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Essential LinkedIn Profile Checklist

Harp Interactive

'Categories: Blog , LinkedIn , Online Personal Branding Tags: LinkedIn Profile Tip , online branding , optimized LinkedIn profile Want your LinkedIn profile to standout? One of the most significant changes you can make is to write a compelling, keyword-rich headline. ( Read more. ).

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Infographic: A decade of social media

Sherrilynne Starkie

'Engadget is one of the most respected and influential online sources of news and information about technology and the Internet. There are actually a number of blogs in the Engadget stable covering seven different languages. The English ones include the main site, Engadget Mobile , Engadget HD and Engadget Al t. Since it was launched 10 years ago, Engadget has been updated daily and continues to covers a lot more than just ‘gadgets’; it gives a broad overview of technology industry news, includi

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What A Dog’s Cancer Taught Me About Community

Waxing UnLyrical

'I don’t know if you noticed, but WUL started up at the beginning of this week after a fairly brief hiatus. I didn’t announce the hiatus, as I’ve done in the past, nor did I announce its return. We just kinda… went away… and came back. The reason we went away was the reason most blogs go away , either temporarily or permanently. Other things take priority over the time one spends blogging, tweaking, editing, linking… and when there is a team of bloggers to manage, that is a lot of time, even if

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Social Media Updates: Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter. Be Ready!

yMarketingMatters

'Just in case you missed it…Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter recently announced important new updates that are taking effect right now. . Here’s EVERYTHING you need to know to make sure your profiles are updated CORRECTLY and continue to drive business with no hiatus: Facebook Update: New Layout for Business Pages. Business Pages are getting a completely new design which is more streamlined, consistent with the Facebook Personal Profile.

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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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Google+ is Walking Dead, Facebook’s Audience Network Arrives, Foursquare Splits & More | Social Media Snapshot

Harp Interactive

'Categories: Blog , Facebook , Foursquare , Google Plus , mobile marketing , Pinterest , Social Media Marketing Tags: Facebook , Facebook anonymity , Facebook Audience Network , foursquare , Foursquare Swarm , google plus , Guided Search , Pinterest , youtube , YouTube intro videos 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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Is spin all about lying?

Sherrilynne Starkie

'A: Wag the Dog, Thank You for Smoking, Primary Colors. Q: Name three movies which exemplify PR as a profession of integrity. Wrong! Yes Hollywood loves to portray PR people as liars, backstabbers or greedy simpletons. Unfortunately many people actually believe those stereotypes, but anyone who had been in the business for more than five minutes knows that the opposite it true.

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Fit Friday Recipe: Quick Chili with Ground Turkey, Spinach and Brown Rice

Justin Levy

'Fit Friday Recipes is a weekly series posted every Friday that provides you with a healthy recipe to try making during the weekend. Every recipe can be modified based on your fitness goals and taste preferences. It’s the middle of a busy week and you’re craving comfort food. Or maybe you’re tired of eating chicken breasts, steaks and fish but are trying to stay healthy while keeping a high protein diet.

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Essential LinkedIn Profile Checklist

Harp Interactive

Categories: Social Media Marketing Tags: LinkedIn Profile Tip , online branding , optimized LinkedIn profile Want your LinkedIn profile to standout? One of the most significant changes you can make is to write a compelling, keyword-rich headline. ( Read more. ).

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80% of Twitter’s Ad Revenue Comes From Mobile

The Realtime Report

'Twitter just announced its first quarter earnings report for 2014, with impressive gains in advertising: total revenue grew 119% year-over-year, with 90% of those earnings coming from advertising. Of that advertising revenue, a huge chunk – 80% – came from mobile. Not too surprising, since 78% of Twitter’s total monthly active users are now on mobile ( VentureBeat ).

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Monday Roundup: Challenge the Status Quo

Waxing UnLyrical

'I am so sorry we didn’t publish for a few weeks. I’ve been traveling a lot and then one of my dogs was diagnosed with cancer. You can imagine how crazy it’s been. So I apologize for going dark like this! Image: Steven Depolo via Flickr, CC 2.0. Business leaders often rock the boat. Anyone can sit back and go with the flow, but only those willing to shake things up will truly accomplish greatness.

