Direct Marketing Observations

MARCH 16, 2010

Last week I wrote a post that got a tremendous amount of love from the folks over at social media today and rightly so, it was all the reasons why I love social media. 3) Your social media certification classes didn’t really take off like you thought. 14) Social media is dead anyways.

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Freelance Social Media

MARCH 1, 2009

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe #GNO the most popular hashtag every Tuesday night by cinta5 on March 1, 2009 I was browsing popular hashtags a couple of weeks ago and found the tag #gno to be the most popular.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 19, 2013

Do you find that the daily demands of social media promotion are increasing? Our time is our most precious asset and social media is great at eating into it! Here are 9 social media tools that will help you save time and improve your productivity. allows you to automate blog post delivery to social networks.

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Absolute PA

MARCH 7, 2014

I feel like I can do anything I want social media-wise with this monitoring and scheduling machine. you can connect Hootsuite with your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Foursquare and WordPress. can keep track of keywords and searches along with topics and hashtags. Are you scheduling your social media ahead of time?

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Foursquare: over 25 million users. via SmartBlog on Social Media. Hashtags – Twitter compiled the year’s top 10 political hashtags. Google Plus: 135 million monthly active users. via Google. Tumblr: 84 million blogs. via Tumblr. Instagram: 100 million users. via TechCrunch. via Tagged. via AdWeek.

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Freelance Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Justin Timberlake Loves Social Media and You Should Too by cinta5 on September 1, 2009 Musicians have historically been good at embracing the web. to compete.

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Firebelly

APRIL 6, 2015

4) Connect your other social media accounts. Instagram allows you to easily syndicate your photos to your other social accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler, Flickr, and Foursquare). 5) Create and monitor brand-related hashtags. Create unique hashtags for your brand or its products. Is it photos?

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Firebelly

APRIL 6, 2015

4) Connect your other social media accounts. Instagram allows you to easily syndicate your photos to your other social accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler, Flickr, and Foursquare). 5) Create and monitor brand-related hashtags. Create unique hashtags for your brand or its products. Is it photos?

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Freelance Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Tips on how to use Twitter if you’re a business by cinta5 on November 15, 2009 It’s great to see new businesses and organizations join Twitter! Try to save 15 or so characters when tweeting.

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Adam Cohen

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

In his continuing reign as the Kevin Bacon of Social Media, Aaron was quickly able to recruit a list of talented marketers to join in the fun. Don’t recall what a Haiku is? You can find more Haikus by following the chain on to Jason Falls , and by watching Twitter for the hashtag #brandhaiku. Related Posts. Tweet This!

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Firebelly

APRIL 6, 2015

4) Connect your other social media accounts. Instagram allows you to easily syndicate your photos to your other social accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler, Flickr, and Foursquare). 5) Create and monitor brand-related hashtags. Create unique hashtags for your brand or its products. Is it photos?

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The Realtime Report

AUGUST 16, 2012

The London 2012 stats – showing engagement across 77 digital products - were compiled by Alex Balfour, the head of new media for London 2012. Social media played an enormous role in driving traffic and engagement: 66% of web traffic (to London2012.com) The organization counted 4.7

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Buzzlogix

MAY 15, 2017

The way to make social media truly work for you is by monitoring audience behavior and seeing what they have to say about you, your products and services, and even your competitors. The key to gathering the data you need is using the top social media monitoring tools. Sprout Social. Twitter Counter.

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Freelance Social Media

JULY 16, 2009

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Traditional Media Meets Twitter by cinta5 on July 16, 2009 Every year on the third Thursday in July, 5000+ people flock to downtown Lawrence, KS for the annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale.

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Bare Feet Studios

OCTOBER 26, 2012

We have small businesses who can now leverage their time and budgets using social media to reach out beyond the local paper – they are getting up to speed on this. Maui Locals as Social Media Catalysts #MauiCatalyst #SMCHI #Tourism #MauiSMUG via Liza Pierce @amauiblog. Download the Hashtag Report (PDF; 5.5

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Mindjumpers

MARCH 8, 2012

On March 6, 2012, the company launched a “Tweet your way to savings” program, where members were encouraged to sync their American Express cards with Twitter and tweet special offer hashtags in exchange for coupon-less savings applied at the point of sale. Community Manager: To Be Or Not To Be!

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Freelance Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Free State Social 2010 – Lawrence KS #FSSocial by cinta5 on December 4, 2009 Whitney Matthews ( @WhitneyMathews ) announced this morning a social media conference being held April 2010 in our backyard-Lawrence, KS.

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Freelance Social Media

JULY 24, 2009

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Employers Use Twitter to Find Potential Employees by cinta5 on July 24, 2009 For awhile now Twitter has been one of the top networks to search for jobs. About the author Jacinta wrote 70 articles on this blog.

