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1:1 Social Advertising in B2B Marketing

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Imagine a world where B2B Marketers could target specific decision makers in specific companies using Social Media ads. Think that sounds like the future years from now? Think again – it happened to me last week! Read on …. Last week the clever folks at G.1440 targeted me with a personal ad on Facebook that was aimed at just one person – ME. Think about it – its totally possible to take some public attributes from someone’s Facebook profile and create a Facebook ad campaign (shameles

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Judge Confirms: You Have No Privacy. Get Over It.

Socialized

My old boss, Scott McNealy, former CEO of Sun Microsystems, said , in 2003, “You have no privacy. Get over it.&# He was saying that our private information was already in the hands of credit card companies, health care providers, and so many other third parties, the notion that we control this information is flawed. Today I read on Evan Brown’s awesome Internet Cases Blog , that a New York criminal court judge, ruling last month in an Internet privacy suit, said: “In this day

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17 Tweetchats for Social Media, Marketing and PR folks

Direct Marketing Observations

Yesterday I threw out a tweet about 125 twitter chats worth checking out on Google Docs. I thought I might condense it a bit and focus not only on Tweetchats that I was familiar with, but also those that would benefit the Social Media, Marketing and PR folks out there, and which also had solid participation as well. If I have left any out, please drop me a line and include it in the comments section. 1) Hashtagsocialmedia -#socialmedia Of course I’m partial to the one I co-founded with Jas

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NBA Playoff Teams Ranked by Facebook Page Engagement

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk NBA Playoff Teams Ranked by Facebook Page Engagement by Adam Sherk on May 4, 2010 So Lebron and Kobe may (or may not) be heading towards a much-hyped NBA Finals matchup, but the real question on fans’ minds is: Which NBA playoff teams have the most user engagement on their Facebook Pages?

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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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iPad saves the Page Advertising Business

Buzz Marketing for Technology

I was just reading BtoB Magazine ’s latest issue and an article called Publishers pin hopes on iPad caught my attention enough to blog about it. According to the article Jason Snell the editor of IDG’s Macworld – is building an iPad application for his magazine with the promise of a digital version of his magazine on the iPad. What’s really interesting about this is idea is – could it save the Page Advertising business and Magazine industry which has been in a long steady decline?

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Are You Measuring What's Important?

Social Media Marketing

We often talk about social media ROI being measured differently. These are different behaviors and we should be applying new and different measurement standards, right? One of my favorite demonstrations of this is K.D. Paine's legendary acronymn HITS = How Idiots Track Success. A recent eMarketer article asked Is the Click Still King? To the average user, there are so many ways to engage with a site.

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A Step by Step Guide on Getting Started Using Facebook For Business

Saying It Social

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials A Step by Step Guide on Getting Started Using Facebook For Business View this document on Scribd Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit May 8, 2010 - Posted by akstout18 | Uncategorized | Facebook , facebook fan pages , facebook for business , facebook business pages , facebook like pages One blogger likes this post 18 Comments » [.

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Should You Expect Reciprocation?

Ari Herzog

At some point during our journey through social media and blogging, we encounter reciprocation opportunities that are too good to pass up, especially in the beginning when we are developing our online presence. For example, when building a fan base for a blog, one of the common ways to do so is to go out and do some blog commenting, in hopes that the blog owner will make a comment on your site in return.

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Self-Promotion Through Social Media – Don’t Be A Narcissist

Kikolani

This is a guest post from Cori, is a wildly hire-able freelance ‘ghost’ as well as the creative brains and dubious brawn behind her blog Big Girl Branding. The first half of the title of this blog post is a shining example of an oxymoron, as in: don’t be a moron. OK, fine… that was a little mean. I’m generally pretty nice, so don’t take it personally.

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This weeks #Social Media Topic: Connecting With Consumers Through Social Media

Direct Marketing Observations

Posted: May 3rd, 2010 By: Jason Breed. The title of this post pretty much sums it up. So often we get caught up in frameworks and checklists and strategies and everyone is running around looking busy. Meanwhile, back at the ranch where the real work happens, consumers are still being marketed online. How could this be? It is helpful sometimes to take a step back and take a look at what you are doing from the outside looking in.

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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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Are You Skilling the First Step of Your Daily Social Networking.

Saying It Social

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Are You Skipping the First Step of Your Daily Social Networking Maintenance? Daily Social Networking Tasks: It’s not all about content blasting. Sometimes we are overly anxious to jump online and start posting or sometimes we just don’t have a lot of time and a very important task of social networking maintenance falls by the wayside.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Online Community With Purpose and a Plan May 5th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Lisa Beatty was at a cross-roads.

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On Writing for the Web

Kikolani

This is a guest post by Andrew Rondeau of We Build Your Blog. When I was at school, I was told a number of rules on the etiquette of good writing. It now transpires that most of the things we have ever been taught about effective writing don’t actually apply to writing for the web, and updating our blogs. It can be confusing knowing the best way to write to engage your readers.

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Search Engine Optimization Tip: Add a Breadcrumb Trail

Bill Hartzer

This is only one seo tip out of many search engine optimization tips I have been providing over the years. All of my search engine optimization tips are meant to be specific, they should not take too much time to implement, and are meant to be directly to the point. For this search engine optimization tip, let’s talk about adding a breadcrumb trail to your site’s navigation.

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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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How to Get the Biggest Bang for Your Time Online: A Look at.

Saying It Social

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How to Get the Biggest Bang for Your Time Online: A Look at Efficient Ways to Effectively Social Network When You Have Limited Time I recently posed the following question to the members of the LinkedIn Group, Social Networking & Social Media Marketing for Franchisees , “If you are not currently implementing a social media marketing program for your business, why not?

