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Some Perspectives on Pinterest

Social Media Marketing

Simply stated, the site is a visual bookmarking tool. Why It Works And really, this approach is parallel to the way I think Pinterest is different.

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Dear IT Guy, Can You Actually Use the Tool You're Creating.

Social Media Strategery

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Dear IT Guy, Can You Actually Use the Tool You’re Creating? Brown) Twitter Comment Dear IT Guy, Can You Actually Use the Tool You’re Creating? Government 2.0 and Government 2.0

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Search Engine Optimization: Why a Blog is Important

Bill Hartzer

Every time you update your blog with a new blog post, it can be submitted out to the various social bookmarking and social networking websites, which could lead to more links. – You can publicize the RSS feed of your blog. You still must actually submit them manually, but it helps you fill out the form.

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Search Engine Optimization: Why We Still Need Meta Tags

Bill Hartzer

There are social media sites, social bookmarking sites, review sites, shopping sites…I could go on and on about the type of other sites (other than search engines) that might use this meta data. But what about the other uses for the title tag, the meta keywords tag, and the meta description tag? Yes, I did.

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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

They hear about tools, put forth a miserable effort, and are either too busy or just lazy. With social media, an abundance of resources are at your fingertips. However, without a successful plan and any adequate preparation, your social media efforts will fail. When I reviewed the poster’s account, I understood why.

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Justifying Social Media to the Big Wigs

Social Media Strategery

However, no matter how fantastic your material is, you’re not going to get far with any senior leader unless you have an understanding of these tools yourself. I won’t stop preaching that social media isn’t about the tools. I’m going to show them how the tools can make a difference in their day.

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Social Media is Scary – How to Address Middle Managers | Social.

Social Media Strategery

When talking with a middle manager or project manager, I’ll typically start by focusing on the tools themselves, rather than on the overarching strategies, like I would do with senior leadership. Show them how the tools can help them save time. Show them how they can use del.icio.us Show them how they can use del.icio.us

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