February, 2009

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Social Media is better for the Consideration Phase

Buzz Marketing for Technology

I know I talked about this before on this blog but when I saw the data from RainToday’s Benchmark Survey of How Buyer Identify Professional Services Providers , I couldn’t help myself. According to the chart which shows the results of over 200 surveys taken by services buyers – the top 3 ways buyers become Aware of services is: Word of mouth from Colleagues Word of mouth from other Service Providers General Awareness of the Brand Most services providers aspire to generate referrals and many do,

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Hoping You'll Ask Me to Dance | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

Home About Testimonials Events Services Webinars Twitter Getting Started on Twitter Webinar Twitter Webinar: Tools and Tips (Intermediate Level) LinkedIn LinkedIn 1 – Getting Started LinkedIn 2 – Building and Leveraging Your Network Ask Calendar Contact Blogging Branding Business Career Facebook LinkedIn Networking Social Media Tips Twitter Lijit Search Hoping You’ll Ask Me To Dance Posted by Irene Koehler in Twitter on February 2, 2009 | 23 responses I didn’t go to many

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Facebook Connect Launches First Widget

Freelance Social Media

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Facebook Connect Launches First Widget by cinta5 on February 19, 2009 “Today, we’re launching our first social widget for Facebook Connect, the Comments Box. The Comments Box is a great way for any website, blog or photo gallery to add social comments to their page in just a minute with a few lines of code.

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Economic Stimulus Package

Taylor Marek

Home About Contact Archives Testimonials Speaking Podcast Chat LIVE Social Media Vault My Inner Circle Plugins eBook Hire Me Economic Stimulus Package February 19, 2009 by Taylor Marek Ok, let me get one thing out of the way before I begin. I am opposed entirely to this notion, partly because I am a free market enonomist and partly because I can see right through the red tape in the government.

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21 Advanced ChatGPT Prompts To Take Your Social Media to the Next Level

Upgrade your social media game with our in-depth playbook: "21 advanced ChatGPT prompts for social media managers". These powerful prompts are tailored to supercharge your content creation, strategy development, and results analysis. Say goodbye to writer's block and hello to endless creativity as you effortlessly generate engaging posts, come up with original strategies, and optimize your social media performance - all in a fraction of the time.

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Symantec GoEverywhere disclosure | Shuaism

Josh S Peters

Home About eBooks Social Media and Internet Marketing Speaking Twitter Says You Are Here: Home » Consulting , Disclosure , GoEverywhere , Productivity , Web/Tech » Symantec GoEverywhere disclosure Symantec GoEverywhere disclosure Written on February 24, 2009 by Josh Peters in Consulting , Disclosure , GoEverywhere , Productivity , Web/Tech 11 Comments - Leave a comment!

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India Strategy for Social Networking Sites!

Atom Thought

My new article on Strategies for Social Networking Sites has just been published on ‘DesiCretive’ You can view the article here: [link]. We see a very complex situation in India, given that there is a clutter by small and large local players, coupled with the affinity Indians have developed towards sites like Facebook! And precisely why this article becomes very relevant for Indian Social Networking Platforms!

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The Wells Fargo Debacle.how to get around it

Akamai Marketing

Home About Social Media Consulting Find me a social media expert Social Media Audits Social Media Strategic Plans Content Marketing Plans Social Media Campaigns & Ideas Social Media Scorecards and Key Metrics Contact Tara Review Policy Akamai Marketing Connective Marketing through Social Media and Events Social Media Copywriting Event Marketing Home About Social Media Consulting Find me a social media expert Social Media Audits Social Media Strategic Plans Content Marketing Plans Social Med

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PPC as a Luxury, not a Business Model

Freelance Social Media

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe PPC as a Luxury, not a Business Model by Jesse on February 16, 2009 I’ve recently been dealing with a client that has been dealt the bad hand of seeing success through ppc advertising. Before I was involved with the company they picked up a consultant that suggested they start spending some money on PPC to drive traffic to their then new company, they explored the medium and saw an increas

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Downloads will now be taxed

Taylor Marek

Yes, you heard me right. This makes me mad to no end. Why? Ugh, don’t even get me started… First off, taxing the internet period is just dumb. Its virtually impossible to enforce, and even if it was able to be, you would have the masses to deal with. Second, how in the world is this going [.]. Tags: Blog Business Finances General News Technology downloads ITunes Taxes.

