say the word "education," most people run in the opposite direction. I dropped out of university (and, if I am to be candid, I was dragged - kicking and screaming - through both elementary and high school). But, I still never allowed my school to get in the way of a good education. I always had sparks of curiosity and the desire to be creative in whatever work I was trying to accomplish.

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15 Key Facts about Content Curation

Writtent Blog

'For many content marketers, curation is something of a silver bullet. Rand Fishkin of SEOMoz has joked that we’re in the midst of a content arms race; companies across all industries have realized the power of custom content , and are actively competing to produce better-quality materials. For many companies, it’s no longer enough to blog three times a week and release a white paper once a quarter.

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What The Twitter-Yahoo! Partnership Means To You

Small Business Mavericks

'Twitter and Google got their very public divorce in 2011 after a brief flirtation period with realtime search. Since then, Google has deployed Google+ to mostly positive results. Twitter has been dating and looking for a replacement. Now, they’re in deep with Yahoo! This is an interesting partnership for several reasons. First and foremost, Yahoo!

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On My Own Again - I'm Back in the Saddle

Stay N' Alive

'When I started working for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with the first role with the title "social" in it ( see my sum-up here ), I came in with a desire to serve, but only planning to be there for 6 months. I had been on my own for several years at that point and really enjoyed my independence. I had no idea I''d end up there for 3 years, but thoroughly enjoyed the time I spent there and was able to help organize and shape the organization of social media within the Church.

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Supporting Those You Like - CTRL ALT Delete Comes Out Next Week

Twist Image

'My new book, CTRL ALT Delete , comes out next week. It took well-over six months of concentrated effort to write my second book, CTRL ALT Delete , which comes out on May 21st, 2013. The thing is this: you would have never known it or felt it. In that time, I didn''t miss a client meeting for Twist Image or alter my responsibilities at the agency. On top of that, I continued to blog daily, write my weekly contributions to both the Huffington Post and Harvard Business Review and a weekly audio po