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Attenzi – A Social Business Story

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The foreword is penned by Adam Pisoni, Microsoft Yammer co-founder and CTO, and the eBook is available in all popular formats for free at www.attenzi.com. Business Guest Posts Social Media Adam Pisoni Attenzi ebook facebook Microsoft Yammer philip sheldrake social business' It’s designed to help galvanize your organization.

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Monday Roundup: PR Measurement Classics

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Rockland shares some thoughts from Microsoft’s senior manager of corporate communications. Why: “Bill Gates helped create an entire industry that has transformed how we do our jobs and how we live every day.” ” In this post for PRSA , David B. What are some classic measurement concepts that are still relevant to you?

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“K” is King in Brand and Company Naming

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CocaCola, Microsoft, General Electric, Nokia, McDonalds, Hewlett-Packard). Thirteen percent of companies in the 2011 top 100 brands start or end with a “K” or the “K” sound (hard “C” included) or have the sound in the middle of the name. In Bloomberg BusinessWeek ’s Top 100 Global Brands Scoreboard of the top 12, half have the “K” sound (i.e.,

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Weekly Roundup: Neither BarfShiners Nor Grouchiacs

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Microsoft buying Skype? by Jayme Soulati. Why: it’s only recently that people have started bantering here on WUL. It’s not going to happen on every post, but it’s great fun when it does. by Jeff Pulver. Why: Jeff wrote this post before the deal was official.

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Does Too Much Technology Make Us Bored?

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When I remarked that purchasing an external CD drive to load my (legal) version of Microsoft Office would probably be cheaper than purchasing the software again, she practically rolled her eyes as she told me the cost differential. What if I’d had a visual impairment that didn’t allow me to read the information?

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How Distributed Content Can Help Control Social Messaging

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You may have read recently that LinkedIn is now a Microsoft joint. Validating a Player Card (or any Twitter Card) is a uniform process, but requires some additional information for approval. LinkedIn Long-Form Articles. As they integrate services, LinkedIn long-form posts may be an increasingly valuable way to publish content to a platform.

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Snooki v. Toni Morrison

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I hate that Microsoft Word won’t recognize ‘google’ as a verb. Fucking whale sperm.”. I am not a marine biologist, but I think she may have been misinformed. I must admit, though, I didn’t Google it, so I reserve judgment. (I Stupid squiggly lines of judgment. I digress.). Toni Morrison takes the lead.

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