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Guerrilla Social Media Marketing: Polls and Surveys | Shuaism

Josh S Peters

Home About eBooks Social Media and Internet Marketing Speaking Twitter Says You Are Here: Home » Guerrilla Social Media Marketing , Internet Marketing , Marketing , Social Media » Guerrilla Social Media Marketing: Polls and Surveys Guerrilla Social Media Marketing: Polls and Surveys Written on February 20, 2009 by Josh Peters in Guerrilla Social Media Marketing , Internet Marketing , Marketing , Social Media 4 Comments - Leave a comment!

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Social Media Automation 101

A beginner's guide to social media automation tools and getting automation right.

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Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS The 22 most unknown FREE things anyone can have. Conventional wisdom holds that you only get what you pay for, but the real free geek knows that with the right knowledge (and maybe a charming smile) pretty much anything, even the good stuff, can be had for less or in the best case scenarios nothing at all.

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Facebook as the Media

Buzz Marketing for Technology

An interesting trend has started to happen with Facebook lately - Media events are turning into Facebook groups! Sure everyone friended Chesley Sullenberger after he successfully landed his US Airplane in the Hudson or friended Michael Phelps after he (fill in the blank) But 2 media worthy events – this week – have both turned into Facebook groups 1) Facebook’s new Terms of Service (TOS) which prompted a Anti TOS group to show up 2) But the more curious one was Lance Armstrong’s bike being stole

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Is Enterprise 2.0 Learned From a Book or From Doing?

Social Media Strategery

Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Miscellaneous Personal Prof. Development Social Media Is Enterprise 2.0 Learned From a Book or From Doing? Mon, Feb 23, 2009 Enterprise 2.0 Last week, I participated in AIIM’s Enterprise 2.0 Practitioner Certificate program, a two-day course focused on learning the principles and best practices of Enterprise 2.0 &#

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Coming soon to Facebook Pages

Freelance Social Media

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Coming soon to Facebook Pages by cinta5 on February 16, 2009 Facebook Pages can be a very powerful tool for businesses, especially when utilized the correct way. InsideFacebook.com has reported some updates that will be taking place on Facebook Pages the next few weeks.

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The Content Marketing Survival Guide: How to Navigate the Wilds of Social Media

Use this guide to inspire your creativity and ignite more successful and sustainable social media conversations.

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Downloads will now be taxed

Taylor Marek

Home About Contact Archives Testimonials Speaking Podcast Chat LIVE Social Media Vault My Inner Circle Plugins eBook Hire Me Downloads will now be taxed February 19, 2009 by Taylor Marek Yes, you heard me right. This makes me mad to no end. Why? Ugh, don’t even get me started… First off, taxing the internet period is just dumb. Its virtually impossible to enforce, and even if it was able to be, you would have the masses to deal with.

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Internet Marketing Basics pt. 1

Josh S Peters

Home About eBooks Social Media and Internet Marketing Speaking Twitter Says You Are Here: Home » Internet Marketing , Marketing , Social Media » Internet Marketing Basics pt. 1 Internet Marketing Basics pt. 1 Written on February 16, 2009 by Josh Peters in Internet Marketing , Marketing , Social Media 12 Comments - Leave a comment! As I’ve said while I’m finishing my Masters cert. in Internet Marketing my time is going to be a little sparse, but then while getting frustrat

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The 22 most unknown FREE things anyone can have.

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS The 22 most unknown FREE things anyone can have. Conventional wisdom holds that you only get what you pay for, but the real free geek knows that with the right knowledge (and maybe a charming smile) pretty much anything, even the good stuff, can be had for less or in the best case scenarios nothing at all.

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My Blog got me a New Job and a Book Deal!

