Dave Fleet
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
Alongside my ongoing book reading challenge , I start off every day by reading the latest goings-on in the public relations, social media and tech blogosphere. As part of my new approach to creating content , I’m going to begin curating the best for you. Each Monday, I’ll kick-start your week’s reading by sharing some of the most interesting pieces I’ve read over the previous week.
Almost Savvy
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
Have you ever received an email from someone and their signature block seems to run on forever with so many links that the signature is longer than the email itself? Are you guilty of this yourself? It’s okay to admit it, you’re among friends. I have several links in my own signature block. I want to make it incredibly easy for the email recipient to learn more about me, so I include links to find me on my own website , my professional profile on LinkedIn , Twitter ( two accounts ),
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Mindjumpers
FEBRUARY 9, 2011
Tweet Socialcast has compiled this nice infographic that explains how social media strengthen the relationships inside the company to engage employees and consumers when creating customer relations. As we see it, social media are technologies that change the way people can interact with each other. This regards all kinds of relations, both individual and ways in which people communicate between businesses.
Justin Levy
FEBRUARY 5, 2011
How important is recharging to you? No, I’m not talking about the importance of keeping your gadgets charged. We already know that we should always be charging all of our digital leashes. What I’m talking about is taking downtime away from the constantly connected worlds that we live in and allowing yourself to mentally and physically recharge.
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SocialFish
FEBRUARY 6, 2011
You may be aware that there is a big debate going on in the social media blogosphere about “influence&#. We’re all familiar with the mantra that we should be out there leveraging influencers in our communities in order to get the word out about our causes, brands or services… and that makes total sense from a generating-word-of-mouth point of view.
The Marketing Blog
FEBRUARY 10, 2011
Today’s morning brings a new surprise to all of us as Facebook has upgraded some of the features in Fan Pages. The changes as Facebook says are aimed to managing communication, improving expression and increasing engagement. The changes are in terms of visual and navigation appearance for fans as well page administrators. In addition, there are set of new features which add on to page functionality.
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Direct Marketing Observations
FEBRUARY 10, 2011
Recently the spate of social media faux pas’s would tend to make one wonder if putting yourself “out there&# is really worth it. The novice I’m sure is wondering that, as well as the expert. Why all of a sudden are people not caring or simply not thinking about what they tweet or what they say on a social network? This thought is what drove the following deck that I will be presenting this weekend in Orlando.
Firebelly
FEBRUARY 11, 2011
Guest post by Brandon Prebynski , Social Media Lead, Global Emerging Markets at Cisco Systems. The amount of activity within social media varies for each business and its objective(s). Depending on which method(s) you use to build your strategy (or lack thereof) to participate at any level with social media, there are various steps you take to achieve your objective.
SocialFish
FEBRUARY 9, 2011
You’ve decided that you want to start using WordPress as your nonprofit’s website. You’ve outlined a blog strategy, defined specific goals, decided on topics, and have determined who will publish content. So what are the next steps? Where would you begin if you wanted to start blogging with WordPress today? Building a website is not as hard as some people make it seem.
Mindjumpers
FEBRUARY 11, 2011
Tweet Facebook has for some time now had these changes in store and some users got to experience a taste of it when Facebook accidentally published the new design for a brief moment late last year. Yesterday the new page design was finally launched, and as expected, they are similar to the new profile design which was implemented December 2010. Overall , the changes to pages influence both the design and adds some new functionalities.
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Webbiquity SMM
FEBRUARY 10, 2011
WordPress is no longer just the leading blog platform , but is now the most popular open-source CMS (content management system) as well. Among the many reasons for the popularity of WordPress : it’s affordable, search engine-friendly, reasonably easy to use, and extensible through an incredible array of plugins. Discover some great sources for free and reasonably-priced themes, essential plugins you may not be aware of, SEO tips, and other interesting techniques and hacks here in a dozen o
Firebelly
FEBRUARY 10, 2011
Stories give our lives meaning. It is our stories that connect us as individuals to our communities and the world. Here’s one of my stories and how I relate to my community. Over the past few years, I’ve made a series of short films as part of what I call the The Emotion Project. Basically, I find one person and they talk about their experiences with one emotion.
SocialFish
FEBRUARY 9, 2011
I’m honored to have been asked to provide some answers to the following questions for B2B Blogging Trends , a white paper produced by Tony Karrer and Tom Pick, the guys behind the great social media for business site Social Media Informer : What do you see as key trends in B2B Blogging for 2011? If you’ve not started a blog yet, is 2011 the year to do so?
