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Ever Really Look at your Linkedin Contacts?

Direct Marketing Observations

Look at Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, Tumblr, Instagram, Snapchat, Periscope/Meerkat/Blab, Redit, Youtube, Pinterest, WhatsApp and G Plus. But have you ever really looked at who you’re connected to on Linkedin? You know what I use Linkedin for? First and foremost, I use it as a competitive intelligence tool.

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The secret sauce of social is selfishness-and that’s not a bad thing

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The seat is the tool or the platform for discussion. It starts with Linkedin. Linkedin is and became one of the initial gateways into people’s lives; and for a lot of people, who were never into that “social thing&# , and who are still not that social, Linkedin is their gateway into social media.

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Social Media for B2B-10 links for the week that was in Social Media

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Forget Facebook and Twitter, For B2B, it’s all about Linkedin. How many of you currently use Linkedin in your social media marketing/marketing efforts? New Study Reveals Facebook Better Than Twitter for Marketers So another question to you: Are you using Facebook as a marketing tool? How to Fail at B2B Social Media.

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If You Could Use Only One Social Media Solution, Which Would It Be?

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Let’s short list 11 high level social media solutions and tools right now. Tags: Social Networks Facebook YouTube Linkedin Twitter social media marc meyer. What is going to give them the biggest return, the biggest impact? You can only choose one. A Ning Like community or Forum solution. Social Bookmarking. Podcasting.

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The Google+ Conundrum

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That means providing you with the business services, tools, entertainment outlets and peripherals that can casually prevent you from thinking you need to use another service or site to achieve said service or tool. Let’s say you currently use Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Ping, and half a dozen lesser social enabled sites.

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Why Social Media Will Challenge Marketers in 2019

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Couple that with how Linkedin is now being used on an every-day basis, the evolution of Instagram, and the rapid adoption of Snap, and the choices and the ways that consumers want to communicate, have never been as diverse and complex. Better tools, better coaches, better conditions, equipment, they all factor in. It can happen.

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Social Media Consultants & Companies-The truth can be found in their numbers

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If they can’t get Twitter right, does this mean that their Facebook strategy and or their blog, or Linkedin strategy will be any different? Social Media is equal parts strategy, tactics and tools as it is about labor. Shortcuts don’t cut it and they can be, readily apparent.