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Ari Herzog

JUNE 17, 2012

Designed by Finnish illustrator Kustaa Saksi and painted by Canadian street artist Patrick Thompson, beer company Molson M commissioned the artwork near the Toronto intersection of Church and King Streets to complement its social media campaign, “ Paint With A Tweet.” Everyone won. Connect on LinkedIn today.

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Freelance Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2010

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Augmented Reality in Sports by cinta5 on January 28, 2010 [tweetmeme]Just wanted to share a couple of videos with you.

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Razor Social

MARCH 30, 2016

Is all that social media activity paying off? Listening is just as important as sharing on social media Click To Tweet. The Social Media Monitoring Lighthouse. Every monitoring tool will provide you some capability of monitoring specific keywords (in isolation, as part of a URL, as a hashtag etc.).

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

“Most brands are completely tone deaf, even if they’re on social media.” He has been running their social media scene for a few years but has always done so as a contractor from social media agency M80. All of these examples show the brand’s social agility. Holy Social!

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Freelance Social Media

APRIL 27, 2009

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Business Spotlight: The Sandbar by cinta5 on April 27, 2009 The Sandbar is a bar in beautiful downtown Lawrence, KS that offers tasty drinks, like the Bahama Mama or Shark Attack, in an atmosphere that makes you think you’re in Key West.

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Freelance Social Media

APRIL 23, 2009

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Article Distribution Sites with a PR 3 or Higher by cinta5 on April 23, 2009 Distributing articles can help build links to your website. Below is a list of distribution sites with a PR of 3 or better.

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 25, 2011

Tomorrow I am working with an esteemed group of coral reef scientists here in Hawaii to illustrate various ways to use social media. I will be using a version of The Social Media Game , an interactive learning process originally developed by my darling colleague Beth Kantor a few years ago. FourSquare/Gowalla.

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Freelance Social Media

MARCH 4, 2009

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Google Discusses the Favicon Selection Process by Jesse on March 4, 2009 Over on the Official Google Blog Google discusses and showcases several favicon submissions and the evolution of their current favicon.

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Freelance Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

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.

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Buffer Social

JUNE 26, 2017

This post was originally published in 2016 and has been updated with the latest tips and tricks to grow your following on every social media network. It also includes the latest podcast episode from The Science of Social Media! . You’ve got a social media strategy in place and a plan in mind.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

And from Expion , a free report on the top 50 retail brands’ social media use in 2013. “Social media is not always about what happens digitally; it happens in real life, too.” Social Media Stat of the Week: 927,500 tweets about the Emmys. How did you get involved with social media?

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Hootsuite

APRIL 6, 2023

The history of social media is a long and storied one. It’s bursting with pivotal moments like the launch of Instagram Stories, to that one time Zuck was on trial for Facebook privacy issues, to…honestly, let’s just look at the entire social media history timeline. So, how old is social media?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 28, 2012

She is also founder and principal of Genuine Media, a marketing agency that helps clients build their individual and brand reputation through social media. Lisa Loeffler ( @LisaMLoeffler ) is Research & Analysis Lead at Convince & Convert. Recently I needed to change a flight with United Airlines.

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Danny WhatMough

MARCH 13, 2015

Here’s my weekly round-up of things you need to know and might have missed this last week in the world of digital PR and social media. This is BIG – social listening comes to Facebook with the Topic Data launch. Penguin demonstrated how important it is to carefully select hashtags. Subscribe here.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 28, 2012

She is also founder and principal of Genuine Media, a marketing agency that helps clients build their individual and brand reputation through social media. Lisa Loeffler ( @LisaMLoeffler ) is Research & Analysis Lead at Convince & Convert. Recently I needed to change a flight with United Airlines.

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Social Media Marketing

APRIL 11, 2013

PeekAnalytics is a social audience measurement tool that enables its users to gain a large and diverse assortment of actionable insights into both the audiences following specific Twitter accounts, as well as those audiences behind the tweeting of certain words, phrases, links, memes, hashtags, and the like.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Whether it’s big players like Foursquare inking a new loyalty rewards program with Pepsi, or niche developers like Untappd , addressing the beer drinking vertical with a mobile application that let’s you spread the word about the particular brew you are sipping upon, check-ins are on fire. More from Convince and Convert.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 11, 2010

I don’t think a “sabbatical” from social media is the solution to “social media” that distracts you from your priorities. I’m the kind of person who unfollows people on a regular basis (for example, when they say something that annoys me or use the #tcot hashtag, ever).

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Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

What does the future look like for social media? As part of our State of Social Media week, it feels like a great time to sit back and reflect on the social media landscape and what may be ahead. 2016 has been a period of consolidation for many of the biggest social media platforms out there.

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