Jeff Esposito

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Facebook’s the crack and we’re all greedy junkies

Jeff Esposito

A recent Facebook update changed how brands are able to get content onto users’ news feeds. or updates from professional groups and companies that I love (Under Armour, Samuel Adams and Jimmy Fund) in my feed. What I hate, and I am sure you will agree, are the cheap jump on the bandwagon or meme posts.

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What [insert current event] can teach you about [insert industry]

Jeff Esposito

Most of which is irrelevant to the reader and just pops up in feeds because the bloggers are trying to draw more eyeballs by having a post tied to current events or snafu – often called newsjacking. Some of the advice is 101 while some is Monday morning quarterbacking.

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Has your social ego taken over?

Jeff Esposito

Focusing on these numbers makes it easy to fall into the trap of feeding the ego. Much like a Mogwai after midnight, feeding an ego can have disastrous repercussions. The most common of these is inflating one’s self-worth.

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Put the groans away, Facebook’s algorithm change is good for you

Jeff Esposito

The Animal Rescue Site – While I still don’t remember liking this page, they show up in my feed at least 5X a day. They typically pop up in my feed at least one time a day. Instead they go to the men’s lifestyle angle and do a good job of getting into the feeds with timely stories.

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Put the groans away, Facebook’s algorithm change is good for you

Jeff Esposito

The Animal Rescue Site – While I still don’t remember liking this page, they show up in my feed at least 5X a day. They typically pop up in my feed at least one time a day. Instead they go to the men’s lifestyle angle and do a good job of getting into the feeds with timely stories.

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Stop spreading yourself thin

Jeff Esposito

To be successful or get out of the vicious minutia cycle we have to stop feeding into the yes mentality however hard it is to say no. In participating in this type of “yes” mentality we inherently, often willingly, spread ourselves too thin – sucking out productivity. So how do we collectively avoid being spread paper thin?

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Women like Pinterest, measuring and Instagram

Jeff Esposito

Jason Falls takes a look at LinkedIn today and how there are a number of articles calling Facebook desperate in the top feed. Is calling someone desperate, desperate? It brings into question as to whether or not LinkedIn comes across worse to users by populating their front page with articles on the globe’s biggest social network.