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Think Twice About Automating Your Social Media Efforts

SocMed Sean

digests, Foursquare updates, and auto-retweeting of certain “trusted resources” In the end, there was a strong consensus that while some automation is valuable, over-automating your social media activities actually defeats the purpose of building individual relationships with your customers or community members.

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10 Questions You Should Ask Your Social Media “Expert”, “Guru” or “Wizard”

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Hopefully, these 1o questions can help you in the process of finding someone who really understands your business and can help formulate and execute a plan to engage with your community online. 5) What does “community management” mean to you? Do you include community management in your social media services?

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Thumper’s Rule – Knowing When And How To Avoid An Online Argument

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As the site owner/community manager, I even had someone threaten to come to my house in person so he could discuss the fact that I edited one of his posts for racist comments. 2) Don’t argue just to argue – Community managers can spot them a mile away. Trolls who like to just stir the pot and start arguments.

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Social Media Comic: Your Customers Are Not The Enemy!

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Don’t treat your customers like the enemy, look at them as members of your community who have a vested interested in your success. Ask them what they would like to see as part of the solution. Give them the opportunity to contribute to your success. Reward them when they help. Have an idea or experience? Email this to a friend?

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Shifting Focus From The Traditional Marketing Funnel To Personalized Messaging Using Social Media

SocMed Sean

Share this on LinkedIn Share this on Tumblr Share this on del.icio.us Email this to a friend? Share this on Reddit Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon.

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Innovators, Entrepreneurs, and Developers: Use Your Skills In The Fight Against Diabetes!

SocMed Sean

Bring together a group of smart, talented individuals to help the diabetes community in their fight against this disease. I encourage anyone with an entrepreneurial or innovative spirit to take a moment and learn more about this challenge. Better yet, share it with your friends and colleagues. I DARE YOU! Share this on Facebook Tweet This!

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So What’s The Big Deal About Google + Your World? Will It Kill Facebook And Twitter?

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In these areas, Google does a great job understanding the needs of their community and delivering services that meet those needs. I am a HUGE Google fan, owning Android phones, using GMail as my email client, and Chrome as my primary browser. And, of course, I use Google as my search engine of choice. But social networks? Not yet Google!

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