Jason Yormark

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Utilize above the fold share buttons like Tweetmeme & Facebook Share. Don’t just stop with Twitter or Facebook. Not all channels use a preview image, but ones such as Facebook and Digg do, and if you choose smart, they can contribute to higher click-thrus. Enable your readers. Write effectively. Share Share Share!

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Jason Yormark

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Utilize above the fold share buttons like Tweetmeme & Facebook Share. Don’t just stop with Twitter or Facebook. Not all channels use a preview image, but ones such as Facebook and Digg do, and if you choose smart, they can contribute to higher click-thrus. Enable your readers. Write effectively. Share Share Share!

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Jason Yormark

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Facebook – Really if you don’t have this one on your phone, you really aren’t interested in this article to begin with right? Works like a charm, and practically supports every IM client there is including Facebook. While some of these are quite obvious, perhaps a few in here are new to you.

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Jason Yormark

JULY 27, 2010

Hell, even I’m guilty of over saturating my twitter feed with social media tweets. Leverage 2nd Tier Platforms – While the Facebooks and Twitters of the world are certainly the big dogs, there are opportunities elsewhere to capitalize on. Tweets, blog posts, and articles are peppered with how to-s, trends, and best practices.

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Jason Yormark

JULY 27, 2010

Hell, even I’m guilty of over saturating my twitter feed with social media tweets. Leverage 2nd Tier Platforms – While the Facebooks and Twitters of the world are certainly the big dogs, there are opportunities elsewhere to capitalize on. Tweets, blog posts, and articles are peppered with how to-s, trends, and best practices.

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Jason Yormark

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Online Community Managers Job Board A great resource to find community manager roles maintained by @SueOnTheWeb (which she also posts on her twitter feed as well). Share this on Facebook. Know of any more? Please share in comments and I’ll be sure to include in the list above. Tweet This! Subscribe to the comments for this post?

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Jason Yormark

APRIL 4, 2011

Get Serious About Twitter – Many people just stick with Facebook and never think Twitter is worth their time. Also consider resources like Indeed.com which also let you grab an RSS feed based on your custom searches. If used properly, Twitter can be a great tool to establish yourself professionally, grow an audience, and network.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 13, 2009

One visit to their Facebook page and you’ll see comment after comment of already loyal customers gushing about this flavor and that flavor and sharing their feedback about how to do better. Daniel used Facebook and Twitter to slowly leak out hints as to who they were and the community ate it up and offered prizes for those hot on the trail.

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Jason Yormark

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

What suprised me the most though was the Facebook adoption. My hope is that they would hit 10,000 by the end of the Mac Office Loves You campaign which wraps up 2/25. I think they’ll get there. Well over 3,300 fans after just a few weeks. I wasn’t expecting that many that quickly.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 31, 2010

Related posts: Social Media Book Giveaway Contest Follow Up Socialnomics Book Review Olive Garden on Facebook: How To Not Use Social Media 5 Ways To Become Social Media Relevant My 9 Favorite iPhone Social Media Apps This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at 11:57 am and is filed under Social Media , Software. Great contest idea!

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 31, 2010

Related posts: Social Media Book Giveaway Contest Follow Up Socialnomics Book Review Olive Garden on Facebook: How To Not Use Social Media 5 Ways To Become Social Media Relevant My 9 Favorite iPhone Social Media Apps This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at 11:57 am and is filed under Social Media , Software. Great contest idea!

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Jason Yormark

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

I’ve been wanting to write more about these services, but not until I was able to really give them a good try and for the past few weeks, I’ve immersed myself into really 3 choices, Facebook Places , Foursquare and Whrrl. And for my money, Whrrl is hands down the best experience of the three.

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Jason Yormark

MARCH 22, 2010

In addition they use Facebook (but Twitter is where they really shine), and there websites are slick, and full of useful information. I find myself learning quite a bit about their musical journeys, and in most cases it’s the main source for late breaking news with their music endeavors. Be sure to check them out and have a listen.

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Jason Yormark

MARCH 22, 2010

In addition they use Facebook (but Twitter is where they really shine), and there websites are slick, and full of useful information. I find myself learning quite a bit about their musical journeys, and in most cases it’s the main source for late breaking news with their music endeavors. Be sure to check them out and have a listen.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 9, 2010

Facebook Share & Tweetmeme Button – Ensure your readers can share your content on the two most important social media platforms quickly and easily. This compliments the Facebook and Tweetmeme buttons usually found at the top of your blog posts while these are found at the end.

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Jason Yormark

JUNE 22, 2010

Exception here is if you use Facebook Connect or the Twitter API to allow users to use their existing social media profiles to log in. Unless your charging for your content (and justifiably so), don’t make users register on your site to access content. We already have enough logins and passwords to manage, and don’t need any more.

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Jason Yormark

JUNE 22, 2010

Exception here is if you use Facebook Connect or the Twitter API to allow users to use their existing social media profiles to log in. Unless your charging for your content (and justifiably so), don’t make users register on your site to access content. We already have enough logins and passwords to manage, and don’t need any more.

