Debbie Weil

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Do You Know Your Social Media Sweet Spot?

Debbie Weil

Your sweet spot is where what YOU want to achieve using social media coincides with what your audience wants. Most organizations are engaging in one-way news-dispersing conversations on their Facebook pages. Asking for "feedback" from their over 5,000 Facebook followers received a tepid response. What to do?

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Gotta Run: I Have to Do My (Facebook) Messaging

Debbie Weil

When I watched Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s live streamed announcement of Facebook Messages yesterday I was struck by a couple of things: his presumptuousness, his lack of speaking ability and the insular feeling of the event. and his Facebook handlers) could afford the best in presentation training. Get ready for some snark.

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Sweets and Tweets: Tony Hsieh Isn’t the Only One Delivering Customer Happiness

Debbie Weil

Does the widespread adoption of social media mean that companies are doing business in a better way by listening more closely and interacting with customers? Moving the Needle Using Social Media. Facebook and Twitter are just tools, he said. Forget shiny object syndrome. Baked and Wired in DC’s Georgetown.

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Secrets of Success Behind Blogging Success Summit

Debbie Weil

One of the reasons I’ll be talking about blogs and why they’re your social media hub on Feb. 2, 2011 is that it’s a great topic and one I sincerely believe in. Another reason is that Mike Stelzner, creator of the online Blogging Success Summit , invited me to and he is persuasive. Which brings me to my point.

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10 Years Ago Today! My 1st Article About Blogging

Debbie Weil

The talk is now of Facebook and Twitter; yet the concept is the same: open the gates, come down from the mountain and listen, really listen, to your customers and let them talk back to you - even if it’s not what you want to hear. Surprisingly perhaps, change has been slow. Stay tuned for an official announcement. 22, 2001.

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10 Years Ago Today! My 1st Article About Blogging

Debbie Weil

The talk is now of Facebook and Twitter; yet the concept is the same: open the gates, come down from the mountain and listen, really listen, to your customers and let them talk back to you - even if it’s not what you want to hear. Surprisingly perhaps, change has been slow. Stay tuned for an official announcement. 22, 2001.

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Why Writing a Corporate Blog Can Be Fun (and Profitable Too)

Debbie Weil

But with the ick factor not a concern, corporate blogs are an awesome tool for networking (especially when turbo-powered by its new best friends Facebook and Twitter). Here are the guidelines: your post must be congruent with the topics covered on this blog (corporate social media, publishing 2.0, Susan Harris. government 2.0,

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