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Lessons in Humanity from Shidoobee

Waxing UnLyrical

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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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The effective practice of social media marketing requires monitoring all channels, from online cruise message boards to social networking sites like Facebook or LinkedIn. And those who see that the big loser is the message board’s credibility, and by extention, other board’s credibility, also.

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Ethics in Social Media: A Glossary | Bare Feet Blog

Bare Feet Studios

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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Is it easy to tell if you are a scammer or straight-shooter?

Bare Feet Studios

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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9 Criteria for Selecting a Social Media Monitoring Tool

Webbiquity SMM

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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An Open Letter to Facebook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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? Just my $0.02.

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

Convince & Convert

Flickr Creative Commons Search This is my go-to source for photos for the blog and presentations. Using Flickr’s advanced search, you can browse photos that are specifically made available under a Creative Commons license , allowing you to use them with attribution in blog posts, etc.