Saying It Social
FEBRUARY 11, 2011
Facebook has at long last offered an option to use the encrypted “HTTPS&# protocol, a feature it will begin rolling out today but won’t finish for a “few weeks.&# You should check now if it’s available, and sign up as soon as it is enabled for your account. The performance overhead is minor—zippy Gmail, for example, uses HTTPS for everything—and it’s an important step to keep your Facebook account safe from being hijacked on an open or poorly secured wireless networ
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Webbiquity SMM
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
Blogging is often viewed as the core component of a B2B social media marketing strategy, and other than discussion forums, it’s the most mature component of social media. Facebook, Twitter and even newer tools like Quora may be sexier and get more attention, but blogs are the workhorses essential to making social media marketing work. Research from HubSpot shows that small businesses with blogs have twice as many Twitter followers as those who don’t.
Firebelly
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
Below are 5 social media must-reads from last week that we wouldn’t want you to miss. 9 Ways To Build A Twitter Community With Substance By Amber Naslund Ah, Twitter. I keep seeing all these people saying “Yay! 1,000 followers!”. And then I get sad, because I think they’re really missing the point. Connecting with people is great, but don’t you want to connect with people who will enrich your experience overall?
SocialFish
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
Live it, love it. How fabulous is Hugh MacLeod ‘s interpretation for us of Open Community: A Little Book of Big Ideas for Associations Navigating the Social Web. How can you resist this? BUY OPEN COMMUNITY. On Amazon. On Amazon Kindle. Bulk Orders.
Small Business Mavericks
FEBRUARY 6, 2011
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Ari Herzog
FEBRUARY 6, 2011
Want to win a free copy of The Facebook Marketing Book , a 262-page softcover guide that provides easy-to-follow advice and illustrations on profiles, groups, pages, applications, advertisements, events, and other Facebook etiquette you need to succeed? Publisher O’Reilly Media (accidentally) sent me two review copies, and I’d like to send one of those copies to a random web reader.
Firebelly
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
Disclosure: Network Solutions is a Firebelly client. Just days before the Super Bowl, Network Solutions released a video that stars Academy Award-winning actress Cloris Leachman spoofing the some-have-called-sexist ads GoDaddy runs during the Big Game. It’s a clever spot and has received a lot of praise from bloggers and on the Twittersphere. What do you think?
Direct Marketing Observations
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
When I was in grade school, one Christmas in particular stood out for me but not for the reasons you might think. My parents were not getting along at the time and for whatever reason, I received a ridiculous amount of presents from my father. Some of which I was not even interested in nor had I asked for. I found this odd and yet this one thought was not lost on me even at that young age-I thought that my dad was trying to buy my affection.
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Ari Herzog
FEBRUARY 10, 2011
Tweet Share The following is a feature article by Rob the Web Guy. Just before the end of last year, my email box was inundated by newsletters filled with articles & posts like “The Top 50 Facebook Posts of 2010” and “Top 20 Most Useful Twitter Blog Posts of 2010.” I was really excited to download and read these during my Christmas vacation, hoping I would learn some valuable information on something I may have missed last year.
Waxing UnLyrical
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali On Lists, Their Importance, And How To Get On One February 8th, 2011 Tweet This post has been about a year and a half in the writing. Yes, really! It started as an email conversation with a friend while I was flying back from the 2009 PRSA International Conference in San Diego.
Josh S Peters
FEBRUARY 9, 2011
As promised I’m giving away a copy of the The NOW Revolution (7 Shifts to Make Your Business Faster, Smarter and More Social) by Jay Baer and Amber Naslund. It’s going to be quite simple to win, all you need to do is tweet a post from New Mix Marketing with the tag #NMMBlog. Each tweet gets an entry into the drawing which will be held one week from today (the 16th).
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Ari Herzog
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
Why do some people prefer reading blog articles by email? Reaching out to six random email subscribers spread across the planet (courtesy of Google’s Feedburner application which displays email addresses of anyone who subscribes this way) and asked for their insights, they were more than willing to share… Mark Harai, a business development consultant in Costa Rica: RSS readers just don’t work for me.
Waxing UnLyrical
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali An Ode To Monday February 7th, 2011 Tweet You wake up to Monday ; what will it bring? Hustle and bustle; and perhaps some stress; Perhaps a new client – do you hear “cha-ching&# ? More work than play… likely more than less.
Small Business Mavericks
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
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Ari Herzog
FEBRUARY 10, 2011
Tweet It is common for organizations of every size, shape, and industry to create and use Twitter accounts for customer service, human resources, and business development. What about countries? When U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Philip Crowley recently tweeted about Iran and Egypt and cities therein, he referenced each physical location by a hashtag.
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