Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 23, 2012

I wasn’t looking forward to the four hour-ish drive (one way) after my first week at a new job, having traveled across the country both of the preceding weeks, and more travel coming up this week and next… but one’s Better Half is one’s Better Half. So how about we commit to traveling a bit out of our bubbles?

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Travel Message Boards Meeting Flickr 202

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Using market intelligence, Royal Caribbean identified supporters of the cruise line via social networking sites and took the opportunity to give fifty of the most ardent supporters, called Royal Champions, special privileges, including free paid cruises and invitations to special events with company executives.

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Brands Message Boards Travel Forums 133

Bare Feet Studios

JULY 8, 2009

It’s also known as Pay-Per-Post , and traditional “fam trips&# for travel bloggers also fall into this category. On the other hand, Whole Foods CEO really crossed the line by posting on stock message boards under an alias name , attempting to influence the stock price of an acquisition. Flogs – aka Fake Blogs.

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Social Media Astroturfing Wikipedia Upcoming 80

Bare Feet Studios

OCTOBER 7, 2009

This was a Tweetup Treat, as Larry and I do not normally travel in the same circles. When all I can find about you on Google search are things like message board postings or a one-off weight loss blog offer, then you are not a serious business person IMO. Later back at home I could Google him. “That was easy!

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Upcoming Conference Viddler Flickr 45

Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 23, 2011

Virtually every social media monitoring tool worthy of the label covers the big social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter), social bookmarking sites (Digg, Reddit) and content sharing sites (YouTube, Flickr). The best also monitor message boards and forums, easy to overlook but critical particularly for niche b2b products and services.

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Tools Social Media Sysomos Vocus 193

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Meanwhile, however, I do very much like Facebook Lite , which strips down a lot of the shiny distractions, and gives you a threaded News Feed, birthdays, and events – and that’s about it. Flickr Creative Commons Search This is my go-to source for photos for the blog and presentations.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Tweetdeck 167

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

I have encountered another FB fan page issue: as owner of travel agency start-up I cannot get the fan page address until I have 25+ fans (it used to be higher in the past)…ridiculous arbitrary number…why can’t I give a fan page address directly to potential customers? Wow, good point on the events. Just my $0.02.

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Facebook Issues MySpace Privacy 277