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Jason Yormark

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Follow Office for Mac on twitter , fan ‘em on Facebook , and win yourself a cool new Mac in the process. Super creative folks, and the craziest offices you’ve ever seen. So now I ask all my friends, family, readers and visitors to spread the love! More to come! You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 16, 2010

Related posts: Making Dough(nuts): A Real World Example of Using Social Media Effectively Olive Garden on Facebook: How To Not Use Social Media 5 Ways To Become Social Media Relevant Why I Choose Whrrl For My Location Based Time Groupon 2.0: You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 16, 2010

Related posts: Making Dough(nuts): A Real World Example of Using Social Media Effectively Olive Garden on Facebook: How To Not Use Social Media 5 Ways To Become Social Media Relevant Why I Choose Whrrl For My Location Based Time Groupon 2.0: You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Jason Yormark

JUNE 2, 2010

Be sure to visit the site for more info, or follow on Twitter and/or Facebook. The site aims to be a place with rich content on a variety of sports, nutrition, equipment, etc., all geared for the 18+ demographic. Still in the early stages, but I certainly plan to share my journey here as it continues to develop.

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Jason Yormark

JUNE 2, 2010

Be sure to visit the site for more info, or follow on Twitter and/or Facebook. The site aims to be a place with rich content on a variety of sports, nutrition, equipment, etc., all geared for the 18+ demographic. Still in the early stages, but I certainly plan to share my journey here as it continues to develop.

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Jason Yormark

DECEMBER 28, 2009

From old school marketers simply updating their titles to stay with the times, to recent graduates who know how to use Twitter or Facebook. The Facebooks and Twitters of the world are simply giving us new technologies to do these things more easily then ever and at enormous scale. Social Media is not a new concept.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 17, 2009

It’s not enough to just have a Facebook page or Twitter account. So of course I tackled the usual major players, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Be Everywhere The first step that any business needs to take is establishing themselves as a company that embraces community. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Jason Yormark

OCTOBER 27, 2009

For more information about this very special homeless shelter you can visit their website here , or their Facebook page here. And if you are so inspired to do so, you can donate to the shelter. Believe me, they can need and appreciate it. No related posts. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Jason Yormark

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

View Comments to “Google Wave Invites: Grab Your Board&# traceyellett Says: November 29th, 2009 at 4:37 pm Pet peeve: when someone has a social media profile (ie Facebook) & their 'friends' wish them happy birthday, but they don't acknowledge (thank) their friends for their birthday wishes.

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Jason Yormark

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Fbshare.me – This just recently launched and mimics the functionality of Tweetmeme but for Facebook. The facts are Twitter and Facebook are the kings of social media so having both prominently on your blog posts increases the chances that your readers will use them and spread the love. Big $$$ Will Be Made Here”.The

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Jason Yormark

JULY 20, 2009

Most users of Twitter use Facebook and vice versa. If you have a blog or company website, your best bet is to integrate all 3 with each other by visibly having your Twitter and Facebook identities on your site, and utilizing Twitter and Facebook’s cross posting features. Cross Promotion.

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Jason Yormark

JULY 22, 2009

Step 1: Hit The Big Three (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) It’s no secret that social networking is all the rage, so it doesn’t take a genius to point out that you need to start there. By far, Facebook , Twitter and Linked In are where I think most businesses should start their community building. month option that is ad free.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 25, 2010

Be Timely – In my Olive Garden Facebook post , I wrote immediately following stumbling across the scammy offering in my news feed. Find ways to take those niches, and make them even more specific. You’ll find a nice little audience waiting. I garnered a quick audience on this post, and it was one of the most shared articles on my site.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 30, 2009

Most people with a pulse can tell you that Facebook and Twitter are all the rage, but Socialnomics drives it home with detailed examples from organizations that have embraced social media and found huge success (Obama’s campaign detailed in Chapter 4), to companies that have missed the boat (see Hasbro’s Scrabble incident in Chapter 7).

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Jason Yormark

JANUARY 12, 2010

Olive Garden on Facebook: How To Not Use Social Media This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 at 4:05 pm and is filed under Digital Marketing , Social Media. Related posts: 5 Ways To Become Social Media Relevant My 9 Favorite WordPress Social Media Plugins Dropbox It Like It’s Hot Social Media Book Package Giveaway!

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Jason Yormark

APRIL 11, 2011

For those unfamiliar, RockMelt takes an interesting approach to web browsing by integrating social media directly into the browser making it much easier to communicate with your Facebook and Twitter networks, and to also share web content more quickly and efficiently. Facebook Integration – The Facebook integration is pretty tight.

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Jason Yormark

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Great use of Twitter and Facebook to evangelize the opportunity. By far one of the most innovative, slick presentations on recruiting a position in your company. It’s obvious the idea was a winner. I personally scored two news stories based on their innovative approach ( here and here ). Social Media. Vanns Site Integration.

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