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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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How to Save Time on Competitor Social Media Reports

Convince & Convert

'image from BigStock.com As social media matures, the problems we solve for our clients at Convince & Convert have changed. Today, we most often help companies take their content marketing and social media to the next level by uncovering ways to optimize strategy, operations, channels, tactics and metrics. A foundation of our work is benchmarking our clients’ social media efforts against their competitors.

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Get Your Sign Installed On Time and the Way You Envision It

Idaconcpts

'Your company’s sign is the cornerstone of your brick and mortar business space. Making sure your customers, clients and colleagues can easily locate your building by sight is essential to helping them make positive associations. The Importance of Installation. Once you have designed a sign that perfectly represents your business and your company’s name, you need to find out more about signange installation.

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Social Networking Stats: Mobile Accounts for 43% of LinkedIn’s Traffic, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

'The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Facebook: 1.23 billion monthly active users. via Facebook. YouTube. over 1 billion monthly unique users. via YouTube. Twitter: 255 million monthly active users. via VentureBeat. Qzone: 599 million monthly active users. via TechCrunch. Sina Weibo: over 500 million users. via The Next Web.

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Consulting Services for Micro Loans?

Janet Fouts

'When I started my first company I had the great good fortune to be backed by a seasoned venture capitalist and advisors to help me learn the ins and outs of running a startup. I was eager and motivated by knew basically nothing about running a business. But I had passion and people believed in me and after quite a few hard knocks the business not only survived but flourished.

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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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This is the true purpose of content marketing

Convince & Convert

'This is the first in a series of videos culled from an interview about content marketing I did with Terry Foster of Cision Canada. Cision (the USA version) is also a sponsor of Convince & Convert and our Social Pros podcast. (here’s a post I wrote about their nifty content amplification tool ). Terry: Let’s talk about content marketing.

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How Google Brought SEO Back to the United States

Bill Hartzer

'During my participation at the Pubcon SFIMA Conference in Fort Lauderdale last week, William Leake mentioned something that I have not realized before. In fact, it’s probably my biggest takeaway from that conference: With the latest round of algorithm updates in the past two years, Google has brought back search engine optimization to the United States.

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Social Media News Ticker: Facebook Launches FB Newswire, Acquires Motion Tracking App Moves

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+, Linkedin and Pinterest: Facebook. Facebook acquires fitness and activity tracking app Moves – last week Facebook acquired the motion tracking app Moves; the app will continue to operate on its own, and the Moves team will join Facebook’s team (TechCrunch).

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Exciting News About Twist Image. And The Future

Twist Image

'When Twist Image first started in 2000, there was a vision. We wanted to create a marketing agency that was reflective of the modern times. Our desire was - and has always been - to work with big brands, solving complicated business challenges and helping them to thrive in the ever-changing digital landscape. So much has changed in the past fourteen years.

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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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Social Success Comes from Individuality

Convince & Convert

'April’s guests on the Social Pros Podcast brought in expertise from all different industries, with guests including Water.org , the global non-profit that aims to bring safe water to all ; Bob Pfeifer , who used social media to find his kidnapped son across the world; Ekaterina Walter and Jessica Gioglio , authors of the new book The Power of Visual Storytelling ; and software innovator VMware.

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25 + Writing Tools a Freelance Writer Can’t Live Without

Writtent Blog

'The benefits of being an online freelance writer are undeniable. No 9-5, no daily commute, and no pittance of a salary. As a freelancer, you get to control your professional life, working your own hours from anywhere in the world and determining your income. Not to mention you don’t have to answer to a pesky boss about every little thing you do. Freelancing does come with some drawbacks, though, like job instability, unreliable clients, and plenty of legwork.

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BuzzFeed Videos Earn Over 1 Billion Views

The Realtime Report

'On Monday, BuzzFeed’s first presentation at NewFronts had a strong focus on video. The site has produced 1600 videos since September 2012; those videos have earned over 1.1 billion views on YouTube. BuzzFeed’s founder, Jonah Peretti, told the crowd that “Video is the biggest shift in our business.” ( AdAge ). BuzzFeed also showed videos it produced for big brands including G.E., Clean and Clear, and Nestle Purina.

