Janet Fouts

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There Is No Free Social Media For Business

Janet Fouts

Businesses tout their understanding of the value of social currency and especially small business, for whom the playing field was leveled online by the accessibility of social sites like Twitter and Facebook. Many businesses have shifted to using social sites as customer support venues, marketing platforms and communities.

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5 Top Social Media Professionals on Google+

Janet Fouts

First it was the meteoric rise of the new platform and social media types rushed to learn it and get those tips and tricks posts out. It’s Twitter on steroids. Unfortunately the platform has quite a lot of downside too. The traffic we get from Google+ also sticks longer than other social media referrals.

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Why I Killed My Facebook Page – Confessions of a Social Media Coach

Janet Fouts

A social media coach quitting Facebook? When I wrote my first book, “ Social Media Success! I wrote 3 more books on social media after that one came out, so now what, create a page for each book? I can build my brand quite well without a Facebook page with my other social media accounts.

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Using social media across cultures

Janet Fouts

Most businesses are now well aware of the benefits that using social media can bring, such as driving sales, getting customer feedback, building brand awareness and more. However, the majority are still only focusing on major social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Read below for more info.

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App dot net- It’s not Twitter

Janet Fouts

When I first heard about App.net my first reaction was probably very much like yours, “I don’t need another social media network!” Founder Dalton Caldwell created this new network–known to fans as ADN– a mere 12 weeks ago as an ad-free, real-time social network. The difference between ADN and Twitter.

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Marketers- Stop multi-tasking social media

Janet Fouts

We all *think* we’re doing great when the Twitter alerts are rolling, Email’s pinging, Facebook is always open and your RSS feeds are pushing you new content to share. Here are a few tips to make the time you spend working on social media marketing tasks, and your entire day, more useful to everyone. Efficient right?

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How does your brand look on social media?

Janet Fouts

Want to look at your performance across multiple platforms? Looks at your blo, Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter presences and rates you by your apparent influence, activity level and authority on topics you frequently discuss. Klout scores now show up in the Twitter streams of those who use Seesmic and some other apps. Peer Index.

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