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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

I am new at blogging, but tend to notice that I get many more comments when I include an engaging headline that gets people interested in the topic. I'd suggest that you move the search box somewhere below the navigation– maybe above the RSS feed option on the right? I also prefer the overall design to #2/3.

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JUNE 22, 2010

link] La cultura corporativa es clave en el éxito de una campaña #SMM [link] Community Managers RT @tcreativo: ¿Crees o no crees en #SocialMedia? link] La cultura corporativa es clave en el éxito de una campaña #SMM [link] Community Managers RT @tcreativo: ¿Crees o no crees en #SocialMedia? Good luck converting the masses !

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Done correctly, social media is about developing meaningful relationships with customers and prospective customers in their natural habitat. You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Many successful social media programs take months (or even more than a year) to really germinate.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Social is an Ingredient, not an Entree Help clients find ways to add social components to existing marketing (print, outdoor, broadcast, direct mail, email, search, live events) – rather than viewing social media as a freestanding silo.

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APRIL 12, 2012

The RSS feed is: [link]. Huge thanks to data-driven social media management software company Argyle Social for their presenting sponsorship, as well as Infusionsoft and Jim Kukral at DigitalBookLaunch. To me that was what struck a chord is that social makes everything more transparent, both the good and the bad.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Using the Forrester Social Technographics Ladder, understand how your target audience (as defined by gender, age, and geography) uses social media. If your audience skews older, you may not want to engage in a lot of “make a video&# contests, since that segment indexes low on the “Creator&# scale. Volvo = Safety.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Socialmention.com is basically a social search engine, if the business name is unique it can be a good option. You can also set up various searches from Google, Twitter, etc and run the RSS feeds from each search through Yahoo Pipes and have the resulting feed delivered to your inbox or RSS reader to monitor ongoing.

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MARCH 22, 2011

Rapportive is a social CRM, giving you important information about the person who is emailing you. If they’re connected via social networks, you get their picture, their location, and job titles, in addition to their Twitter feed and Facebook updates (if available) and links to their social profiles. Rapportive.

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JULY 8, 2010

Seth Godin predicted that RSS would kill email. Well, it’s certainly weathered the wooden stakes of pundits and the introduction of IM, RSS, Skype, MySpace, Facebook & Twitter quite well. In fact, it’s quite telling that every single social network still requires members to sign-up with an email address. October 2007.

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MARCH 16, 2010

Twitter’s role as a conduit for the Zeitgeist is unrivaled, and it has almost single-handedly ushered in the era of real-time search, and social CRM. teens using Twitter, compared to 66% engaged in texting. Young People Don’t Use It Today’s marketing coordinator is tomorrow’s CMO, and younger Americans don’t embrace Twitter.

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APRIL 8, 2010

Little iPhone games like solitaire become substantially more engaging on the iPad. When I'm clearing emails or reading (RSS, web, ReadItLater, etc.), In fact, because of how close you can hold the iPad, to me its screen size feels bigger than my 15-inch MacBook.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Also, at my social media speaking engagements hither and yon I’m often asked what tools I use. So, I took a personal inventory and created this overview of the 39 social media tools I use daily. I use Objective Marketer for all of my in-advance Tweets, and when I want to engage in some headline and/or time of day testing.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

With FBML and a flurry of new easy-to-use Facebook tab customization providers like North Social (check them out, really great stuff), it’s now possible to include on your Facebook fan page much of the most engaging content and functionality that previously was the sole property of a freestanding website.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

With FBML and a flurry of new easy-to-use Facebook tab customization providers like North Social (check them out, really great stuff), it’s now possible to include on your Facebook fan page much of the most engaging content and functionality that previously was the sole property of a freestanding website.

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JUNE 28, 2010

If the content gets plenty of comments (good/bad), you need a response plan (the oft mentioned engagement). This is functionally similar to the Creative Brief that ad agencies have been using for decades to help copywriters and artists understand the psychology of the customer, and what needs to be included in the advertisement.

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