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57 Social Media Policy Examples and Resources

Dave Fleet

Over time I’ve found myself doing more and more foundational work for organizations looking to dip their toes into social media. One of the key elements of this work, in my opinion, is creating a social media policy that fits well with the organization’s goals, culture and risk tolerance. But where to start? As it happens, lots of organizations publish their social media guidelines online, ready for you to review and use yourself.

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Optimizing Facebook for Business: Tabs, Tags & Sharing

Harp Interactive

It takes a lot to cut through the clutter and stand out. When it comes to Facebook, your brand is competing with rants, life events, link suggestions, pet photos, Mafia Wars, Farmville & other businesses vying for attention! Whether fans visit your Fan Page or share your link, you need to make it count every time! Below I’ll share with you a few ways to optimize your Page as well as a few tactics on optimizing your website for Facebook sharing!

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11 B2B Marketing Predictions for 2011

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Around this time last year I wrote about the 10 B2B Marketing Predictions for 2010 and while I would say 7 out of 10 have already materialized and the others are on their way. So that begs the question – what’s on the horizon specifically for B2B Marketers next year? Here are 11 concrete ways I think the environment in which B2B Marketers operate will evolve in 2011.

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Facebook vs. Google [infographic]

Mindjumpers

Tweet For a long time, Google and Facebook have been battling for being the most visited websites. While Facebook has been dominating the social web, Google has been dominating pretty much everything else. According to the following Infographic compiled by AllFacebook.com , Facebook recently beat Google as the number one destination on the internet.

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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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Just Because We're Social Networking “Friends” Doesn't Mean I'll.

Almost Savvy

Home About Testimonials Events Services Webinars Twitter Getting Started on Twitter Webinar Twitter Webinar: Tools and Tips (Intermediate Level) LinkedIn LinkedIn 1 – Getting Started LinkedIn 2 – Building and Leveraging Your Network Ask Calendar Contact Blogging Branding Business Career Facebook LinkedIn Networking Social Media Tips Twitter Lijit Search Just Because We’re Social Networking “Friends&# Doesn’t Mean I’ll Go To 3rd Base With You Posted by Irene Ko

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Everything you ever needed to get started with Twitter

SocialFish

I was thinking it was probably time to post something for Twitter beginners, since it’s been a million years since the last time we did , but luckily we have some fab blogger buds who have been busy writing some of this up so I don’t need to! Yay! If you are suddenly in the position of having to get on Twitter and figure it out quickly, look no further than Deirdre Reid ‘s fabulous series: Twitter Basics– Part 1: Benefits.

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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing , Social Media > 3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement 3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement by Tamar Weinberg on August 25, 2010 Share If you’re doing social media for your business, there’s nothing better than to do it right.

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Olive Garden on Facebook: How To Not Use Social Media.

Jason Yormark

jasonyormark.com Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me Browse > Home / Social Media / Olive Garden on Facebook: How To Not Use Social Media | Subcribe via RSS Olive Garden on Facebook: How To Not Use Social Media March 30th, 2010 Posted in Social Media Tweet Share UPDATE: It appears this is actually a scam. The official Olive Garden Facebook Fan Page posted such.

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Social Media as an Investigative Tool

Socialized

Secura Insurance Companies is recruiting for a Social Media Claims Investigation Intern, whose basic responsibilities include: Utilize various social sites including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and MySpace to gather information for potential claims cases. Utilize other online avenues and Websites to obtain information on potential claimants. Monitor any online activity pertaining to specific.

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How Social Media is changing brand communication paradigm

Atom Thought

I was speaking at the Annual Seminar at International Management Institute (IMI), Qutub Institutional Area, New Delhi. It was an interesting topic in the sense that it allowed me to think and present on how decision making process of people is undergoing a paradigm shift, as also then how challenging it becomes for brands to integrate their communication within the social media framework to reach and influence people.

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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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Why Facebook’s Community Pages Could Give Brands Headaches

Dave Fleet

A couple of weeks ago I received a worried call from a friend working in PR for a large company. Her opening question went something like: “What the heck are Community Pages on Facebook, and why is there one for my company?&#. Community Pages 101. Facebook’s Community Pages are an initiative from Facebook to create “the best collection of shared knowledge&# on a wide variety topics.

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10 Reasons Market Research is Critical to Social Media

Adam Cohen

a thousand cuts :: adam cohen's blog About Blogroll Contact a thousand cuts conversations about social media and interactive marketing by adam cohen 12 JUL 10 Reasons Market Research is Critical to Social Media Posted by: adam / Tags: Advertising , Advertising and Marketing , Forrester Research , Market research , Marketing , Social Media , Social media marketing / Comments: View Comments I continue to be surprised at how many companies keep the Market Research department in some back hall

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Facebook’s Like Button adds Life to your Content

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Like it or hate it – the Like button is here to stay. In the first week of its launch 50,000 like buttons were integrated on various websites and more than 1M “likes” were registered within 24 hours of its introduction. At last count well over 100,000 websites integrate some form of Facebook’s social plugins (including my site!). Research is showing that we will use the Like button for many things because its is one of the easiest social actions (easier than share) and can signify you like certa

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What You Can Learn From H&M's Use Of Social Media | Mindjumpers

Mindjumpers

Blog About Clients Cases Tribesourcing Video People & Contact Bloggers « Facebook Marketing Drive Sales Diesel Kicks Ass With New Campaign! » What You Can Learn From H&M’s Use Of Social Media Posted by Sara Hansson Oct 1st, 2010 Tweet H&M is one of the businesses that has done some great work in using social media for marketing.

