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Blogging for Tickets. Am I Selling Out?

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To receive the free ticket, the caveat was that I would need to publish a post promoting the event – right now. Before it appears that I’m aiming to set myself ethically above others who may have agreed to publish a promotional post, I need to share that I have done this before. It just didn’t feel right.

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8 Tips for Using Social Media for Political Campaigns

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It’s not all about you): Don’t just publish. This is akin to publishing your phone number, yet not answering when someone calls. , but using the tools as if they only wanted to be in touch with an existing audience. It shouldn’t have been a surprise that the online community didn’t grown much. Engage (a.k.a.

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Why I’m Over Declaring Tech Tools “Over”

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With the launch of Google’s new social network, Google+ , there are many who have rushed to publish opinions about the demise of other networks, most notably Twitter and Facebook. Some have even gone as far as to shut down their accounts on these other networks to move their entire online network to Google+.

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I Don't Care Where. You. Are. Right. Now. | Almost Savvy

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If it works for you, your friends and audience to publish your check-ins to multiple sites, I hope you won’t take it personally if I’m not around to keep tabs on where you’re having lunch today. The website you reference is but one of many reasons I don’t publish every detail of my whereabouts online.

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Ready for Yet Another Social Platform? Here Comes Google Buzz

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You will be able to connect with Twitter, but only to pull in content, not to publish tweets (at least, not yet). TechCrunch has also published a pos t on why Buzz may gain traction in ways Wave has not yet been able to achieve. As of now, it will integrate will services including Flickr, Picasa, YouTube, and Google Reader.

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Blogs: I'll Show You Mine if You'll Show Me Yours

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Dictionary.com includes this definition of the word blog : Main Entry: blog Part of Speech: n Definition: an online diary; a personal chronological log of thoughts published on a Web page; also called Weblog, Web log Example: Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author. What is your take on blogs?

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Your Brand Screwed-Up On Social Media, Now What?

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Was this the person responsible for publishing the tweet from the KitchenAid account? Within minutes of the now-infamous tweet from the KitchenAid account, it was deleted and reappeared on an individual’s personal Twitter account. I don’t know with certainty and, for purposes of this post, it really doesn’t matter.