Buzz Marketing for Technology

I realize you can’t pick up a paper or listen to the news without hearing about more job losses and for those that are affected by the economic situation my thoughts and prayers are with you all. And so I’d like to focus on describing how my blog has helped me move on to the next stage in my career. And hopefully help you in the process. Bottom line over the last 3 years my blog has helped me build a strong personal brand as I worked hard in my off hours for my blog become: Voted #2 on the Junta

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Social Media Marketing GPS

SMGPS will tell you the why & how to use social media for marketing, 1 tweet at a time. You'll learn essentials in digestible little spoonfuls.

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Debbie Weil on Corporate Blogging and Social Media

Debbie Weil

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Social Media is Scary – How to Address Senior Executives | Social.

Social Media Strategery

Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Miscellaneous Personal Prof. Development Social Media Social Media is Scary – How to Address Senior Executives Mon, Feb 2, 2009 Best Of , Best Practices Part 2 in a series of posts responding to my original post, “ Social Media is Scary “ Image courtesy of Flickr user chelmsfordpubliclibrary So, what ca

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Twitter Updates for 2009-02-28

Taylor Marek

Haha, my mind has been wandering all day. I think I’ll let it drift for a while… # Ok, I’m going to try something new out at my site. This may or may not fit to my liking… # @gavinseim I agree, think they are poking around too much and preventing something innovative to happen. in reply [.]. Tags: Blog General Twitter Archives.

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Answering the 8 Questions to Ask Your “Social Media Expert”

Josh S Peters

Home About eBooks Social Media and Internet Marketing Speaking Twitter Says You Are Here: Home » Shua Consulting , Social Media » Answering the 8 Questions to Ask Your “Social Media Expert&# Answering the 8 Questions to Ask Your “Social Media Expert&# Written on February 11, 2009 by Josh Peters in Shua Consulting , Social Media 2 Comments - Leave a comment!

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How to Be Social: A Social Media Manifesto

Learn the 10 worst social media marketing mistakes and how to avoid them.

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Foxmarks Review: Bookmark Synching For IE, Firefox and Safari

Jason Yormark

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More Thoughts on Thought Leadership

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Every firm I speak to wants to better position themselves as thought leaders in their specific area of Technology. And for good reason – better margins, better awareness, better leads, more qualified leads. Moreover, it changes the dynamic of the conversation from one of WHO are you to HOW can you help me with my problem. But creating Thought Leadership is not so easy.

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The Great Indian Digital Elections!

Atom Thought

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Social Media - an open book

Social Media Network Marketing

Everything you tweet is searchable on the web. This can be good and bad. Good if you're strategically using key words for which you want to be found; and bad if you aren't mindful that if you're not nice, it can come back to bite you. And that bite came back hard recently for a PR agency. An employee working for the firm landed in Memphis to deliver a presentation to more than 150 people at a potential Client.

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8 Stupid Simple Social Media Tricks to Boost SEO

Discover just how easy it is to boost SEO with social media.

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Twitter Updates for 2009-02-28

Taylor Marek

Home About Contact Archives Testimonials Speaking Podcast Chat LIVE Social Media Vault My Inner Circle Plugins eBook Hire Me Twitter Updates for 2009-02-28 February 28, 2009 by Taylor Marek Want a video that you will die laughing @? [link] @ JenChicago knows that for a fact # @ JenChicago Gotta love this song! ? [link] # @ JenChicago well, I went and did it.

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My interview with The Bit Boss

Josh S Peters

Home About eBooks Social Media and Internet Marketing Speaking Twitter Says You Are Here: Home » Consulting , Interview , Social Media » My interview with The Bit Boss My interview with The Bit Boss Written on February 6, 2009 by Josh Peters in Consulting , Interview , Social Media 2 Comments - Leave a comment! A couple of days ago Craig Sutton , the brains behind The Bit Boss , asked if he could interview me for his series about getting to know the people he talks to on Twitter.

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The Business of Social Media

Social Media Marketing

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Accelerate your PR with BuzzGain – a podcast with Mukund Mohan

Buzz Marketing for Technology

(adopted from a post seen at phdunay.gooruze.com) Discovering and connecting with the people who will help your business thrive in today’s social economy is vital especially when attention has become a precious commodity! As a PR and Marketing specialist it is becoming mandatory for businesses today to identify the communities that are actively defining and shaping the future of your business in places like blogs, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, as well as traditional media.

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India Strategy for Social Networking Sites!

Atom Thought