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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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Social Networking Friends vs. Real Life Friends | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

Home About Testimonials Events Services Webinars Twitter Getting Started on Twitter Webinar Twitter Webinar: Tools and Tips (Intermediate Level) LinkedIn LinkedIn 1 – Getting Started LinkedIn 2 – Building and Leveraging Your Network Ask Calendar Contact Blogging Branding Business Career Facebook LinkedIn Networking Social Media Tips Twitter Lijit Search Social Networking Friends vs.

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10 Reasons to Have a Social Media Response Triage Flowchart

SocialFish

We do a lot of work with associations to help them develop what we call social media triage (or escalation or response) charts. These are one-page flowcharts, which are easy to share with any staff who use social media, and they are meant to help front-line staff decide what is ok for them to respond to themselves, what might require escalation for someone else internally to respond to, and what might be better for someone in the community (a member) to respond to.

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7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks

Waxing UnLyrical

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks December 21st, 2010 Tweet I first heard about Amplify earlier this year; I believe it was at the January chapter meeting of IABC/DC Metro. My friend (and client, but he’s a friend first) Shashi Bellamkonda is, I think, genetically-wired to try and talk about new things – no doubt why he’s Network

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When Networking Falls Short, Your [Lack of] Success Will Follow

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Tools are a wonderful part of today’s information age, but if you’re going to use “social networks&# or that thing we call “social media,&# it’s important to remember the common denominator: the social. Without an understanding of your community and an understanding of the influencers , you’re destined for failure.

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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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Olive Garden on Facebook: How To Not Use Social Media

Jason Yormark

jasonyormark.com Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me Browse > Home / Social Media / Olive Garden on Facebook: How To Not Use Social Media | Subcribe via RSS Olive Garden on Facebook: How To Not Use Social Media March 30th, 2010 Posted in Social Media Tweet Share UPDATE: It appears this is actually a scam. The official Olive Garden Facebook Fan Page posted such.

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November 2010: Ottawa's Twitter top 20 | Sherrilynne Starkie

Sherrilynne Starkie

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Why I Deleted My Foursquare Account

Ari Herzog

Shea Sylvia , a Kansas City web geek and early adopter of shiny new internet tools, wrote on her blog in July 2010 that she was creeped out while eating at a restaurant with friends — when the hostess came over and told her she had a phone call. Shea recollected that conversation. But when I answered the phone, I didn’t recognize the voice on the other end.

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HOW TO: Read 26 Books A Year

Dave Fleet

Tweet Late in 2009, Julien Smith’s fantastic approach to reading inspired me to set an ambitious target for this year: to read one book every two weeks throughout the year. I even published my target list of books so people could hold me to account. Well, the year is almost up and despite a crazy year , I’m happy to say I hit my goal. In fact, I’m on my 28th book of 2010.

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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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False Advertisement of Fast Food

Idaconcpts

It’s incredible what fast food chains get away with. Consider this example from McDonald’s. And here are some examples from other popular fast food chains. Email this to a friend? Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on Facebook. Tweet This! Share this on LinkedIn. Post on Google Buzz. Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon.

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LinkedIn Search Optimization (LSO) Critical for B2B Marketers

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume or quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via natural search results. This gave birth to a whole industry centered on optimizing search results for a given term. For B2C or B2B Marketers this was a huge revolution. But for B2B Marketing fans I think you need to expand your game around search to start include what I am calling … LinkedIn Search Optimization (LSO).

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Facebook vs. Twitter [infographic]

Mindjumpers

Tweet Digital Surgeons has been comparing the two most popular social networks: Facebook and Twitter. See who the users are and what their behavior is – how often do they login, how many users follow a brand and how often do they update their status. This infographic gives you an overview of some key numbers as well as some demographic traits of the users such as gender, income, age and education.

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I Don't Care Where. You. Are. Right. Now. | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

Home About Testimonials Events Services Webinars Twitter Getting Started on Twitter Webinar Twitter Webinar: Tools and Tips (Intermediate Level) LinkedIn LinkedIn 1 – Getting Started LinkedIn 2 – Building and Leveraging Your Network Ask Calendar Contact Blogging Branding Business Career Facebook LinkedIn Networking Social Media Tips Twitter Lijit Search I Don’t Care Where.

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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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Want to Lead Corporate Social Strategy? Read This.

Social Media Marketing

Few people understand the constant pressure that the corporate social strategist is faced with. On any given day, the pressure can include internal challenges such as culture change, demands on proving the worth of programs, program development and execution, vague understanding of the role by some colleagues, the necessity of integrating the function throughout the enterprise, as well as external demands such as interview requests and a constant barrage of questions via email, Facebook and Twit

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Veterans Day: A Granddaughter Remembers

Waxing UnLyrical

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Veterans Day: A Granddaughter Remembers November 11th, 2010 Tweet The strong, silent type My grandfather never talked about the war. That’s him as a dashing young officer, right there. I should say “wars&# since, as first a Royal Indian Air Force and then an Indian Air Force officer, from which he retired as a Group Captain, he’d seen his fair s

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10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy 10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy by Tamar Weinberg on May 18, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Beth Hrusch. Why do businesses need social media?

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Develop a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps August 20th, 2009 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Join me and 21 other speakers for Facebook Success Summit 2010, a Webinar series with everything you need

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Getting Overwhelmed? Get Organized!

Kikolani

One of the things I have been hearing lately is that people are getting overwhelmed. Overwhelmed by following too many people on social networks or subscribing to too many blogs. And although they are inundated, they do not want to just get rid of everything and start from scratch. So how do you get what you really need and not suffer from information overload?