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Social Media’s Internal Impact – An Interview with Phil Simon May 4th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet How does social media impact your internal organization?

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What Journalists Need from PR People

Proactive Report

. Last week 150 PR practitioners gathered in Palm Springs at the PRSA Western District conference. One of the keynote panels was about the media and their needs in today’s Web 2.0 world. After hearing for years that the press release is dead, it was refreshing to hear them say it most certainly is not dead – in fact reporters need information from us more than ever.

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Newburyport City Council Agenda for May 10 is Up

Ari Herzog

Monday night, May 10, 2010 promises to be an eventful council agenda. We are asked to approve a site for a parking garage, approve an ordinance for wind energy conversion facilities, approve the appointment of a harbormaster, listen to the mayor present her fiscal 2011 budget, and more! If there is an item in the agenda that inspires you to share your views, the public comment period follows the Pledge of Allegiance and precedes the actual council business.

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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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The Social Media Playground Changes Customers' Expectations Of Brands

Diva Marketing Blog

Quick thoughts about social media on a drizzly afternoon. . In a scant few years we've seen social toys change in popularity from My Space to Facebook from Pownce to Twitter. Recently Four Square and cool participation badges have made it onto the social media playground. Our customers are beginning to except direct engagement with brands that go beyond interacting with the people behind the brands or playing games on social networks or solving customer service concerns.

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What Kind of Impact Has Social Media Had on Your Organization?

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 What Kind of Impact Has Social Media Had on Your Organization? Fri, May 7, 2010 Government 2.0 , Social Media I’ve been in many meetings with senior executives where the topic has turned to social media, and sooner or later, THE question comes up - “So, ex

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Media Relations in a Web 2.0 World

Proactive Report

Last week 150 PR practitioners gathered in Palm Springs at the PRSA Western District conference. One of the keynote panels was about the media and their needs in today’s Web 2.0 world. After hearing for years that the press release is dead, it was refreshing to hear them say it most certainly is not dead – in fact reporters need information from us more than ever.

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Announcing Fiscal 2011 Budget Hearings

Ari Herzog

The Newburyport City Council’s budget and finance committee — comprised of me, Councilor Ed Cameron, and Councilor Bob Cronin — has scheduled its fiscal 2011 budget hearings with department heads to occur May 18, May 19, May 27, June 2, and June 3. During these hearings, department heads will present their fiscal 2010 accomplishments and fiscal 2011 goals and objectives.

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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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Kill Flash Now: Worst websites and Australian Agencies

Laurel Papworth

Flash sites cannot be read on the iPhone or iPad as Flash is blocked by Apple. Many agencies are guilty of over-Flashing their own websites (and their clients). Have a look at these abominations and tell me: To Flash or Not to Flash, That Is The Question? I hate flash. It’s fine for little cute games but a whole website? Blech. Given the war between Apple/Microsoft vs makers of Flash, Adobe, I thought I would have a quick poke around for the worst Flash websites in the whole wide world.

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SHOULD YOU QUIT IF YOUR CEO DOESN'T GET IT?

Myrland Marketing

Home About Services Social Media Speaking-Training LMA Contact Subscribe Myrland Marketing Minutes Strategic Social Media: Making Social Media Make Sense SHOULD YOU QUIT IF YOUR CEO DOESN’T GET IT? by Nancy Myrland on May 3, 2010 This morning my friend Gini Dietrich , CEO of Arment Dietrich, shared a blog post from Communications Consultant Jon Buscall titled What If Your CEO Doesn’t Get Social Media.

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Media Releases and Online Newsrooms Evolving

Proactive Report

Ian Capstick posted an excellent piece about news releases and online newsrooms in the PR column of the PBS MediaShift blog yesterday. (And of course we were delighted that he chose a release about the Social Media Roadmap webinar series I did with Marketwire as his example.). News Releases. Looking back at the history of the press release one can see that the way we format a release to reach the media has changed as the media has changed.

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ViperChill Monthly Report 7 (Ranking for “Viral Marketing”)

Viper Chill

Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!" You are here: ViperChill » Social Media » ViperChill Monthly Report 7 (Ranking for “Viral Marketing&# ) ViperChill Monthly Report 7 (Ranking for “Viral Marketing&# ) Written by Glen, this post has 52 Comments As we enter the month of May which will see me turn 21 and lose what I consider my USP, it’s time for another monthly report which shows the ViperChill stats for April.

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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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e-Mail Marketing the Right Way: Provide Value « idaconcpts

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Cam Conversation: Business Travel to Hawaii, NextLevelHI, Facebook.

Bare Feet Studios

Home About What We Do PayPal Speaker Contact Subscribe Press / PR Bare Feet Network Internet Literacy for Business: Blogging, Podcasting, Online Video & Social Media Howto, Consulting, Training & Public Speaking Home > Gossip 2.0 , News , Tech Tools , Video > Cam Conversation: Business Travel to Hawaii, NextLevelHI, Facebook Privacy Cam Conversation: Business Travel to Hawaii, NextLevelHI, Facebook Privacy by Roxanne Darling on May 6, 2010 Here is the next installment in my web cam conve

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Social Media Reading April 30 2010

Proactive Report

Almost everyday I meet someone who asks me, “How do I keep up with the new ideas in social media?&# The other question I get very often is, “How do I figure out how a new idea relates to my work in PR?&#. Since the puprose of PRoactive is to assist PR practitioners to identify new trends and technologies, and stay abreast of these new ideas that affect the practice of PR, I’m going to publish a list of articles I think are useful for PR folk each week.

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How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Business , Marketing , Social Media > How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing by Tamar Weinberg on May 5, 2010 Share As much as Facebook may not be kind to businesses , it’s still a tremendously valuable business tool.

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e-Mail Marketing the Right Way: Provide Value

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