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AOL Security Breach: Emails Accounts Compromised

Bill Hartzer

'AOL is reporting a serious security breach with their email service, which I believe is a wake-up call for a lot of us. This latest email security breach involved people trying to make email appear that they’re from people you recognize: to get you to click on a link. This has happened countless times with other services, including Yahoo! email accounts.

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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 Google + for Business (and Content Marketing)

Convince & Convert

'Tweetable Moments They’re not going to take away the aspects of the social layer; Google+ is Google. Tweet This Social Infrastructure This week’s podcast guest, Martin Shervington , was scheduled a long time ago, but his appearance comes at a particularly appropriate time given the recent announcement about changes in Google+ leadership.

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3 Ways Google Search is impacted by #SocialMedia & #GooglePlus

Laurel Papworth

'Should your business bother with social media, Google Plus and SEO/SMO? Does Google Plus make a difference to Google Search? How do social reviews online change search? If your customers find you by searching on Google, you might want to consider these three points: Where are the Plumbers WITHOUT a Google Plus Page? Have a look at this image. Click to see full size.

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11 Ways to Write Damn Good Headlines

Writtent Blog

'I’m going to be bold here and create an ultimatum for bloggers. Your headline is the most important part of your blog post. Why? Because if you don’t have a <strike>great</strike> nay, sensational, awe-inspiring headline for your blog post, no one will ever read it. As such, it doesn’t matter if the content is top-notch.

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A Punk's Guide To Success

Twist Image

'I used to be an angry young man. Heavy metal. Punk. Street. That''s the music that captured my attention. The early days of that music. I would also read. Nothing got me more riled up to be a better writer than Henry Rollins. Most know him as the frontman for Black Flag or his own solo venture, Rollins Band. I liked the music, but I loved his writing.

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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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Fun and Features Take Center Stage in MINI’s #asktheNEWMINI Video Campaign

Convince & Convert

'Image via MiniSpace.com “What’s the best trick you can do?” “Do you wanna marry me?” “How big is your boot space?” “How and when can I afford this one day?” “Can you twerk?” These are some of the questions posed by MINI’s passionate fan community in the company’s #asktheNEWMINI campaign. Positioned as an online “meet & greet” for the new MINI , fans are encouraged to submit questions across Facebook , Twitter , Instagram and Google+.

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If You’ve Stumbled Onto This Site…

Debbie Weil

'If you've stumbled across this page, welcome to the old DebbieWeil.com. I no longer update this site. For the most recent updates, visit VoxieMedia.com. Here is where you will learn about my new company which provides publishing services and writing programs for up-and-coming business authors. >> LEARN MORE about Voxie Media.

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Growth Hacker Copywriting: a Mind-Blowing Trend to Watch?

Writtent Blog

'When you think growth hacking, what comes to mind? Depending on your exposure to this topic so far, you probably think of a lovable geek, manipulating enormous data sets on massive monitors. While that might not be too far off the mark, the sciences of growth hacking and marketing copywriting are actually far more similar than you think. Growth hacker copywriting is an emerging discipline, propelled forward by some of the world’s smartest minds.

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Acquisition, Retention, And Building Loyalty In Social Media

Social Media Network Marketing

'?? There are three important criteria while working on Social Media: Acquisition Retention Building Loyalty Acquisition: This is the process of getting new people on-board. This is the phase where you bring in new Customers and Clients. In order to get people on-board you will need to make a Business decision if you want to do aggressive marketing or have a subtle chronological effort.

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Get more Facebook ‘Likes’ in an instant

Absolute PA

'I’ve got a great tip for you this week that will get your page more ‘likes’ in an instant. When I explained this step during my Facebook Masterclass for my Likes to Quality Leads programme, I got sooo many amazed responses from the attendees. One picked up a bit of business just by doing this one thing. Result! The thing with this little gem is it’s so obvious it’s easy to overlook… How often do you do this?